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Getting In Getting On 2009
£16.00
The essential higher education guide for advisers, teachers and parents.
This comprehensive resource is for anyone involved with potential higher education applicants. It is designed to encourage, support and guide them during the important decision making process ahead.
This book will help you advise students how to enhance their research skills, build self-confidence, improve their insight and understanding of the HE experience, improve their UCAS application, remove potential barriers to success and much more.
Includes exercises for use within schools and colleges. Please note there are no photocopying restrictions for use within your own school or college.
Progression Series 2009 - Complete Set Special Offer
£114.99
Giving applicants a head start when applying to the most competitive subject areas.
The full set of 9 Progression Guides is available at the special offer price of £114.99, a saving over over 20% from the RRP.
Each title includes:
- an introduction to the subject area
- career options
- advice about which area to study
- entry routes available
- entry requirements
- study tips
- how to apply
- profiles of courses and students
- graduate destinations
- and more.
SEE BELOW FOR DETAILS OF THE INDIVIDUAL TITLES.
UK and International Qualifications CD-ROM 2008 Entry
£9.99
(Including: VAT at 17.5%)
These two titles were not created as books this year. However, following customer demand we have put both publications on this CD-ROM as pdf files.
If you are involved in advice, admissions, selection or any related activity connected with higher education (HE), then these comprehensive guides are an essential way of keeping up-to-date with changes in pre-HE qualifications both in the UK and overseas.
UCAS Apply Training Manual 2008
£29.38
(Including: VAT at 17.5%)
This manual has been made available to further assist staff at centres using the Apply system. Filled with information on every part of the online application system, this guide will help you with the process of managing your applications.
Created by UCAS Professional Development Team to ensure the clearest and most accurate guidance available, this guide contains information on the benefits of the system, registration, the student area, the staff area, references, payment, Q&A, technical issues plus more.
Please note that the manual comes in ring-binder format to allow you to photocopy information for other staff.
Missed Opportunities?
£49.50
This detailed report contains findings of analysis undertaken in respect of UK-domiciled applicants through the UCAS system who, for years of entry 2003 to 2006 inclusive, have not, by the end of an admissions cycle, been successfully placed on a full-time course at a UK higher education institution (HEI).
The findings in this report are valuable for those responsible for widening participation and more general outreach activities in HEIs, schools and colleges.
Course Discover
Prices start at £155 for a 12 month subscription
Course Discover has long been recognised as being one of the most comprehensive databases of further, higher and postgraduate courses. We hold information on more than 110,000 courses at over 1,000 institutions in the UK and Eire, which is updated directly by the institutions themselves, and quality controlled by a team of dedicated professionals.
Course Discover is a great tool for users at all stages of the decision-making process and it prides itself on being a one-stop information package for young people. Course Discover is available as a flexible subscription package.
To arrange a free trial or order Course Discover, please contact us at enquiries@coursediscover.co.uk or call 0870 160 2008.
The UNIAID MASH Test
£41.13
(Including: VAT at 17.5%)
A fun and easy-to-use game for groups of year 11-13 students and undergraduates focussing on student finance.
· The MASH test easy-to-store pack consists of MASH test cards, full instructions, a training DVD, facilitator notes and student worksheets
· The MASH test is great for team building
· Players learn more about themselves and their preferences.
· The MASH Test can be used time and time again and will not go out of date as student finances change
· The MASH test is tried, tested and trusted developed with students and trialled by student ambassadors in schools and colleges · 96% of students said that they knew more about student finance after completing the MASH test
· The MASH test has been awarded the pfeg quality mark.
Go-Jonny-Go DVD Teacher Pack
£59.98
(Including: VAT at 3.47%)
Go-Jonny-Go and its combination Teacher/Adviser Resource will help your students (14-19) develop the enterprising mindset so vital to success in life. Linking Enterprise with personalised Careers Education, Go-Jonny-Go's tasks will give your students their own 'kitbag' of highly practical tools and techniques to increase their understanding of the world of work and harness personal data from now on that will be useful to them in any situation where they need to make an impact, such as in an interview setting.
The Teacher/Adviser Resource features a 55-minute motivational film (divided into convenient chapters), a comprehensive handbook together with a 66 page resource containing lesson plans and copyright free exercises for group and individual working.
What Do Graduates Do? 2008
£14.95
A comprehensive look at the graduate employment market.
Details the destinations of graduates six months after graduation. There is a wealth of useful information available across 26 subjects to inform you about what graduates from different courses went on to do.
- Latest information and trends about the graduate employment market
- Recent graduate case studies
- Myths and key issues surrounding graduate recruitment explored
- What emplyers really want in a graduate
- References for further reading and useful websites
This information can help students a career path, a subject to study and how to get ahead of the crowd.
Step Up 2009
£14.95
Step Up provides a wealth of knowledge for school pupils, parents and higher education advisers on handling the tricky issues posed by university and college entrance.
Packed full of case studies, experiences and opinions of both teachers and students, Step Up is a respected and powerful publication for providing information for potential students and their advisers.
It includes information on open days and events, choosing courses and institutions, studying in Wales or Scotland, applications, admissions tests, students finances, gap years and much more.
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