Alternatives to full time university and how the Careerpilot website can help you find out more.

Sue Lewis: Western Vocational Progression Consortium (WVPC)

www.careerpilot.org.uk

Why not go to uni at 18/19?

Who isn’t convinced that uni will be worthwhile?

Who is worried about the debt?

Who wants to start work at 18?

You don’t start paying back until earning

£21,000. At £22,000 that’s £7.50 a month

• 30% of students study part time

• Many are over 21

Degree essential route for specific jobs. Also good if you are undecided about job area as many employers are looking for graduates with any subject.Applications to universities in the UK have risen compared

with this time last year - with many more women than men applying.

Employer training:

•Apprenticeships

•Sponsored

Degrees Distance learning:

• Open University

• Free MOOCs

Summary of the alternatives – in addition to work

Different qualifications:• Foundation

Degree• HNC/HNDs

Whatever you decide, you need to:

Explore all your choices and work out the pros and cons

Check out the progression opportunities, funding support, etc.

Website helping 13—19 year olds in the South West plan their future study & work:

What is Careerpilot?External Links

Employer training:• Apprenticeships• Sponsored Degrees

More than 85,000 employers across the UK offer apprenticeships lasting between one and four years, and covering about 200 different jobs, from animal care to construction to web design.

Learn on the job with an employer, building up knowledge and skills, gaining qualifications and earning money at the same time.

Even with level 3 qualifications, you might need to start here if you

haven’t got the vocational experience

£101 + a week

Competitive. Now available in more than 40 sectors.

An employer will pay for your training to degree level

Competitive and vocationally focused

Business Management and IT

To be eligible, you will need:

• At least five A*-C GCSEs (or equivalent), including English and maths.

• To have, or be predicted to get, 300 UCAS points across 3 A-Levels (or equivalent) at grade C or above.

http://vimeo.com/27764227/

Different qualifications:•Foundation Degree•

HNC/HNDs

Combine study and work, jointly designed by employers and HE

Two years at a college and then a top up year to honours degree

Can sometimes be cheaper than a uni degree and lower entry requirements

Here are some of the vocational areas that offer Foundation Degrees:• Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Care• Arts, Media and Publishing• Business, Administration and Law• Construction, Planning and the Built

Environment• Education and Training• Engineering and Manufacturing

Technologies• Health, Public Services and Care• Information and Communication

Technology• Language, Literature and Culture• Leisure, Travel and Tourism• Retail and Commercial Enterprise• Science and Mathematics

http://vimeo.com/18052903

Job-related qualifications available in a wide range of vocational areas.

HNCs take one year full-time or two years part-time.

Full-time HNDs take two years to complete and can be used as a qualification in their own right, or for entry to the second or third year of a degree course

Delivered by colleges and universities.

Distance learning:

• Open University

• Free MOOCs

OU offers 100s of modules that lead to different qualifications.

Study full or part time.

Standard fee of £5264 for 120 credits (equivalent to a year full time)

Loans available for part time study as long at doing 25% of full time course

MOOCs : Massive Open Online Courses• Introduction to ecosystems• Introduction to forensic science• Shakespeare’s Hamlet: text, performance, and culture• Exploring our oceans• Introduction to Mathematical Thinking• Music's Big Bang: How American Roots Music Gave Birth to Rock 'n'

Roll• Etc.

Why MOOCs?• Chance to try out a uni level course.• Help you prepare for a specific uni subject.• Do alongside work.• For personal interest.

FutureLearn – New Courses to

help students secure a place at

university:

• How to Succeed at Interviews

• How to Succeed at Writing

Applications

• Preparing for Uni

• Developing your Research Project.

Employer training:• Apprenticeships• Sponsored Degrees

Distance learning:

• Open University

• Free MOOCs

Summary of your non-university choices

Different qualifications:

• Foundation

Degree• HNC/HNDs

To help you

choose

Save all your topics of interest and your Profile in My Careerpilot

700+ users completed online survey:

Filtered the responses from post 16 (61):• 95% said it was useful• 95% said it was interesting• 95% will use again• 86% learnt about routes to uni

through work• 83% learnt info. about jobs

Careerpilot has enlightened me to the

exciting range of possibilities that await me in the near future and made decisions

that little bit less daunting!

Directed me into the right

directions after sixth form!

I now know what qualifications I need to

go to university.

Feedback from users

Explore, ask for support, decide what is best for you.

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