UCAS, Higher Education, Apprenticeships & Jobs

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Why Higher Education?

Think It Through - Opportunities and Benefits

Why take a degree or diploma?

Graduates are adaptable to change. They also have more chance to gain and demonstrate the employable skills of self-management and team working. Research indicates that graduates are more likely to work in high skilled posts than non-graduates.

Higher Education develops:

subject knowledge
independence
ability to learn
constructive thinking
ability to work without close supervision
organisational skills
communication skills
social skills

Higher Education offers the opportunity to:

achieve your full academic potential, possibly up to post-doctoral level
develop your interpersonal and professional skills and so achieve your career goals
realise your full personal and social potential, including sporting, recreational and cultural ambitions, possibly including the ability to travel
take advantage of one of the best 'clubs' in the world - The Student Union
come into contact with students from different countries, cultures and creeds
make life-lasting friendships and relationships; and, if you make the right choices, undergo what could be one of the most enjoyable, exciting and rewarding experiences of your life!

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Choosing Your University

Where to start?

Selecting your university is an important process and one that has a number of steps to it. We would recommend you consider firstly the course that interests you most to study at university.

You then need to find out which universities offer you these courses - use of UNIFROG, other guides or one of the databases such as ECCTIS, Studylink or Which University. For many subjects (such as English, History, Law, Chemistry) you will find that the list is still very extensive; however, take the time to check that the course offered at each university is what you want. You will find that courses with the same title can vary substantially from institution to institution. By checking the details you might find that you can shorten the list further to institutions that really do offer the course you're looking for. For example, you may want a sandwich course or one that offers the option of studying a foreign language in addition to the main subjects. Send for prospectuses from each unlversity you are interested in if we do not have a copy in Sixth Form. Please do use your tutors, subject teachers and Head of Sixth Form for advice.

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Map of University and College locations in England and Wales

