This page contains material from events delivered by Advancing Access and The Russell Group.
Advancing Access teacher CPD conferences
The following presentations from the conference are available to download:
- Keynote presentation - delivered by David Bell from The Sutton Trust
- Supporting students to leave home and study at a Russell Group university
- Looking forward - how can choices at 16 impact university and future career choices?
- Understanding contextual admissions processes
- Creating impactful encounters with HE throughout secondary school (access the session hand-out)
- Supporting students to decide between degree apprenticeships and traditional university degrees
The following presentations from the conference are available to download:
- Supporting under-represented and disadvantaged learners to access and succeed at university
- Involving parents and carers in the HE decision making and application process
- Demystifying the veterinary professions - the pathways and support available for your students
- The benefits of studying at a Russell Group university
- Supporting students to write effective personal statements
- Inspiring students’ interest in competitive universities and supporting their next steps: an opportunity to share good practice
- UCAS update
The following presentations from the conference are available to download:
- Supporting students to write effective personal statements
- Using Advancing Access in your school or college
- Writing effective UCAS references - now outdated
- Making Progress? Using educational research to improve pedagogy
- Delivering the Extended Project Qualification
- Supporting more able learners
- Supporting disadvantaged learners to progress to university
- Curriculum extension programmes - Edith Hall
- Curriculum extension programmes - Alan Kunna
- Meet the exhibitors
The following presentations from the conference are available to download:
- Degree Apprenticeships - Clare O'Driscoll, University of Birmingham
- Degree Apprenticeships - Karen Hinton, University of Suffolk
- Using Advancing Access in your school or college - Paul Martin, Advancing Access
- Benefits of attending a Russell Group university - Newcastle University Ambassadors
- Giving students the competitive edge - Andrea Ranford, University of Nottingham and Daniel Warkup, University of Sheffield
- Writing effective UCAS references - Jen Barton, Durham University - now outdated
- Advancing Access HE Update - Paul Martin, Advancing Access
- Plenary - Paul Martin, Advancing Access
- Interviews and additional admissions tests - Maria McElroy, University of Cambridge and Lucy Nottingham, University of East Anglia
Webinars
- Preparing students for university with outreach programmes (March 2023)
- Supporting students to choose a university and course (March 2023)
- How to reassure your students during the cost of living crisis (March 2023)
- Helping students to apply for degree apprenticeships (March 2023)
- Helping your students to navigate the student finance process in England (April 2023)
- Creating a culture of success in your school or college (May 2023)
- What are Russell Group universities looking for in the new UCAS reference? (May 2023)
- How to help students choose a university and course (September 2021)
- Supporting students to prepare for online Oxbridge interviews (October 2021)
- Helping students to understand and apply for student finance (October 2021)
- Understanding contextual admissions policies (October 2021)
- Post-16 qualifications and access to university (October 2021)
- Supporting Black students to access competitive universities (November 2021)
- Supporting students with disabilities to access Higher Education (November 2021)
- Helping students to prepare for university-level study (November 2021)
- Studying degree apprenticeships – how to support students’ decisions and applications (December 2021)
Russell Group Teachers' Conferences
- Advancing Access update
- Writing effective UCAS references - now outdated
- The benefits of studying arts, humanities and social sciences
- Student finance, bursaries and scholarships
- Supporting disadvantaged students through contextual admissions and foundation years
- Supporting your students to apply to Oxford or Cambridge
- Supporting students with their study skills as they transition to HE
Click the links below to watch these webinars and download presentation slides:
- Event introduction and student testimonials
- The employability benefits of attending a selective university
- Supporting disadvantaged learners to progress to university
- UCAS update
- UCAS for beginners: Top tips and insight into university admissions and the UCAS application process
- Supporting students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland to apply to universities in Scotland
- Alternatives to Medicine
Bonus Conference Material:
The following webinars from the event are available to watch:
- An introduction to the Russell Group and Advancing Access
- Supporting applicants during the COVID-19 pandemic
- An overview of contextual offers
- Student wellbeing support during transition and beyond
- Supporting students with their UCAS application and interview
- Understanding admissions at University
- General alternative routes in Higher Education
- Student finance and budgeting
The following presentations from the conference are available to download:
- Writing an effective UCAS reference (Cambridge and Manchester) - now outdated
- The impact of widening participation initiatives (Mancester and Newcastle)
- Making an informed choice about university (Birmingham and Liverpool)
- The importance of the personal statement (LSE and Oxford)
- Introduction to Advancing Access
- Routes into university (Southampton and Warwick)
- Supporting students with research and study skills (Leeds and Southampton)
The following presentations from the conference are available to download:
- Teachers' references (York and Oxford)
- Introduction to Advancing Access
- Routes into university (Southampton and Warwick)
- Supporting students with research and study skills (Leeds and Southampton)
- The impact of widening participation initiatives (Sheffield, King's College London and York)
- Making an informed choice about university (Edinburgh and Liverpool)
- Personal statements for competitive universities/courses (Cambridge and UCL)
Advancing Access Virtual Conferences
The following webinars were delivered during this event:
> Event introduction and Advancing Access update
> Enabling care-experienced students to access university
> Supporting students to apply to architecture degrees
> Bursaries and scholarships - what are your students entitled to?
> Supporting students' well-being during their transition to HE
> How to successfully deliver the Extended Project Qualification
> UCAS update: supporting student applications for 2022 and 2023 entry
The following webinars were delivered during this event:
The following webinars were delivered during this event:
The following webinars were delivered during this event:
- What makes a successful personal statement?
- Contextual admissions at leading universities
- Interviews and additional admissions tests
- Writing effective UCAS references - now outdated
The following webinars from the event are available to watch:
- Writing personal statements
- Writing academic references - now outdated
- Applying to Oxford and Cambridge
- Preparing for university interviews
- Applying to study medicine
The following webinars from the event are available to watch:
- What makes a successful personal statement?
- Writing academic references - now outdated
- Additional admissions requirements
- Applying to study medicine
Advancing Access and DANCOP events
- University of Nottingham welcome
- The importance of teachers
- Degree Apprenticeships
- Student finance: an update
- Someone like me research project
- Giving students the competitive edge
- Supporting students to make their post-16 study choices
- Additional Unifrog slides
- Student wellbeing: managing exam stress
- Contextualised admissions: what does it all mean?
- Preparing for admissions tests and interviews at Oxford and Cambridge