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FE/HE staff development

Welcome to UCAS Wider Picture - our 2011/12 consultancy, training and staff development programme

This year's programme builds on the success of previous years. We have delivered this programme in hundreds of different organisational settings across the UK.

Presented by highly experienced officers in the UCAS Professional Development Team, and offered in locations of your choosing in the UK, we deliver workshops, seminars and keynote presentations to FE/HE staff and others.

Who should attend?

  • Admissions officers and staff
  • Academic admissions tutors
  • Staff with responsibility for:
     
    • curriculum planning
    • education liaison
    • fair admissions
    • marketing and recruitment
    • prospectus writing and editing
    • widening participation
    • student ambassador managers

What sort of topics can we cover?

Update on UK Qualifications

Includes developments in A levels, BTEC, Functional Skills, 14-19 Diplomas, and English, Welsh, Scottish and AQA Baccalaureates.

Confirmation and Clearing

An opportunity to look in depth at these important closing stages of the UCAS application cycle.

Extended Project

Find out the latest news on a qualification that provides school and college students with an opportunity to develop independent study and research skills.

Tools for differentiation

An opportunity to discuss the growing array of tools available to admissions staff, including A* grade at A level, admissions tests, interviews, auditions and the provision of information on performance at unit level.

Qualifications Credit Framework (QCF)

An opportunity to understand the framework for vocational qualifications in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

New developments at UCAS

This topic is often delivered as a keynote presentation at HEI conferences and events aimed at school teachers, FE tutors and careers advisers. It provides delegates with a helpful timeline to plan for key changes and developments to the UCAS application process, products and services.

Fair admissions and widening participation

Outlining areas of good practice; how the development of Entry Profiles, including information on fees, bursaries and the National Scholarship Programme (NSP), support the transparency agenda; options for assessing merit; compact arrangements & summer schools.

Progression to art & design

Learn about the latest sector developments, 24 March closing date courses, online notification of interviews, art foundation programmes and developments in interview and portfolio viewing.

Student ambassador and associate training from UCAS

Our trainers will ensure that undergraduate students chosen for these types of activities are fully conversant with both the application process and the many progression routes that young people can take into HE. Characterised by a lively style of delivery, these sessions can be delivered to large groups (up to 150 students) and are therefore highly cost-effective.

Session fees

  • £300 plus VAT per session (maximum 2 hours)
  • £125 plus VAT per additional session on the same day (maximum 2 hours)

Additional costs

UCAS operates as a not for profit organisation and it is necessary to work on the basis of cost recovery for all services. Travel, accommodation and subsistence will therefore be charged as follows:

  • Travel: 45p per mile for the return journey from UCAS HQ Cheltenham (or the exact cost of standard rail fare as incurred)
  • Accommodation costs will be charged as incurred to the following maximums: £85 outside London, £150 London. Accommodation costs will only apply if return travel cannot be comfortably undertaken within one day
  • Subsistence costs will be charged as incurred to the following daily maximums: £6 lunch, £20 evening meal.

    • If you have any queries regarding the Wider Picture consultancy service then please contact the Professional Development Team on 01242 545712.

    The booking form for this programme is available as a PDF file for you to download and print out. Please indicate when making a booking which of the above topics you wish to select as the focus for your UCAS Wider Picture presentation.