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 \n⚫ How does your child apply to university?  \n⚫ How does Rooks Heath School support your child’s application?  \n⚫ How can you, as a parent, support your child’s application?  \nStudent choices after A Levels……  \n⚫ University  \n⚫ Gap Year  \n⚫ Internship or Employment  \n⚫ Apprenticeships  \n⚫ Part-time courses  \nApplying for an apprenticeship: All apprenticeships are advertised on the government website but students also have a search facility in Unifrog.  \n[https://www.gov.uk/apply-apprenticeship](https://www.gov.uk/apply-apprenticeship)  \nThere are many apprenticeships on offer to students who successfully complete A levels and/or BTEC level 3 course.  \nA popular route to gaining a degree are the new Degree Apprenticeships which are boing offered by an increasing number of universities in a wider range of subjects – click on the link to find out more:  \n[https://www.ucas.com/understanding](https://www.ucas.com/understanding)[-apprenticeships](-apprenticeships)  \nUnifrog  \n⚫ The experiences gained make people better prepared for university  \n⚫ A chance to earn money for university, reducing the financial burden of university  \n⚫ A chance to develop new skills  \n⚫ An opportunity to experience life away from home before starting university  \n⚫ Opportunity to gain work experience that increases employability  \n⚫ Opportunity to volunteer and help organisations and/or people  \nTaking a Gap Year  \nWhy?  \nWhy not?  \n⚫ Travel and/or organized gap year programmes are expensive  \n⚫ There may be changes to courses or student finance packages / fees during the year off  \n⚫ Choose a course with an industrial placement if you want work experience  \n⚫ People can forget a lot in a year that would be useful on the course  \n⚫ If people don’t get organised, they may end up spending their gap doing nothing but watching TV. Not great for the CV!  \nUniversity?  \n• Career opportunities  \n• Potential earnings  \n• Passion for learning  \n• Once in a lifetime opportunity  \n• Independence – development of social skills  \n• Becoming the norm  \n• Parental decision  \nAre there jobs for graduates?  \n⚫ Competition is fierce: It is now becoming the norm for a degree to bea minimum educational requirement for many occupations  \n⚫ For many employers, quality of degree (First and Upper Second) is more important than course followed  \n⚫ But many graduate employers want to see evidence of skills and competencies in addition to the degree  \n⚫ So need to provide evidence of work experience and extra-curricular activities  \n⚫ Universities provide information on employability of their graduates  \n– students have access to this via Unifrog and  \n[https://discoveruni.gov.uk/](https://discoveruni.gov.uk/)  \n⚫ Universities provide links to employers – Milkrounds, work placements, websites ([www.prospects.ac.uk](www.prospects.ac.uk) )  \nFinancial payback-is it worth getting a  \ndegree?  \n⚫ YES or NO?  \n⚫ UK university graduates between 30 and 44 earn 77% more than those without.  \n⚫ Average starting salary for graduate vacancies is higher.  \nTrends in the Graduate Employment Market  \n⚫ Media and teaching are the most popular destinations.  \n⚫ Investment banking, marketing and accounting are next most popular job sectors.  \n⚫ 70% of all advertised vacancies were open to graduates from any degree discipline.  \n⚫ Employers value the “soft” transferable skills over subject knowledge.  \n⚫ However, engineering and technology require specific subject knowledge (and tend to pay better) .  \n⚫ To see the effect Covid-19 has had on graduate employment click here  \nHow much does university cost?  \nThere are two main costs:  \n1. Annual course/tuition fee.  \n2. Living costs.  \n1. Tuition Fees  \n⚫ They depend on what and where a student studies  \n⚫ For 2021, universities and colleges can charge up to £9,250 a year. 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