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A Parent's Essential Guide to Navigating Higher Education for Your Child

This comprehensive guide provides parents with essential information about higher education. It covers key topics such as choosing the right course and university, understanding the application process, and how parents can support their children through this transition. With practical advice on meeting entry requirements, managing costs, and navigating post-application steps like interviews and offers, this resource aims to empower parents to help their children succeed. Explore vital considerations, available resources, and tips on supporting your child academically and emotionally as they embark on their higher education journey.

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A Parent's Essential Guide to Navigating Higher Education for Your Child

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  1. Jane MurphySchools Liaison Officer A Parent’s Guide to Higher Education

  2. A Parent’s Guide to Higher Education • Timeline • Choosing the right course and university • How to apply • How you can help

  3. Timeline

  4. What to Study • 40,000+ courses in over 300 locations • What do you enjoy? What are you good at? Career aspirations? • Do you meet entry requirements? • Is a specific grade/subject required? • Work experience • Portfolio of work for Art and Design courses • Auditions for Performing Arts

  5. Things to Consider • Most specialise in one subject, but may be able to combine: • Joint Honours (50/50 split), Major/Minor (75/25) or Combined Honours • Sandwich courses • Vocational courses which include a year within industry • Medicine, Dentistry, Veterinary Science, Law • Could be extra pre-entry tests (eg. UKCAT, BMAT, LNAT)

  6. The UCAS Tariff

  7. Where to Study • Some key considerations: each university is unique! • Home or away • Town, city, campus • University or college • Cost • Accommodation • Teaching and research facilities • IT and library provision • Sports • Student Union and Welfare • Niche subjects

  8. Sample Hall Fees • Figures based on basic room with en-suite. Could cost • more for internet package, catering etc • Check contracts/schedule for payment details • Private housing much cheaper but different way of living

  9. How to Apply for Your Course Apply online through UCAS Important things to note: • maximum of 5 courses (Medicine, Dentistry & Vet Sc – 4) • can apply for more than one course at the same university • gap year? • application can be tracked online • £12 for one course choice, £23 for 2-5 • one application covers all choices • UCAS sends application to choices for you

  10. What Happens Next? Once application is made: • interviews and visit days – some courses will make direct offers • conditional and unconditional offers • applicants are asked to commit to two offers: • Firm acceptance • Insurance acceptance No offers? • UCAS Extra – can apply for remaining places, one course at a time • Clearing – August – apply for remaining places

  11. How Parents Can Help • Talk! • Gap year? • Open days/post application days • Accommodation costs and schedules • Cooking and washing (!!!) • Money matters

  12. How Parents Can Help • Insurance, TV Licence • Course equipment, bedding, cutlery, computer • Disability support • Homesickness • Mobile phone/internet/Skype • Cash for first few days • Adding value

  13. University Community Student Support: • Pastoral • Academic • Finance • Faith • Careers • Health • Disability http://www.hud.ac.uk/student-services/

  14. What Your Son/Daughter Can Do Now Teachers/Careers staff/library UCAS Guide/website; Unistats Gov.uk/Student Finance England Prospectuses Course leaflets/brochures HE fairs and open days/visits Talk to friends/family/current students

  15. Support from C & K Careers C & K Careers offer advice, guidance and information on applications to Higher Education, employment, voluntary work, gap year and self employment with the help of: *Careers Advisers in schools, colleges and Careers Centres (Dewsbury, Halifax and Huddersfield) *Telephone and email support – contact the Learningline 0800 5 979 979 *Excellent information resources in Careers Centres and links through www.workabout.org.uk *Unifactsfor Parents - provided in your pack

  16. Points to Remember • University contract • Application deadlines • Not getting on with flatmates - happens • No age limit, no rush • Big life change – for whole family • Get help if needed. • www.hud.ac.uk/undergraduate/parentsandcarers/ • parents@hud.ac.uk • Parent talk - blog

  17. Open Days 2014Tuesday 24 JuneWednesday 25 JuneSaturday 20 SeptemberWednesday 29 OctoberThursday 30 OctoberFriday 5 December9.30am – 3.30pm

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