Universities and Careers

UCAS Webinar Series 2020

UCAS are running a series of webinars aimed at Lower Sixth and Upper Sixth students. They cover topics such as 'How to make the most of Year 12' and 'Successfully transitioning to university'.

Lower Sixth students can find out more and register here and Upper Sixth students here

 

Quick Careers Fact

A new apartment complex in Hamburg, Germany, intends to generate heat, as well as revenue. Architects, Chemical and Energy Engineers worked to together to produce what looks like a cross between a Mondrian painting and a terrarium but is actually a vertical algae farm.

It can create biofuel, produce heat, shade the building, abate street noise and make history.

Lukas Verlage, managing director of the Colt Group, part of the high-powered consortium that constructed the energy system, said in an e-mail that the building was “an outstanding and important development in the use of renewable resources in building technology,” comparable to advances in the space programme. They expect the technology to be widely available by the time our Year 7 pupils reach Sixth Form.

Do you have a quirky or weird 'careers fact' to interest young people? Please email me. 

Kerry Low
Careers Adviser

 

Swansea University's Clinical Careers Showcase

Swansea University invites Princethorpe Sixth Form students to a series of virtual talks to learn more about study options and career prospects in medicine and healthcare

Click here to find out more.

USA College Day 2020

USA College Day is the largest US university fair in Europe. The 43rd year of College Day will see a wide variety of US universities exhibit at this virtual event for prospective undergraduates, parents and teachers.

This free, virtual event provides students, parents and teachers with the unique opportunity to meet representatives from over 150 American universities and learn about the US admissions process from experts.

Time: Saturday 26 September, 1.00pm-7.00pm

Venue: online (details provided upon registration)

Tickets: must be booked in advance. FREE to those who register here.

View confirmed exhibitors using the USA College Day University Search here