Support at Worthing College for students applying to Oxbridge
Support in Year 12 The Aspire Programme The Aspire programme is a support programme for our most able students who are intending to apply to the most competitive universities,
• University visits and lectures • Personal statement workshops for early applicants to Oxbridge, Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Science • The Worthing College Medical Conference, which is held at Worthing Hospital and is host to 90 prospective medical students from across Sussex
Oxford and Cambridge Open Days
including Oxbridge and the Russell Group of
Every year we take students to the Oxford and
universities. Students who achieve at least 5
Cambridge Open Days. These visits include
grade As at GCSE are invited to join the Aspire
talks from Admissions Tutors, subject talks from
Programme.
university lecturers, faculty tours, college tours
The Aspire programme includes: • A series of talks from teachers and visiting speakers addressing students on a range of challenging academic topics and debates • Trip to the national Oxbridge Conference at Epsom Downs. • Advice on completing high quality UCAS applications, including how to write a strong personal statement
and lunch in hall!
Practical work experience We arrange work experience and voluntary work to enhance students’ prospects in applying to the most competitive university places. This includes placements for prospective medics at Worthing Hospital and placements in the Crown Courts for prospective law students.
Support in Year 13
Student Success
Preparation for Oxbridge Entry Tests We provide additional tuition in September and October to year 13 students taking the Oxbridge entry tests in the Autumn Term of year 13. These tests include: • LNAT: for prospective Law students • ELAT: for prospective English students • BMAT: for prospective Medical students
Interview preparation and mock interviews We provide all applicants with interview training as part of the Aspire programme and a 1 to 1 mock interview in November before Oxbridge interviews take place in December. The interviews are given by Antony Allchin, our Aspire Coordinator, and a subject specialist from the teaching staff.
Heading to Oxbridge: Amy Dighe for Natural Sciences, Samantha Fairman Chemical Engineering, Giles Holbrook Geography and Florence Scordoulis History, Josephine Lamb for Medicine and Polly Rylands-Richey for Experimental Psychology.
Support with completing high quality university applications Year 13 students are allocated to a UCAS Adviser who is responsible for providing 1 to 1 support with applications to university. Students meet with their Advisers for an hour once a week in a computer room and are given support with their personal statements and application forms. All applications to Oxbridge are checked by Antony Allchin, the Aspire Coordinator before they are submitted.
Doctors and vets of the future: Josie Lamb, Callum Hammond, Rachel Austin, Sulagna Roy, Georgina Scott (all medicine) and Chloe Donovan (veterinary medicine).
Additional Qualifications Students considering application to university qualifications we offer to provide stretch and
complete an Independent Research Report, which is a major study on a topic of your choice based upon your own research and analysis.
challenge to our most able students.
The Extended Project
The Cambridge Pre-U and the Extended Project
The Extended Project Qualification is equivalent to an AS level (half an A level). It is graded A* to E and is recognised and highly valued by universities. The Extended Project is a major piece of individual project work in which you will have the opportunity to investigate a topic that is of particular interest to you. The project can be presented in one of four ways: a written report, a laboratory or fieldwork investigation, a work of art, or a performance.
should consider taking one of the additional
help students to stand out from other applicants and are valued and respected by Oxbridge and the Russell Group of universities. Both qualifications will help you to develop skills which are important for success in Higher Education, including independent learning, investigative skills, written and oral communication, critical thinking and project management. In addition you will have the opportunity to extend your understanding of a topic that you are particularly interested in, which will probably be linked to one or more of your AS/A level subjects.
The Cambridge Pre-U This two-year course is equivalent to one A Level. It was created by Cambridge University
You do not have to sign up for the Extended Project at the start of year 12. Further information will be provided through the Aspire Programme during the first two terms to help you decide whether or not you want to complete a project. Students normally plan their project in the summer term of year 12 and then produce their project during the autumn term of year 13.
specifically to provide stretch and challenge to the most able students. The entrance requirement is seven GCSEs at grades A or A*.
Further information from: Erin Willis, Aspire Coordinator: e.willis@worthing.ac.uk
Students normally take this qualification as a fifth course in addition to their four AS Levels in year 12. It is very well-respected by the most competitive universities. As well as supporting your application to university the course is intended to improve your performance in your other courses at college. In the first year the course is called Global Perspectives and focusses on topics that present dilemmas in the world today, such as climate change, wealth distribution and artificial intelligence. In the second year students
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