1. What next? Life after year 13
What are your options after you leave college ?

2. YOU What are the options ? Training/ Apprenticeship University
Gap Year
Employment
Part-time Study
Distance Learning
Volunteering
Travel
Employment

3. Discuss and make notes Why are you For or Against these options?

4. Employment (with or without training)
For
Start earning a full time wage
Practical
Opportunities to learn on the job
No university debt
Can study part time
Can go to university later on
Consider
More and more careers may ask for degrees e.g.
Social work
Law
Journalism
Long term prospects
Competition
More graduates than degree entry jobs

5. Employment Traditionally, where are the jobs after A levels?
Banking
Engineering
Retail
Local Authorities
Armed Forces
Catering
Technical design jobs
Health – auxiliary nursing, ambulance
Travel – travel agency, air cabin crew
Public services – police, fire officers
Keep an eye on future trends
– there will be skills shortages in some of these areas and the ageing
workforce will need to be replaced.

6. Training / Apprenticeships (Higher Apprenticeships and Degree Apprenticeships (new from Sept 2015))
For
Leading to recognised qualifications- e.g.NVQs, Foundation Degrees, HNDs, Degrees
Learning through work
Possible in some cases to go on to Higher Education
Block or day release to college
Advantage over 16 year old school leaver, more mature, focussed
Consider
Must be focussed – 3-4 year commitment
Average salary £13,000
- £18,000 to start
Very competitive
– high grades in A levels required
Must be willing to follow opportunities e.g move away
from home

7. Degree Apprenticeships
Apprentices will split their time between university study and the workplace and will be employed throughout their degree – gaining a full bachelor’s or master’s degree while earning a wage and getting real on-the-job experience in their chosen profession.
What subjects are on offer?
Chartered Surveying
Electronic Systems Engineering
Aerospace Engineering
Aerospace Software Development
Defence Systems Engineering
Laboratory Science
A degree with no fees!
The cost of course fees will be shared between the government and employers, meaning that the apprentice can gain a full bachelors or even masters degree without paying any fees.
The application process will be highly competitive.
Nuclear
Power Systems
Public Relations.
Digital
Automotive Engineering
Banking Relationship Manager
Construction

8. GAP Year before university
Must be well planned and researched
Check with university whether it’s advised
Opportunity to work and save for university
Fantastic travel experience
You will have more life experience
Consider
Disorganised – gap on CV and university application
Can be expensive – need to plan
Some courses may not like students taking gap years CHECK

9. Higher Education - University
40% of all students now go to university
Opens doors – twice as likely to be unemployed without a degree than with a degree
People with degrees on average earn more over a lifetime than people without – how much more depends on your degree subject – Engineering £150,000 (but consider Higher Apprenticeship or Degree Apprenticeship route as you will have the qualification without the debt), Arts degree (English, History, Philosophy, Politics etc) £35,000
For some jobs you must be a graduate
Social work, Nursing, Teaching, Medicine

10. You can start with either of these
Higher Education - University
Qualifications through Higher Education
Doctorate (PhD)
Masters Degree (MSc, MA, MBA)
You can start with either of these
Undergraduate Degree (BA, BSc, LLB)
Foundation Degree (tend to be more vocational)

11. Sixth form Timeline
Year 12 – start thinking about your future and start researching
Year 13 - September – some GAP year schemes take a year to arrange
15th October – Deadlines for applying to Oxford / Cambridge/ Medicine / Vet Science / Dentistry
October half term – Teachers need notice for writing references
November onwards – apprenticeships / trainee schemes /jobs advertised for Summer start
15th January – Deadline for UCAS applications

12. Collect information about the options Investigate the pros and cons
Decision making
Define the decision
Establish the options
Collect information about the options
Investigate the pros and cons
Decide the best option
Execute your decision
What do you want to do after year 13 ?
What are your choices ?
Research all the options and finance
Look at both sides of your options
What do you really want to do- you may change your mind while researching
Start your application

13. Reflect on your thinking What have you learned that you want to follow up on?

15. Exploring Higher Education
This is another expression for university!

16. Discussion Point
How do people decide which course to do and which university to go to?

17. Discuss and make notes How do you feel about these options
Discuss and make notes How do you feel about these options? What are the issues for you?
Universities with a reputation for research by their staff. Considered amongst the best in the world. (Selecting universities or recruiting unis)
Local Uni
Campus Uni
Vocational or academic
Town Centre Uni

18. Resources Checklist
Links from Online Careers Library – University section
Bestcourse4me
What do Graduates do?
UCAS
PUSH
Which? University
What uni
Guardian University Guide
Real Uni
Complete University Guide
Brightside Bright Knowledge
YouTube – university videos
Books in the Library
Heap’s Degree Course Offers
Degree Course Descriptions
Choosing Your Degree Course and University
Good University Guide
How to write a winning UCAS statement
How to Complete your UCAS Application 2017 Entry
Successful Personal Statements

19. Choosing a course and a university
Heaps Degree Course Offers
Individual uni websites
Use Bestcourse4 me to produce a list of possible courses and universities
Choosing Your Degree Course & University
Check them out for yourself: go to Open Days
Check out jobs on
Degree course descriptions

20. Discuss/Think and make notes What thoughts do you have at the moment about …?
Where you might study?
What you might study?
Future career?

