The Flagpole

So that I can complete the necessary paperwork, possible references and so on, I'd be grateful if you could you let me know the company name and contact details, for the placement(s) you have arranged either by return of the slip attached to the letter sent to you in June, or by email to me miketaylor@princethorpe.co.uk. 

If you need a hard copy of the original letter, please could you ask your son or daughter to ask me for one at school.

Mike Taylor
Work Experience Co-ordinator

This term Lower Sixth students have started to find out about the options available to them after the Sixth Form. We are holding sessions in Life Skills and CoRE, as well as visiting the UCAS Conference at the University of Worcester and holding a parents' information evening. 

The full programme of events is as follows:

Life Skills/CORE:

(Due to the adverse weather conditions, the schedule is now as follows):

• Thursday 1 March 2018 - Jacqui Quinney - How to apply for university and apprenticeships
• Thursday 8 March 2018 - (TBC) Visiting Speaker: Fred Binley, Southampton University - Why go to university?
• Thursday 15 March 2018 - Visiting Speaker: Aston University - Degree Apprenticeships: what are they and how to get one

Parents' Workshop Evening - To be rescheduled for first half of Trinity Term. (Was originally planned for Thursday 1 March 2018, 18.00-21.00)

Please watch this space for details of when our postponed parents' information session will take place.

UCAS Conference Thursday 22 March 2018

We aim to take all Lower Sixth students to this conference where they will have the opportunity to meet representatives from hundreds of universities. An Evolve consent form has been sent out for you to grant consent for your child to attend.

It is time for students to think about applying for 2018/19 student finance.

Students starting a full-time course at university or college in 2018/19 can apply now for their finance online at the Student Finance England website by following the steps below: 

• Set up a student finance online account.
• Log in and complete the online application.
• Include details of your household income and get your parents to support your application, if needed.
• Send in proof of identity, if needed.
• Sign and return the loan declaration, which you should receive within 6 weeks.

You should apply as soon as you have decided on your firm and insurance courses to make sure your money is in place at the start of your course. It's quick and easy and you don't have to have a confirmed place - you should use your first choice for the application and change it online at a later date if you need to. Do not wait for your exam results before you apply - it will be too late!

Click here to be taken to the Student Finance England website to start your application.

Jacqui Quinney
Head of Careers, UCAS Co-ordinator 

The careers team are keen to involve parents as much as possible in assisting with the decisions your children will be making when choosing a career and their next step. As such, I will be passing on information that might be useful to you.

Please see the articles below for information regarding the following:

• Goldsmiths, University of London taster lectures this March

Jacqui Quinney
Head of Careers and UCAS Co-ordinator

Goldsmiths, University of London is running numerous university taster lectures in a variety of subjects for Lower Sixth Form students.

You can find below the dates, subjects and further details of all their taster lectures taking place in March.

All the taster courses listed are free to attend and currently have places available, however, it is recommended you apply as soon as possible to your preferred taster session/s as places can fill up quickly.

Thursday 8 March 2018

History: Corporate Raiders, Corporate Empire? The Origins of British Rule in India, click here for further details/to apply.

Friday 9 March 2018

Economics: 'Is inequality of income a problem, and can we do anything about it?', click here for further details/to apply.

Tuesday 13 March 2018

Digital Marketing and Social Media Marketing: #ITweetThereforeIAm: The ABC’s of Social Media Marketing, click here for further details/to apply.

Wednesday 21 March 2018

Anthropology: Anthropology in the 21st Century (and how we got to be like this), click here for further details/to apply.

Chinese Studies: Mandarin, click here for further details/to apply.

Educational Studies: What is the role of a Researcher? - An introduction to Educational Studies at Goldsmiths, click here for further details/to apply.

Politics & International Relations: Globalisation and Resistance, click here for further details/to apply

Sociology: Feminism, antiracism and the complexity of social justice – the case of ‘Black Lives Matter’ and ‘Say Her Name’, click here for further details/to apply.

Friday 23 March 2018

Community Studies & Social Work: Riots and responses: what needs fixing - individuals or society?, click here for further details/to apply.

Curating (Department of Visual Cultures): Select, Organise, Present: An Introduction to Curating at Goldsmiths, click here for further details/to apply.

English & Comparative Literature: All This Stench: Corpses in the Literature of the Great War, click here for further details/ to apply.

Monday 26 March 2018

Psychosocial/Therapeutic Studies: What’s wrong with the normal?, click here for further details/to apply.

Tuesday 27 March 2018

Theatre and Performance: Whatever happened to Radical Theatre?, click here for further details/to apply.

History of Art/Visual Cultures: More than Meat Joy: Happenings and Performance from Recent Art HistoryTheatre, click here for further details/to apply.

Wednesday 28 March 2018

Art & Art History: Fine Art & History of Art: Making, Thinking, Writing and All points in between, click here for further details/to apply.

Design: ‘Design Futuring’ – An Introduction to Design at Goldsmiths, click here for further details/to apply.

Management Studies: Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneurial Processes, click here for further details/to apply.

Music: Music Performance, Technology and Stagecraft, click here for further details/to apply.

Religion: Religion and Youth: Chaos or Cohesion?, click here for further details/to apply.