Year 12/College First Year
- Spring – Get advice from friends, family, your Connexions PA and school or
college staff about what and where to study. Research courses and institutions using reference books, prospectuses and the internet. Order prospectuses from any
place that interests you.
- Summer – Attend HE events, open days and taster courses. Try to get relevant work experience. Start to put your Personal Statement together. Prepare applications for sponsorship. Read the prospectuses and use the UCAS website to gather
information. Prune your shortlist to six. If you want to take a gap year, start
making plans now as some gap year schemes have early closing dates.
CRUCIAL: with tuition fees of up to £3,070 a year, you may need financial aid to attend higher education. Get information and advice from the contacts or by using the links on this page.
Year 13/College Second year
- 1 Oct – Deadline for applications to CUKAS (Music Conservatoires UK Admissions Service)
- 15 Oct – Deadline for applications to medical, dentistry or veterinary science courses and Oxford and Cambridge.
- 15 Jan – Closing date for all other UCAS applications including Art & Design Route A.
- March – UCAS Extra enables ‘non committed’ applicants to make a further application and can save you from having to go through Clearing later on.
- 24 Mar – Deadline for Art & Design Route B applications.
- June/Jul – Publication of BTEC results.
- Mid-Aug – Publication of A2/AS results.
- Aug-Sept – UCAS Clearing matches anyone still looking for a HE place to any unfilled university vacancies.
Disabled students
It is a good idea to first draw up a
shortlist of institutions that offer the
course you want and then to consider
the support offered to disabled students:
access, staff attitudes, suitable
accommodation, support services and
so on. Try to visit an institution to see
first-hand whether it meets your needs.
Many universities have a disabled
students adviser or other designated
staff to contact for information.
