MERSEYSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION CONFERENCE 2013 FOR THE CHANCE TO WIN AN iPad Mini GO TO STAND 125! At the University of Liverpool Sports and Fitness Centre (opposite Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King) 12th & 13th June 2013 09.30am – 14.00pm There is no closure for lunch To make the most of this Conference please read this programme carefully before you attend. Additional information is available at either www.ucasevents.com or www.connexionslive.com ABOUT THIS CONFERENCE This conference at the University of Liverpool on 12/13 June 2013 is for anyone thinking of making an application to university in 2014 . Your educational institution gives you the day off to We also must ensure that you are safe. attend the Conference as they know it can help you to To do this we are: research your choice of courses and universities. Attending higher education costs money, so making • Making entry to the Marketplace part of the the right choice of course and institution is more Conference (where all the stands are) in the Sports important than ever. Making the wrong choice can be and Fitness Centre on production of this very costly. The Conference can help make sure you programme. You must attend on the date your make the right choice for you. school/college has agreed. • Asking you to follow the one-way system that will The Conference has two main parts: be operating in the Sports and Fitness Centre. Entry will be via the first exhibition hall on the first (1) There is a ‘Marketplace’ where representatives floor and then exit through the second exhibition from 125 universities and colleges of higher hall on the ground floor (see the floor-plan). education and graduate employers will be situated. They will be available for you to ask • Restricting entry to the hall if it becomes too them questions. Please use the opportunity to talk crowded. If it does you may be asked to wait to representatives and not just take prospectuses. outside for a few minutes until the crowd There are some suggested questions which you disperses. Please be patient. might ask on the website, www.ucasevents.com • Note that the Marketplace tends to be busiest (2) The second part of the Conference is a series of at around 9.30am. It is usually much quieter presentations on a wide range of subjects studied towards lunchtime. So, if you wish to talk to in higher education. The speakers have been delegates from universities at any length, you asked to make their talk relevant to their subject may get a better chance later in the day. So if in all higher education institutions. The you want to go to a talk that starts at 9.30 or presentations will last about forty minutes. 10.30 we recommend you go straight to the Please note that attendance at these talks is talk(s) before entering the Marketplace later on a ‘first come, first served’ basis. in the day. • Asking you to be choosy in the prospectuses you If you arrive at the Conference before 9.30 and take. Remember prospectuses can get heavy. wish to attend a talk starting at 9.30 or 10.30 Please do not just grab a prospectus; speak to the we recommend you go straight to that talk and university’s representative if you are interested in return to the Marketplace later in the day. going there. If you do collect a prospectus you then decide you don’t really want, We hope you find the Conference both useful please don’t litter. and enjoyable. • Asking you to pay careful attention to any announcements on the public address (PA) system. ABOUT THIS CONFERENCE Continued.. The Conference is a non smoking event. The organisation and administration of the event is carried out by Greater Merseyside Connexions. Car parking for visitors at the university is not free and is very limited. Please use public transport or the We would like to thank UCAS and HELOA for their transport provided by your school/college to attend support and the Vice Chancellor and staff of the the Conference. University for their help and hospitality. We would also like to thank the speakers, representatives, Please note that the Marketplace, where the chair-people, stewards and student helpers for giving university stands are situated, in the Sports and their time so willingly. Fitness Centre is open from 9.30am until 2.00pm. You can come and go from the Marketplace as Please note that your parents/carers may be interested many times as you want during this period. You in attending a free event on changes in higher do not have to enter the Marketplace before education including student finance issues and going to any of the talks, and you can enter the graduate employment that is being held on Thursday Marketplace before, after, or instead of going to 13.6.13 at 16.30 at GMCP Head Office, 21 Strand St, any of the talks. You will only be prevented Liverpool, L1 8LT (opposite the Albert Dock). from entering the Marketplace during these For more details and to book a place contact hours if it is in danger of