Higher Education Resources
Resources to help students make that transition to university.
- Assemblies
- Assessment and Revision
- Application Timelines
- US Guides
- UCAS Guides
- Home Status Help
- Action Plans for Specific Careers
Higher Education Resources
Resources to help students make that transition to university.
- Assemblies
- Assessment and Revision
- Application Timelines
- US Guides
- UCAS Guides
- Home Status Help
- Action Plans for Specific Careers
An excellent resource for subject teachers and tutors in helping them write a good UCAS personal reference.
This document includes:
Terminology for degree and career related skills
General Skills
Personality
Example References By Subject
Extenuating Circumstances
Tutor references
Over Sixty Successful Personal Statements for nearly every degree to aid students when writing their own.
We often group students by their degree, getting them to look at successful and unsuccessful personal statements to give them a better understanding. Please remind students about plagiarism and only use this resource to give ideas.
This package includes personal statements for the following degrees plus many more:
Accounting
Accounting and Finance
Aerospace Engineering
Architecture
Art and Design
Biochemistry
Biomedical Engineering
Biomedical Science
Business and Marketing
Business Management
Business
Chemical Engineering
Child Nursing
Computer Science
Design Engineering
Economics
Engineering
English
English with Film
Fashion
Film and TV Production
History
Law
Maths
Medicine
Politics
Psychology
Sport
A PowerPoint presentation outlining the UCAS reference basics along with updated tips for all teachers including advice for new referees.
Slides include:
UCAS Reference Basics
Who reads the reference?
What to include?
Take your time
Make your UCAS reference specific
Easy to read
What to avoid?
School Rules - Apply this to your own
Involving the Students
Advice for new referees