Universities and Colleges Locations Key

University/College	Map Ref.
A
Aberystwyth University	7C
Accrington & Rossendale College	5D
American lnterContinental University, London	Lon
Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge	7F
Anglo European College of Chiropractic	9D
Askham Bryan College, York	5E
Aston University, Birmingham	Bir
B
Bangor University	6C
Barking and Dagenham College, Romford	Lon
Basingstoke College of Technology	8E
Bath College, City of	8D
Bath Spa University	8D
Bath, University of	8D
Bedford College	7E
Bedfordshire, University of	7E
Birkbeck, University of London	Lon
Birmingham City University	Bir
Birmingham Conservatoire	Bir
Birmingham Metropolitan College	Bir
Birmingham, University College	Bir
Birmingham, University of	Bir
Bishop Burton College, Beverley	5E
Bishop Grosseteste University College, Lincoln	6E
Blackburn College	5D
Blackpool and The Fylde College	5C
Bolton, University of	Man
Bournemouth University	9D
Bournemouth, Arts University College	9D
BPP University College of Professional Studies	Lon
Bradford College	5D
Bradford, University of	5D
Bridgwater College	8C
Brighton and Sussex Medical School	8E
Brighton, University of	8E
Bristol Filton College	8D
Bristol, City of Bristol College	8D
Bristol, University of	8D
Bristol, University of the West of England (UWE)	8D
British College of Osteopathic Medicine	Lon
British lnstitute of Technology & E-commerce	Lon
British School of Osteopathy	Lon
Brooklands College	8E
Brooksby Melton College	6E
Brunel University, Uxbridge	8E
Buckingham, University of	7E
Buckinghamshire New University	7E
C
Cambridge, University of	7F
Canterbury Christ Church University	8F
Cardiff University	8C
Cardiff, University of Wales lnstitute	8C
Central Lancashire, University of	5D
Central School of Speech and Drama	Lon
Chester, University of	6C
Chichester College	8E
Chichester, University of	8E
City and Islington College	Lon
City College Birmingham	Bir
City College Coventry	7D
City of Sunderland College	4D
City of Westminster College	Lon
City University	Lon
Cleveland College of Art and Design	4E
Cliff College, Calver	6D
Colchester lnstitute	7F
Coleg Llandrillo Cymru	6C
Coleg Menai	6C
Coleg Sir Gar / Carmarthenshire College	7B
College of West Angila	6F
Cornwall College	9B
Courtauld Institute of Art	Lon
Coventry University	7D
Craven College, Skipton	5D
Croydon College	Lon
Cumbria, University of	4C
D
De Montfort University	6E
Deame Valley College, Rotherham	5E
Derby, University of	6D
Doncaster College	5E
Duchy College, Cornwall	9B
Dudley College of Technology	Bir
Durham University	4D
E
Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College	Lon
East Anglia, University of	6F
East London, University of	Lon
East Riding College, Beverly	5E
East Surrey College, Reigate	8E
Easton College, Norwich	6F
Edge Hill University, Ormskirk	5C
Edge Hotel School	7F
Essex, University of, Colchester	7F
European Business School, London	Lon
European School of Economics	Lon
European School of Osteopathy, Maidstone	F8
Exeter College	9C
Exeter, University of	9C
F
Falmouth, University College	9B
Farnborough College of Technology	8E
G
Glamorgan, Cardiff and Pontypridd, University of	8C
Gloucestershire College	7D
Gloucestershire, University of	7D
Glyndwr University, Wrexham	6C
Goldsmiths	Lon
Gower College Swansea	7C
Greenwich School of Management	Lon
Greenwich, University of	Lon
Grimsby Institute of Further and Higher Education	5E
Guildford College	8E
H
Harper Adams University College, Newport	8C
Havering College of Further and Higher Education, Homchurch	Lon
Hereford College of Arts	7D
Hertfordshire, University of	7E
Heythrop College	Lon
Highbury College, Portsmouth	8E
Holbom College	Lon
Hopwood Hall College	5D
Huddersfield, University of	5D
Hull College	5E
Hull York Medical School	5E
Hull, University of	5E
I
ifs School of Finance	Lon
Imperial College London	Lon
Islamic College for Advanced Studies	Lon
K
Keele University	6D
Kensington College of Business	Lon
Kent, University of	8F
King's College London	Lon
Kingston University	8E
Kirklees College	5D
L
Lakes College - West Cumbria	4C
Lancaster University	5D
LCA Business School, London	Lon

Leeds City College	5D
Leeds College of Art	5D
Leeds College of Music	5D
Leeds Metropolitan University	5D
Leeds Trinity University College	5D
Leeds, University of	5D
Leicester College	6E
Leicester, University of	6E
Lincoln College	6E
Lincoln, University of	6E
Liverpool Community College	5C
Liverpool Hope University	5C

