Event resources

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:

• Extended introduction and student testimonials

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)
• 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)

• Introducing the Cambridge Foundation Year (April 2021)
• Making your students HE ready in a virtual world (May 2021)
• How can pre-entry programmes support your students on their journey to university? (May 2021)
• Applying to study Medicine in the virtual world (July 2021)

The following webinars were delivered during this event:

• How have interviews and admissions tests been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic?
• The UCAS application - does anything need to be done differently this year?
• How to choose a university without attending an open day
• Covid-19 update - how are universities supporting current and prospective students?

The following webinars were delivered during this event:

• Successful UCAS applications to competitive courses
• Degree Apprenticeships at leading universities
• Alternative routes in to Russell Group universities
• Sharing good practice: school and college case studies

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

The following webinars from the event are available to watch:

• Writing personal statements
• Writing academic references
• 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
• Additional admissions requirements
• Applying to study medicine

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
• Degree Apprenticeships
• 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
• 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

• 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