Responding to university decisions - worksheet B
Content type
Activity sheets
Audience
Resource for teachers and their learners
Description
This resource should be used by teachers and advisers when helping students to decide what their next steps will be once they have received a response form the universities they have applied to.
This activity is designed to help your students who do not hold any offers to explore the options available to them and decide what their next steps will be. This activity should be led by a teacher or adviser.
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Weblinks:
Access and Participation Plans have replaced the Access Agreements which could previously be found on the Office for Fair Access's website. Here you can find out more about the plans and look up the plan for a particular institution.
This website offers a wide range of resources and information for anyone who works with carers. This includes Student Carers in Higher Education, a toolkit enabling those supporting young adult carers to gain a greater understanding of the challenges that this group of students face and how they can be better supported to access and succeed in higher education.
This useful webpage answers some of the most commonly asked questions about results day and Clearing.
This report from the Fair Education Alliance published in 2018 examines the current use of contextual data in the university admissions process.
NNECL provides Higher Education activities and resources for care leavers, children in care and those who support them.
The Office for Students is the new regulator for the Higher Education sector in England.
This report by the Russell Group explores the root causes of under-representation of students from poorer backgrounds at leading universities.
This website provides a guide for teachers to support them in encouraging care leavers to consider college or university as an option.
Standalone supports those who have been estranged from their family. Their website provides information about support, financing studies and accommodation options as an estranged student.
This is a useful UCAS webpage which provides advice on what to do if a student meets and exceeds the conditions of their firm choice and wishes to look for an alternative course.
This useful UCAS webpage provides information on entering Clearing.
This UCAS webpage offers information on their Extra service, for students who have received decisions from all five universities or colleges and weren't accepted, or if they declined the offers they received.
This is a useful UCAS webpage summarising all the key dates relevant to university applications.
This UCAS webpage provides useful advice for care leavers applying to higher education.
UCAS Track allows applicants to follow the progress of their applications online. They will receive university decisions through this website.
Links to further detail on the use of contextual information by our Advancing Access university partners are listed below. Please note this is not an exhaustive list and you should check individual university websites for further information.
- University of Birmingham
- University of Bristol
- University of Cambridge
- Cardiff University
- Durham University
- University of Edinburgh
- University of Exeter
- University of Glasgow
- Imperial College London
- King's College London
- University of Liverpool
- University of Leeds
- London School of Economics and Political Science
- University of Manchester
- Newcastle University – also see www.ncl.ac.uk/schools/partners for more information
- University of Nottingham
- University of Oxford
- Queen Mary University of London
- Queen's University Belfast
- University of Sheffield
- University of Southampton
- University College London
- University of Warwick
- University of York
Guidebook
| How do admissions processes work? |
Webinars
| Understanding admissions at university (May 2020) | ||
| An overview of contextual offers (May 2020) | ||
| General alternative routes in Higher Education (May 2020) |
Information sheets
| Admissions processes - myth-busting | ||
| Admissions glossary | ||
| Top tips for supporting students who do not have a confirmed place |
Presentations
| Presentation notes - Supporting students through the application process | ||
| Presentation slides - supporting students through the application process |
Teacher and adviser reflection sheets
| Teacher and adviser reflection - understanding admissions processes |
University admissions policies
| Contextual admissions processes at leading universities | ||
| Alternative routes into competitive universities |
Activity sheets
| Responding to university decisions - activity instructions | ||
| Responding to university decisions - worksheet B | ||
| Responding to university decisions - worksheet A |
Conference presentations
| Russell Group Teachers' Conference 2018 - Routes into University |
Weblinks:
Access and Participation Plans have replaced the Access Agreements which could previously be found on the Office for Fair Access's website. Here you can find out more about the plans and look up the plan for a particular institution.
This website offers a wide range of resources and information for anyone who works with carers. This includes Student Carers in Higher Education, a toolkit enabling those supporting young adult carers to gain a greater understanding of the challenges that this group of students face and how they can be better supported to access and succeed in higher education.
This useful webpage answers some of the most commonly asked questions about results day and Clearing.
This report from the Fair Education Alliance published in 2018 examines the current use of contextual data in the university admissions process.
NNECL provides Higher Education activities and resources for care leavers, children in care and those who support them.
The Office for Students is the new regulator for the Higher Education sector in England.
This report by the Russell Group explores the root causes of under-representation of students from poorer backgrounds at leading universities.
This website provides a guide for teachers to support them in encouraging care leavers to consider college or university as an option.
Standalone supports those who have been estranged from their family. Their website provides information about support, financing studies and accommodation options as an estranged student.
This is a useful UCAS webpage which provides advice on what to do if a student meets and exceeds the conditions of their firm choice and wishes to look for an alternative course.
This useful UCAS webpage provides information on entering Clearing.
This UCAS webpage offers information on their Extra service, for students who have received decisions from all five universities or colleges and weren't accepted, or if they declined the offers they received.
This is a useful UCAS webpage summarising all the key dates relevant to university applications.
This UCAS webpage provides useful advice for care leavers applying to higher education.
UCAS Track allows applicants to follow the progress of their applications online. They will receive university decisions through this website.
Links to further detail on the use of contextual information by our Advancing Access university partners are listed below. Please note this is not an exhaustive list and you should check individual university websites for further information.
- University of Birmingham
- University of Bristol
- University of Cambridge
- Cardiff University
- Durham University
- University of Edinburgh
- University of Exeter
- University of Glasgow
- Imperial College London
- King's College London
- University of Liverpool
- University of Leeds
- London School of Economics and Political Science
- University of Manchester
- Newcastle University – also see www.ncl.ac.uk/schools/partners for more information
- University of Nottingham
- University of Oxford
- Queen Mary University of London
- Queen's University Belfast
- University of Sheffield
- University of Southampton
- University College London
- University of Warwick
- University of York