University/College	Map Ref.
L
Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, The	5C
Liverpool John Moores University	5C
Liverpool, University of	5C
London College, UCK, The	Lon
London Electronics College	Lon
London lnstitute in Paris, University of	Lon
London Metropolitan University	Lon
London School of Commerce	Lon
London School of Economics and Political Science	Lon
London School of Science and Technology	Lon
London South Bank University	Lon
London, University of the Arts	Lon
Loughborough College	6E
Loughborough University	6E
M
Manchester College, The	Man
Manchester Metropolitan University, The	Man
Manchester, University of	Man
Medway School of Pharmacy	Lon
Mid-Cheshire College, Northwich	6D
Middlesex University	Lon
Moulton College	7E
Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts	Lon
Myerscough College	5D
N
Nazarene Theological College	Man
Neath Port Talbot College	7C
NESCOT, Surrey	Lon
New College Durham	4D
New College Nottingham	6E
New College Stamford	6E
New College Telford	6D
Newcastle College	4D
Newcastle University	4D
Newham College London	Lon
Newman University College, Birmingham	Bir
Newport, University of Wales	8C
North East Worcestershlre College, Reddltch	7D
North Lindsey College	5E
North Warwickshire and Hinckley College	6D
Northampton, University of	7E
Northbrook College Sussex	8E
Northumberland College, Ashington	3D
Northumbria University	4D
Norwich City College of Further and Higher Education	6F
Norwich University College of The Arts	6F
Nottingham Trent University	6E
Nottingham, University of	6E
O
Oxford & Cherwell Valley College	7E
Oxford Brookes University	7E
Oxford University	7E
P
Pearson College	Lon
Pembrokeshire College, Haverfordwest	7B
Peterborough, University Centre	6E
Petroc, Barnstaple	8C
Plymouth College of Art	9C
Plymouth, University of	9C
Portsmouth, University of	8E
Q
Queen Mary, University of London	Lon
R
Ravensboume	Lon
Reading, University of	8E
Regents College, London	Lon
Richmond, The American lntemational University in London	Lon
Roehampton University	Lon
Rose Bruford College	Lon
Rotherham College of Arts and Technology	5E
Royal Academy of Dance	Lon
Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester	7D
Royal College of Music	Lon
Royal Holloway	Lon
Royal Northern College of Music	5D
Royal Veterinary College	Lon
Royal Welslh College of Music and Drama	8C
Ruskin College Oxford	7E
S
SAE lnstitute	Lon
Salford, University of	Man
School of Orientai and African Studies	Lon
Sheffield College	5D
Sheffield Hallam University	5D
Sheffield, University of	5D
Solihull College	Bir
Somerset College of Arts and Technology	8C
South Cheshire College	6D
South Devon College	9C
South Downs College	8E
South Essex College	7F
South Nottingham College	6E
South Tyneside College	4D
Southampton Solent University	8E
Southampton, University of	8E
Southport College	5C
Sparsholt College Hampshire	8E
St George's, University of London	Lon
St Helens College	5D
St Mary's University College, Twickenham	Lon
Staffordshire University	6D
Stephenson College Coalville	6D
Stockport College	Man
Stourbridge College	Bir
Stratford Upon Avon College	7D
Suffolk, University campus	7F
Sunderland, University of	4D
Surrey, University of	8E
Sussex, University of	8E
Swansea Metropolitan University	7C
Swansea University	7C
Swindon College	8D
T
Temeslde College, Ashton under Lyne	Man
Teesside, University of	4E
The College of Law	8E
Trinity College of Music	Lon
Trinity Saint David	7B
Truro and Penwith College	9B
Tyne Metropolitan College	4D
U
UCP Marjon - University College Plymouth St Mark & St John	9C
University College London	Lon
University for the Creative Arts	8F
University of West London, The	Lon
Uxbridge College	8E
W
Wakefield College	5D
Walsall College	Bir
Warrington Collegiate	5D
Warwick, University of	7D
Warwickshire College	7D
West Cheshire College	6C
West Thames College	Lon
Westminster Kingsway College	Lon
Westminster, University of	Lon
Wigan and Leigh College	5D
Wiltshire College	8D
Winchester, University of	8E
Wirral Metropolitan College	6C
Wolverhampton, University of	Bir
Worcester College of Technology	7D
Worcester, University of	7D
Writtle College, Chelmsford	7F
Y
York College	5E
York St John University	5E
York, University of	5E
Yorkshire Coast College of Further and Higher Education	4E

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Student Finance

Student Finance Guide

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Applying to University/College through UCAS

Most questions about your UCAS application can be answered by clicking on the help buttons provided. You can also phone UCAS on 0371 468 0468 with your UCAS Personal ID number to hand or e-mail: enquiries@ucas.ac.uk. We highly recommend visiting universities by attending their University Open Days, a list of when these are held can be found at www.ucas.com/open-days. If you wish to attend a University Open Day during the week, please let Sixth Form reception know by writing your name and the name of the university you are visiting in the pink diary.

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UCAS Tariff Points/Calculator

The UCAS tariff is a points system used to report achievement for entry to higher education in a numerical format. It establishes an agreed comparison between different types and volumes of achievement.

For full updated information, check the UCAS website links below:

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Your Personal Statement

Personal Statement Advice

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Alternative Paths: Useful Websites

If you are unsure about going to university and feel it may not be for you, then visit www.notgoingtouni.co.uk and do some research on what other opportunities there are after leaving school (using the website links below).