21. Academic to Career Information
Your starting point
Academic to Career Information
From A-levels to life time jobs and salary
Actual A-level (& Equivalent) subjects and grades held by students on the courses, not standard offers that are advertised
It gives a more realistic picture of subjects and grades required at A level or equivalent
Life time salary profile by career and subject

22. Best Course 4 Me can help you decide which unis to apply to because you can match it to your A level subjects and expected grades
Russell Group universities tend to understate expectations. (Meaning you usually need higher grades than advertised)
Teaching universities tend to overstate what they are prepared to accept. (Meaning you are likely to get in with lower grades than advertised)
Some courses don’t “require” specific A-level subjects but most students on that course have them. (Meaning that if you aren’t taking those subjects you have a lower chance of being offered a place.)
It links through to career outcomes – what do people on that course at that uni end up doing and what do they earn

23. How could you use this information?
Maths Example
How could you use this information?
Maths – HEAP P423.
Warwick shows as highest requirement with 440pts A*AAa-AABa.
Cambridge shown as A*AA (380pts & STEP). Cambridge is probably the most demanding undergraduate maths course in the world.
Actual average UCAS pts for the Cambridge course is 600, Warwick 540.
For Maths at Derby HEAP says pts which is DDD to CCC. Actual Maths A level grades: 26% with a D and 13% with an E.
Cambridge Warwick Derby
At Warwick only 80% have Physics. Not quite as many have A grades at Further Maths, and fewer again in Physics.
At Derby, whilst 98% have Maths, only 21% have Further Maths. There are far fewer A grades.
On average students taking Maths at Cambridge all have A level Further Maths, Maths and Physics – Bars show these are virtually all As.
When using the website or app you can scroll over the graph & see percentages for each grade.

24. Reports available from
What Do The Reports Show?
There are many ways in which you can use the course finder tool. The way you use it will determine the information outputted. Below you will see a breakdown of statistics generated as part of each type of report enabling you to find the most appropriate for your needs.
Selecting A-levels
Most Popular degree’s based on selected A-levels
Selecting Degree
A-levels required
% of employment post-graduation
% of unemployment post-graduation
First Careers after graduating
Starting Salaries Average
Lifetime pay
Selecting University
Education background for select University (Private vs. State)
Degree Grade Obtained
University Location
% of employment post-graduation
% of unemployment post-graduation
Starting Salaries for selected University
Selecting a Career
Degrees Studied for chosen career
Qualification
Proportion in career who are graduates
Trend in Proportion who are graduates
Average Starting Salaries over time
Average Life time pay

25. Watch videos
Please take the time to watch the videos relevant to your situation – it’s a little complex (you have to go backwards and forwards between the sections) to use and you will get more out of it if you do.
Video page
You will have a choice of routes through
How to find a degree
How to find a career

26. Courses to consider
Unis to consider . .

27. Course & Uni
Positives
Negatives

28. Reflect on your thinking What have you learned that you want to follow up on?
Where you might study?
What you might study?
Future career?

30. What about the money side?
How much will you have to live on?

31. Discuss and make notes What do you know about these?

32. Use the Finance links on the University page of the Online Careers Library – think about the different universities you are considering.
How much are the fees?
Travel costs?
How do you pay them back?
Any special equipment required?
How much student loan can you get each year?
Study costs (stationery, books, photocopying, printer ink)
How do you pay your student loan back?
Rent costs?
Food costs?
Insurance costs?
Socialising costs?
Mobile phone costs?
Bills – gas? Electricity? Water? TV licence?

33. Moneysaving expert – Student guide
Which three tips for making your money go further are you most likely to use? 1 2 3

34. Use the Brightside Student Calculator to prepare a budget.

35. Discuss and make notes How confident about these are you (5 high)
Discuss and make notes How confident about these are you (5 high)? What do you need to follow up on?

37. An alternative to university
Apprenticeships
An alternative to university

38. Pros and Cons
University
Pros
Cons
Apprenticeship
Pros
Cons

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40. Apprenticeships vs. University Videographic
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41. A level students turning their backs on university
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42. BBC Newsnight: Are apprenticeships a viable alternative to university?
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43. University or apprenticeship
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44. University or Apprenticeship
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45. Capgemini UK Apprenticeships
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46. Jaguar Landrover Advanced and Higher Apprenticeships
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47. The role of a software engineer at Capgemini
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48. Siemens apprenticeships
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