overcrowding. [email protected] The event is one of a national network of Higher Education Conventions held throughout the U.K. each If you are interested in discussing your year co-ordinated by UCAS Education Conventions; higher education choices or alternatives supported by the Higher Education Liaison Officers to higher education please speak to the Association (HELOA). staff on the careers/Connexions staff on stand no 125. You can also find out about apprenticeships from the National Apprenticeship service on this stand and have the chance to win an iPad Mini. List of Exhibitors - First Floor (Entry on this floor) UNIVERSITY SPORTS CENTRE ENTRANCE FIRST FLOOR EXIT 23 24 25 1234 2 2 2627 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 5 1 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 2 6 0 2 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 7 61 60 59 58 57 56 55 54 53 9 1 8 17 15 1 16 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 Stand UCAS No Institution or Organisation Stand UCAS No Institution or Organisation 1 A20 University of Aberdeen 31 D39 University of Derby 2 A80 Aston University, Birmingham 32 D65 University of Dundee 3 ACCA 33 D86 Durham University 4 A40 Aberystwyth University 34 L46 Liverpool Hope University 5 B06 University of Bangor 35 E14 University of East Anglia 6 B20 Bath Spa University 36 E42 Edge Hill University 7 B22 Bedfordshire University 37 E56 University of Edinburgh 8 B25 Birmingham City University 38 E59 Edinburgh Napier University 9 B32 University of Birmingham 39 E84 University of Exeter 10 B35 University College, Birmingham 40 F33 University College, Falmouth 11 N36 Newman University, Birmingham 41 G28 University of Glasgow 12 B38 Bishop Grosseteste University 42 G42 Glasgow Caledonian University College, Lincoln 43 G43 The Glasgow School of Art 13 B41 Blackpool & The Fylde College 44 G50 University of Gloucestershire 14 B44 The University of Bolton 45 G53 Glyndwr University 15 B50 Bournemouth University 46 G70 University of Greenwich 16 B56 University of Bradford 47 H12 Harper Adams University 17 B60 Bradford College: An Associate College 48 H24 Heriot-Watt University of Leeds Metropolitan University 49 H60 University of Huddersfield 18 B78 University of Bristol 50 H72 University of Hull 19 C05 University of Cambridge 51 I50 Imperial College, London 20 C10 Canterbury Christ Church University 52 L51 Liverpool John Moore’s University 21 C15 Cardiff University 53 ICAEW 22 C20 Cardiff Metropolitan University 54 Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEx) 23 C30 University of Central Lancashire 55 K12 Keele University 24 C55 University of Chester 56 K24 University of Kent 25 C60 City University London 57 L14 Lancaster University 26 C22 Coleg Sir Gar 58 L34 University of Leicester 27 L17 The College of Law 59 L39 University of Lincoln 28 C85 Coventry University 60 L68 London Metropolitan University 29 C99 University of Cumbria 61 L79 Loughborough University 30 D26 De Montfort University NB. If you are considering The University of Glamorgan for your higher education place please visit the University of South Wales on stand no. 100. List of Exhibitors - Ground Floor (Exit on this floor) UNIVERSITY SPORTS CENTRE EXIT GROUND FLOOR 0 119 118 117 116 115 114 113 112 111 110 2 1 1 2 1 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 2 2 1 99 98 97 96 95 94 93 92 91 90 3 2 1 4 2 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 1 5 79 78 77 76 75 74 73 72 71 70 2 1 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 Toilets - Ladies, Gents, Disabled ENTRANCE Stand UCAS No Institution or Organisation Stand UCAS No Institution or Organisation 62 L41 University of Liverpool 95 S03 University of Salford 63 G56 Goldsmiths, University of London 96 S18 The University of Sheffield 64 K60 King’s College, London 97 S21 Sheffield Hallam University 65 Q50 Queen Mary, University of London 98 S28 Somerset College 66 R72 Royal Holloway and Bedford New College 99 S27 University of Southampton 67 R84 Royal Veterinary College 100 University of South Wales 68 S09 School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) – a merger of the University of Glamorgan and University of Wales, Newport 69 U80 UCL 101 S72 Staffordshire University 70 L23 University of Leeds 102 S36 University of St Andrew’s 71 L30 Leeds College of Music 103 S76 University of Stirling 72 L27 Leeds Metropolitan University 104 S78 University of Strathclyde 73 L24 Leeds Trinity University College 105 Student Finance England 74 L43 Liverpool Community College 106 S84 University of Sunderland 75 M20 University of Manchester 107 S85 University of Surrey 76 M40 Manchester Metropolitan University 108 S90 University of Sussex 77 M10 Manchester College 109 S93 Swansea University 78 M99 Myerscough College 110 S96 Swansea Metropolitan University 79 N21 University of Newcastle 111 Tech Music School 80 N77 Northumbria University 112 T20 Teesside University 81 N84 University of Nottingham 113 T80 University of Wales Trinity St.