End of Term Arrangements

Thursday is the last day of "Spring" Term.

Sixth Form lessons run until the end of Period 4 at Beaumont. Verulam lessons run until the end of their Period 3 ie 11.55, and Sandringham's lessons run right through to the end of the day. Minibuses will run at Break and Lunch as normal. If you are at Verulam for their Period 3, you can either walk home form there or wait until lunch for transport back to Beaumont.

Your annual full school reports will be available at Tutor Time Period 1 and we have an Awards Assembly Period 2 with at least 95 separate winners.

Vets and Vet Nursing

The Royal Veterinary College is offering a Summer School 22-25 July for Year 12s interested in veterinary study. Looks like a great opportunity for any interested in taking this route. Likely to be competitive for places, so do rush despite the deadline being 10th May:

http://www.rvc.ac.uk/WP/SummerSchools/Apply.cfm

Another University Guide

This one looks slick, whizzy, and out there, and it may also be one of the most easy on the eye. I am not sure that it offers anything more in terms of valuable content than all the others, but let the market decide! It is called the real university guide, presumably to distinguish it from the fake ones:

www.realuniguide.com

Worth a look to see if it suits you.

Careers update

A reminder about current active recruiters in the area:

SA Law - 6 year route to become a solicitor (applications Sept '13 for Summer '14 start)

BDO - 5 years to qualification as an accountant

Tesco - 2 year IT apprenticeships

MDBA - business and engineering apprenticeships

All the above have established links on the Blog already.

In addition Nat West and Halifax are recruiting school leavers. See their websites for details.

Post A levels opportunities in banking and finance

The Brokerage Citylink is a charity which provides pathways into employment in the City. They support programmes that involve taking full-time, paid positions while continuing to study for business and finance qualifications.

Places have to be won and minimum academic requirement is predicted BBC at A level.

More info at: www.thebrokerage.org.uk

Estate Agency Work Experience for Yr 12s

Ashtons offering this is a range of local branches for a week beginning 5th or 12th August.

For information contact koxley@ashtons.co.uk

Closing date is 31st March.

Careers & Networking Event for Year 13s

Opportunity to meet with recruiters in Investment Banking, Commercial Law and Professional Services in London on 2nd April.

You need to apply by deadline of 22nd March via:

http://www.brightnetwork.co.uk/hsbc-upper-sixth-form-conference

You must be in Year 13 and must have attained A and A* at GCSE level.

Apprenticeship in Aircraft Industry

Martin-Baker Ltd, based in Uxbridge have opportunities for post 18 students not planning to go to university. If interested, investigate via:

http://www.martin-baker.com/about/careers/apprenticeships

The initial deadline was March 11th but, apparently, more opportunities are to follow.

Job Opportunity at Sports Retailer

OPRO have a Summer/Gap year work opportunity focused on sixth form leavers. If interested, e-mail info@opro.com with CV and covering letter.

New policy from Birmingham University

This university is doing a trial of making UNconditional offers to some students who apply before completing their A levels. This will occur only for certain students that they most keen to recruit. It would take the pressure off any applications who accept, but is a recruiting tool and careful consideration of alternative options would need to occur before making that decision.

Very interesting development. though.

University Scholarships

A gap in student online information appears to have been filled by the new site "the scholarship hub". It has information on all scholarships available from universities with a searchable database.

Link can be found on University section of Blog. So good we put it on twice for now.

University Information Evening 20th March

To confirm. this event starts at 7pm on Wed 20th March in the Main Hall. This is per the letter issued to all Year 12s last week ,but is a change to the School Calendar. Apologies if this presents any problems.