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- 2. Jim Hawkins! Head Master! Harrow School!
- 5. Alice Hudson! Executive Headteacher! Twyford CoE Academies Trust!
- 6. The State School Perspective!
- 7. The Challenge for State Schools!
- 8. • The independent sector continues to provide approximately 45% of Oxbridge places despite considerable expenditure by these universities on fair access programmes. ! ! • Nationally, 7% of students attend independent schools, rising to 13% for A-level students. ! • Record numbers of university places were awarded to applicants from state schools following a Government drive to create a more socially balanced student body. (The Telegraph March 2014)! The Challenge for State Schools!
- 9. The Challenge for State Schools! 1. At universi-es with the highest entry requirements the most advantaged 20 per cent of young people were 6.3 -mes more likely to enter one of these universi-es than the most disadvantaged 40 per cent. [Trends in young par-cipa-on by student background and selec-vity of ins-tu-on, OFFA 2014] 2. Entrants to Russell Group universi-es from state schools decreased from 75.6% in 2002/03 to 74.6% in 2011/12. Entrants to Russell Group universi-es from less advantaged backgrounds decreased from 19.9% in 2002/03 to 19.0% in 2011/12. [The Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission, 2013] 3. There are an es-mated 3,700 missing state educated students who have the grades to get into Russell Group universi-es in England but do not get the places. [as above] 4. 16% of pupils who are eligible for Free School Meals progress to university, in comparison to 96% of those educated in independent schools. Private school students are 22 more likely to go to a leading university. [SuSon Trust, 2012]
- 10. The Challenge for State Schools! HIGHEST STATE SCHOOL INTAKE ! ! University of Ulster ! ! !99.9% ! The University of Bolton ! !99.4% ! Liverpool Hope University ! !99.1% ! Glyndŵr University ! ! !99.1% ! Newman University ! ! !98.9% ! Teesside University ! ! !98.8% ! The University of Wales, Newport !98.7% ! Middlesex University ! ! !98.6% ! The University of Wolverhampton !98.5% ! The University of the West of Scotland !98.5% ! LOWEST STATE SCHOOL INTAKE ! ! The University of Oxford !57.4% ! The University of St Andrews !58.9% ! The University of Bristol !59.4% ! The University of Cambridge !63% ! University of Durham! !63.4% ! Imperial College London !64.7% ! University College London !65.7% ! The University of Edinburgh !67.3% ! The University of Exeter !69.1% ! The University of Newcastle !70% ! Data from The Telegraph March 2014!
- 11. Dealing with a system which seems arcane/opaque!
- 12. Dealing with a system which seems Arcane/Opaque! Humility! • ‘Probably wont get in’! • ‘Not for the likes of us’!
- 13. Dealing with a system which seems Arcane/Opaque! Market Information! • Which course?! • Which college?! • Which criteria?! • Which league table?!
- 14. Dealing with a system which seems Arcane/Opaque! The Sunday Times University guide shows Oxford & Cambridge to be the top universities for studying Medicine (as an overall score), however when graded by Graduate Prospects they are 30th & 31st !
- 18. Oxbridge entrants 2013! Student! University! College! Subject! Toby Gehring! Oxford! St Hugh’s! Maths and Computer Science! Noah Harley! Cambridge! Corpus Christi! History! Georgiana Jackson- Callen! Oxford! Merton! French & Spanish! Elizabeth Phillips! Cambridge! St John’s! Theology! Katy Quinn Guest! Oxford! Lady Margaret! English! Martha Samano! Oxford! St Peter’s! Earth Science! Nancy Tucker! Oxford! Pembroke! Experimental Psychology!
- 19. Oxbridge entrants 2012! Student University College Subject Clare Smedley Oxford St Catherine's Medicine Jessica Richards Cambridge Peterhouse Law Josie Lyon Oxford St Peter's French & German Alex Peppiatt Cambridge Kings Spanish & Portuguese Jim Phillips Cambridge Pembroke History Lorna McKinnon Cambridge St Catharine's Economics Toby McMaster Cambridge Jesus Natural Sciences Sareeka Linton Cambridge Clare Geography George Bryan Cambridge Jesus Theology Esme Neale Oxford Christchurch Theology
- 20. Twyford Additional Programme! • Philosophy course! • Extended Project Qualification (EPQ)! • Access to all ‘Level 4’ activities! • University exam preparation (STEP, BMAT)! • Interview support for early entry!
- 21. Visiting Speakers 2013 - 14! Dr Juliet Pickering! Reader in physics, Imperial college , member of interviewing panel, focus on the application and interview process for Year 13 scientists! ! John Nickson ! author of ‘giving is good for you’. John is a senior fundraiser for the British council, the Tate and the English National Opera. He is a Royal Academy of Music trustee.! ! Sir Paul Coleridge QC! Sir Paul is a senior, member of the family division of the High Court, has founded a charity to support families in breakdown.! ! David Gilbert ! Head of Urban and Historical Geography, Royal Holloway College.!
- 22. TAP Programme! Extended Project Qualifications A 5000 word independent research project supported by a programme of teaching and 1:1 sessions with a supervisor! Louisa Dales! Early 20th century British occupation of Palestine! Emily Marten! Protecting French language from English! Molly Obadiah! Use of nanotechnology in Medicine! Tim Rajaratnam! Stem cells in future medical treatment! Briar Wilkinson! Preventing dementia! Nadeem Ezzat! Wind effect on long span bridges! Gabriel Hawkins-Pottier! The Big Bang or warp drive! Elle Moore! Renaissance! Edwin Oliver-Watts! American War of Independence! Ailis Swords-McDonnell! How Art is used in protest! Mary Tozer! Paganism and Christianity in Roman Britain!
- 23. UCAS! ! The standard process! How it works for Oxbridge! !
- 24. OXFORD v. CAMBRIDGE! ! How do they differ?! ! !
- 26. OUTCOMES! ! !