Year 12

About Enrichment Week

• Options after year 13

• Visiting speakers

• University applications

• Connexions

• Visit to UCAS convention in Birmingham

• Oxford and Cambridge open days

• Information sessions e.g. life as an undergraduate,

finance and employment

What is Enrichment Week?

When is Enrichment Week?

• Monday 28 June – Friday 2 July

Do I have to attend?• School as normal• Timetable is suspended• Attendance will be monitored

Monday• Registration @ 8:45• Why Higher Education?• Exeter uni student ambassadors • The Application Process• Writing winning personal statements• Early finish 14:40

Tuesday• Registration @ 8:45• Personal Finance• Apprenticeships • Foundation Degrees• Study Skills• Opportunities for Non Graduates• Workshops:

– Medics, Engineering, Law, Performing Arts, Oxbridge

Wednesday

• Registration @ 8:45• Gap Years• Open University• UCAS workshops • Personal statement drafts• Also….

– Gap Year Fair at Bristol Grammar School– Oxford University open day

Thursday

Is Higher Education the right choice?•

UCAS convention @ the University of Birmingham - Where you want to go

- What you want to study- When you want to study

Not just about universityhttp://www.ucas.com/events/index.html

Friday

• Drop in surgery:– Post 16 staff– Connexions

• Extended Project workshop• Independent research

By the end of the week…• Information about options Post 18:

– University, Gap years, Student finance, Apprenticeships…

• Draft of personal statement

• Know your way around UCAS web site

• Registered on UCAS

• Confidence about next year