L3 Animal Care at NHC

A guide to uni and applications

Referencing

All referencing must be completed in the Harvard Referencing style

If you are quoting, using, adapting or in any way drawing from someone else's work it must

be clearly referenced and a bibliography attached to the end of your work

A/AS Level Points

A Level AS Level Points

A* 140

A 120

B 100

C 80

D A 60

B 50

E C 40

D 30

E 20

Extended Diploma 90 Credit Diploma Points

D*D*D* 420

D*D*D 400D*DD 380DDD 360DDM 320DMM 280MMM 240

D*D* 210MMP D*D 200

DD 180MPP DM 160PPP MM 120

MP 100PP 60

Btec Level Points

Throughout the year you will need to complete your UCAS application. This is built up of a number of parts

1. You need to apply to UCAS a) You will need the college buzzword – NHC1415

2. You will need to research the course and university that you would like to attend

a) Entry requirementsb) Fees c) Local accommodation

a) Costs b) Travel c) Jobs

d) Open days

3. You will need to write your personal statement 4. You will need to apply to Lauren Moss to have

your reference written – state this on your UCAS application

• 1 September 2014– Applications begin from mid-September.

• 15 October 2014– Applications for Oxford, Cambridge or most courses in medicine, dentistry and veterinary medicine/science should arrive

at UCAS by 18:00 (UK time). The reference has to be completed before the application can be sent to us.

• 12 December 2014– College deadline for all personal statements.

• 15 January 2015– Applications for the majority of courses should arrive at UCAS by 18:00 (UK time) today (check course details for the

correct deadline). The reference has to be completed before your application can be sent to us.

• 25 February 2015– Extra begins.

• 24 March 2015– Applications for some art and design courses should arrive at UCAS by 18:00 (UK time) today. (Others have a 15 January

deadline – check course details to confirm the correct deadline.) The reference has to be completed before your application can be sent to us

Deadlines

Deadlines contd.

• 6 May 2015– If you receive all your uni/college decisions by 31 March you must reply to any offers by this date (except for

Extra) or they'll be declined.

• 7 May 2015– If you applied by the January deadline and you’re still waiting, unis will decide whether they’re making an

offer by now (otherwise those choices are automatically made unsuccessful).

• 4 June 2015– If you receive all your uni/college decisions by 7 May you must reply to any offers by this date (except for

Extra) or they’ll be declined.

• 25 June 2015– If you receive all your uni/college decisions by 4 June you must reply to any offers by this date (unless you

applied in Extra) or they'll be declined.

• 30 June 2015– If you send your application to us by 18:00 (UK time) today, we'll send it to your chosen unis and colleges;

after this date you enter Clearing.

Deadlines contd.

• 2 July 2015– Last date to apply through Extra.

• 16 July 2015– If you applied by 30 June and are waiting for decisions, unis and colleges will decide whether or not

they’ll make you an offer by this date.

• 23 July 2015– If you receive all uni/college decisions by 16 July – including Extra choices – you must reply to any offers

by this date (or they'll be declined).

• 13 August 2015– GCE and Advanced Diploma results day – and the start of the full Clearing vacancy search. Adjustment

opens for registration

• 31 August 2015– The deadline for any remaining conditions to be met – otherwise the uni or college might not accept

you – plus Adjustment ends.

Deadlines contd.

• 21 September 2015– The final deadline for applications to 2015 courses. Applications

must arrive at UCAS by 18:00 (UK time).

• 30 September 2015– The Clearing vacancy search closes; you can still add Clearing

choices in Track, but contact unis/colleges to discuss vacancies first.

• 21 October 2015– The deadline for adding Clearing choices and unis or colleges

accepting Clearing applicants

Throughout your application to save your research and findings on PDP. This will mean that we are able to help you and guide you

along the way

You must make sure that once you have applied through to university that you apply to for your tuition fees and

maintenance loans

Tuition fee – what the cost of the course isMaintenance loan – money that you will be paid in instalments throughout the year to help you pay for rent, food etc.

