veterinary and medical courses

If you are seriously considering a career in either medicine or veterinary then you should attend one of these conferences.  Hosted at Nottingham University there is a Vet-Medlink course  from 2-5 April 2012 and  medlink courses 17-20 & 20-23 december 2011.  See MJF for details or http://www.medlink-uk.org/ or http://www.workshop-uk.net/

Oxford Open Days

www.admissions.ox.ac.uk/opendays has information on open days happening on July 6th, July 7th and 16th September.

Work experience at Venue Cymru

Whilst looking for something else, I came across this from Venue Cymru who will offer a weeks work experience for one student per school.  The link is http://www.venuecymru.co.uk/home.php?/Education

social networking from UCAS

A number of sites run by UCAS help you to get in touch or find out more, which supplement the ucas.com main site.  The sites are

http://www.facebook.com/ucasonline   http://twitter.com/#!/ucas_online   https://yougo.co.uk/login.aspx and http://ucas.tv/ 

Oxbridge and Medical tests

This site contains the information you need plus practice questions
http://www.admissionstests.cambridgeassessment.org.uk/adt/

Law taster

Lancaster university are running a Law taster day on Saturday July 2nd.  Tours, lectures and a moot trial are on offer.  If anyone is interested please speak to me.

free stuff

One website recommended in a mailing received from UCAS recently is http://www.studentbeans.com/ As well as some "fun" stuff, if you sign up you can receive discounts including 2for1 vouchers for Cineworld

Bangor University Open day

There is to be an open day on July 2nd.  As this is so close, day pupils and boarders can get here easily.  Booking via http://www.bangor.ac.uk/courses/visit.php

university fees from 2012

this report in the Guardian newspaper sets out what most universities intend to charge from 2012 http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2011/mar/25/higher-education-universityfunding?&EMCEDUEML1658

Open Days

For information on forthcoming open days visit http://www.opendays.com/

NHS reforms for medics

Applicants for medical courses may like to read this summary of NHS reforms http://www.oxbridgeapplications.com/newsroom/our-newsletter/the-nhs-reforms-explained/index.aspx?utm_campaign=April%2BNewsletter%2BTeachers%2B6&utm_source=emailCampaign&utm_medium=email

useful video links

Although this link takes you to a very useful video produced about the UCAS process and is now out of date, concerning choices and cost, the site does link to other useful sources
http://www.videojug.com/interview/the-university-application

oxbridge news online

If any student is thinking of applying to Oxford or Cambridge, they should register with this online site, so that they can receive help and updates.

http://www.oxbridgeapplications.com/newsroom/our-newsletter/ is the link to find newsletters

You can also follow the site on facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Oxbridge-Applications/104220701723