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Welcome to the Flecker Library webpages.

Scholars and Staff are welcome to help themselves to all of the resources available on this site, and to keep up with library news. 

"The poet's business is not to save the soul of man but to make it worth saving."

                          -  James Elroy Flecker 1884-1915.

 

 

Sixth Form Futures


UNIVERSITY VISITS & OPEN DAYS

Please print out Request Form and get it signed by your Hsm at least 48 hours before the visit. After your visit, use the QR code to submit a quick evaluation of your experience.


UCAS & Post-18 choiceS: Lower SIXTH PARENTs’ TALK (MARCH 2025)

Guidance on the UCAS application process and other post-18 choices, including specialist paths (Oxbridge; MedDentVet) and apprenticeships.


LOWER SIXTH FUTURES DAY (JAN 2025)


Lower Sixth Futures WEEK (JUNE 2024)

DAY 2 / DAY 4 UCAS & Personal Statements

For a range of guides on crafting Personal Statements, including subject specific information, search “personal statements” in the Unifrog Know-how library.

DAY 4 Supported Progress Sessions


Personal Statements Talk [by Oxford Brookes University] (June 2022)


Student Finance Talk [By Royal Holloway University] (May 2022)


Lower Sixth Pupils & Parents Guidance: Using Unifrog for Post A-Level Preparation & Application (March 2020)


CAREERS, UNIVERSITIES & APPRENTICESHIPS EXPLORATION: KEY SITES

A universal destinations platform that brings all the available information into one single, impartial, user-friendly platform that helps young people to make the best choices, and submit the strongest applications.

+ Lots of info & great range of tools

+ All pupils have access

- Works best by building up your profile, which can take time.

 

Subscription only. Available in the Fifth Form.

Morrisby.com provides up-to-date career information, requirements and routes to careers, as well as assessments and customisable results to plan future choices.

+ Huge customisable range of info on occupations with links to university courses

+ Life-time membership

- Subscription only


UCAS stands for Universities and Colleges Admissions Service. It's the centralised service that students use to apply to university. It is a great resource for exploring options after GCSE and A-levels and, if applying through UCAS, the place to create, submit, and track your application.

Amazing Apprenticeships promotes the benefits of apprenticeships and technical education and works closely with the DfE. Offers wide range of knowledge, stories, advice and vacancy listings for current apprenticeships and degree apprenticeships. Their biannual Higher & Degree Listings can be very useful.

RateMyApprenticeship.co.uk is a key hub for exploring apprenticeships at all levels. It offers information, advice, and guidance on securing the best apprenticeships available to students post-GCSE and post-A-level.


The government’s National Career Service offers free and impartial information, advice and guidance to help you with your decisions about careers, courses and work.

+ Lots of detail

- Quite text heavy and a bit drab

As its name suggest, UCAS - Explore jobs allows you to explore different jobs and pathways to your career: by job family, by subject, or by skill-set. (UCAS stands for Universities and Colleges Admissions Service. It's the centralised service that students use to apply to university.)

+ Simple interface with well-summarised information

- Less detail (e.g. no salary or labour market info)

Prospects.ac.uk is the UK's biggest graduate careers website. Search for apprenticeships, graduate jobs, internships and postgraduate courses, and use to get careers advice written by specialists, as well as tools such as their career planner, which matches skills and interests with job profiles to suit you.

+ Detailed info regarding many career paths

- Aimed more at current university students, but still very useful for many explorations