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Signposting Success and Supporting University Applicants

Signposting Success and Supporting University Applicants. Alan Bullock, Careers CONSULTANT, alanbullockcareers.com Melanie Moorhouse , Careers and Higher Education, St. Clare’s Oxford. “When I was young”. Let your students in on the plan. June - September.

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Signposting Success and Supporting University Applicants

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  1. Signposting Success and Supporting University Applicants Alan Bullock, Careers CONSULTANT, alanbullockcareers.com Melanie Moorhouse, Careers and Higher Education, St. Clare’s Oxford

  2. “When I was young”

  3. Let your students in on the plan

  4. June - September September - March March - June Sept - Nov

  5. Deciding on a focus Use factors to narrow long list to short list Decide on final choices for application

  6. Smart Information Management and Filtration

  7. How do you communicate to students?

  8. The method I use: http://stclarescareers.wordpress.com/ Melanie.Moorhouse@stclares.ac.uk

  9. Making the most of free resources

  10. INSPIRING STUDENTS…TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX • It’s good to be confused! • The new 18+ landscape • Menus • You can’t all be doctors! • Kiera’s tickets to the future • Jack’s degree of many colours • Jessica: it’s the journey, isn’t it? • Nathan: young and foolish?

  11. INSPIRING STUDENTS… WITH REAL DESTINATIONS INFO like…. Tom: Psychology … Anna: Fine Art … Alex: Politics … Yvette: PPE … Helena: History … Forensic Psychologist at HMP Isle of Wight Celebrity Mural Designer BBC Political Correspondent Shadow Home Secretary Social Media Champion for Innocent Smoothies

  12. INSPIRING STUDENTS… TO WRITE PERSONAL STATEMENTS TO DIE FOR! • It’s not The Apprentice • I was born to dance! • Model statements… • …we want to hear your voice • Raymond Blancs Brassiere • Muhammad Ali quotes • Polished but boring • So what? • Florence & Beatrix • Weird is not a selling point • Freud & the super-curricular • Physics at Bath • Synergy with the reference • Hitting people in Portsmouth

  13. GET IT FROM THE HORSE’S MOUTH!

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