Business Students/ Entrepreneurs

Ernst & Young ( major accountancy & management consultancy firm) have launched an online business game called Pathfinder which has interactive questions and business scenarios. Schools that earn the most points doing the game get the opportunity of winning a Business Boot Camp. Follow-up chance to win £5000 to bring a business project to life.

For more information go to www.pathfinder.ey.com

Engineering Taster Courses

Check out the HeadStart website www.etrust.org.uk/headstart.cfm for Engineering taster courses.

4 day residential courses run by universities in school holidays. These will cost hundreds of pounds each, but  ought to make you "stand out" from the competition.

Applications are open now via the website.

Biomedical Engineering

New degree offered by King's London for maths/physicists interested in engineering new medical treatments.
Scholarships of up to £18k being offered, but entrance requirements high = 3 As inc Maths & Physics. Take a look in more detail at Kings website if this sounds intriguing.

Geography University Taster Days

Kings College London are holding four half day events on a Wednesday afternoon in each month from November to February.

Very useful for current Year 12s interested in a Geography degree to attend. Book via www.london.ac.uk/tasters

Arts & Science degree at UCL London

University College, London have announced a half day taster event (Wed 14th November 1- 4.30 pm). This is an unusual degree at face value, but it is valued by this highly prestigious university and does hark back to the golden age of Renaissance science when the Sciences and Arts were considered to be complementary and interchangeable. The polymath Leonardo Da Vinci is the greatest example of this notion.

Info and booking at www.london.ac.uk/tasters

Calling Chemists

Year 12 or 13 Chemists should consider attending a free lecture on the chemistry of solar power on Tuesday 20th November 6pm. Run by the Royal Society of Chemistry at their Piccadilly base.

You do need to book a place online via www.rsc.org/conferencesandevents

Year 12 Career Planning

This is the time of year when a variety of external events are published for those interested in learning more about a wide range of careers. Posters and flyers promoting these are on the University and main noticeboards in the Common Room. Areas covered include: Medicine, Law, Physiotherapy  & Midwifery.

Many of these are run for commercial gain, so be aware that there is a charge involved. Booking is at your own risk, but we do not promote events for which we have previously received negative feedback.

Get your Voice Heard

St Albans Youth Forum are holding a launch event at the Pioneer. 7pm 24th October, if you are interested in getting involved in a group to represent your interests, which can be easily overlooked otherwise. Posters in Common Room with more details.

New University Statistics Site

The new Unistats site is operational and there is now a link on this site to it. It offers information on student satisfaction by university course and employment prospects. It also offers estimates of accommodation costs.  Much of this information feeds into the newspaper university guides, but it is more clearly presented here.