If you have any concerns or questions about contact Jackie Payne, the

college HE Bursar via email on jpayne@nhc.ac.uk

How to apply?

Easier than it looks

Graduate?

• What type are you?

• Under or post?

How to do it

• http://www.ucas.com/

• Search for courses – search for undergraduate– E.g.

http://search.ucas.com/search/providers?CountryCode=&RegionCode=&Lat=&Lng=&Feather=&Vac=1&AvailableIn=2015&Query=animal&ProviderQuery=&AcpId=&Location=&SubjectCode=

– Lets look at this site

Personal statements

More than just uni

What is a personal statement?

• A personal statement is a great way to bullet point your achievements and help sell yourself to the hiring manager or application board. If you choose not to have one you may just be missing a golden opportunity to make an impression when it really counts

UCAS Advice

• http://www.ucas.tv/ucas/video/48Mgg

Why are you applying?

• For example why you want to study at higher education level.

• Why that subject interests you.• What your ambitions are when you finish your

course.

What makes you suitable?

• Skills, knowledge, achievements and experience you have that will help you do well.

• These could be from education, employment or work experience, or from hobbies, interests and social activities.

• Take a look at the activities on the Planning your future page to see some of the things it could be useful to mention

Which of your skills and experiences are most relevant?

• Check course listings to see what level of understanding you need to have and what qualifications or skills they're looking for.

• This way you can link your experiences to the skills and qualities they mention, and you can put them into a structure that's most relevant to the course providers

How to write it

1. Structure

• In the course listings see which skills and qualities the universities or colleges value most.

• Then structure your info into an order that's most relevant to them.

2. Style

• Write in English (or Welsh if you're only applying to Welsh providers), and avoid italics, bold or underlining.

• Use an enthusiastic and concise tone of voice – nothing too complex – just what comes naturally.

• Be careful with humour, quotes or anything unusual – you do want to be individual, but if the admissions tutor doesn't have the same sense of humour as you, it might not work.

• Get the grammar, spelling and punctuation right, and redraft your statement until you're happy with it.

• Proofread and read it aloud to hear what it sounds like. Ask advisers/family members to check it too.

3. Format

• You can use up to 4,000 characters or 47 lines of text (including spaces and blank lines).

• We recommend you write your statement first and then copy and paste into your online application (but watch out for the character and line count – the processor might get different values because it doesn't count tabs or paragraphs).

• When you add to your online application click 'save' regularly because it will time out after 35 minutes of inactivity.

• If you want to send any more information you can ask unis and colleges if they'll accept further details – if they say yes you should send it direct to them (not us) once we've sent you your Welcome letter (so you can include your Personal ID)

4. Don't copy!

• Don’t copy anyone else's personal statement or from personal statements posted on the internet. Make sure your personal statement is all your own work.

• We screen all personal statements across our Copycatch similarity detection system. If you are found to have similarity in your personal statement, your application will be flagged, you, together with your choices will receive an email alert and this could have serious consequences for your application.

When?

• Your first draft is due 7/11/2014

• 3D Learning Project – – “Your Destination – Your Future”

Academic writing

A quick guide

Outcomes

• Describe two styles of academic writing • Analyse and critique own writing style• Compose a writing plan

Activity

• Change the entire meaning of this without changing the words

A woman without her man is nothing ,,

Meaning?

• Why did we do that?

Describe two styles of academic writing

• As a group can we identify two main styles of writing?

1.Emotional – first – leaning 2.Analytical – third – impartial

Compose a writing plan

• A plan of action when writing something is important at higher levels

• Going in blind is not an option

• Plan your argument

• Use your own language– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUAThApzhCw

Compose a writing plan – Tom’s Top Tips

• Reference on average for every 300-400 words – use Harvard

• Use a range of sources and citations

• Don’t make an assumption – back your working up

• Create a draft plan and follow it!

• Don’t use graphs in academic writing – they are an appendix

Questions?