University of British Columbia Summer Sholars Program

When?
July 15th to July 28th (14 days)

Where?
UBC's Okanagan Campus in Kelowna, BC, Canada

What?

• Study environmental science and sustainability with top UBC professors.
• Enjoy a challenging learning experience at one of the world's leading universities.
• Experience the Okanagan valley during a variety of field experience and trips.
• Meet new friends from around the world while living on a university campus.

For more information go to
www.summerprogram.isi.ubc.ca

Student Finance UK

Those of you moving to study in the United Kingdom next year will now be starting to look in to applying for student finance. If you are an EU or UK student then you will be eligible to take out student loans to help meet course fees and living costs.

Full details on how to access these are included in the link below. Please feel free to come and see me at anytime for more information on how to access loans.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/EducationAndLearning/UniversityAndHigherEducation/StudentFinance/index.htm

Global higher education consultants visit NCBIS Tuesday 24th April

There will be a speaker coming from Global Consultants coming to deliver a presentation at NCBIS on Tuesday 24th April at 12.35pm. All students are welcome to attend however the main focus is on students in Year 10,11 and 12. The consultant represents the following institutions.

• Les Roches International School of Hotel Management - Switzerland
• Glion Institute of Higher Education- Switzerland
• NABA - Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti Milano - Italy
• Kendall College - USA
• New School of Architecture Design - USA
• Santa Fe University of Art and Design - New Mexico
• Blue Mountain International Hotel Management School - Australia

Stumped on a career choice?

Are you at a complete loss when it comes to a career choice? You possibly are not even aware of half of the jobs and careers that exist out there. Click on the link below to read a great article with tips on helping your to explore the world of careers.

http://careers.guardian.co.uk/careers-blog/making-career-choices

Some suggestions include: -

1) Taking a psychometric test to see which careers may suit you. Here is a good free test to try.
http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp

2) Exploring your school careers library and talking to me about ideas.

UK Universities student finance

For new students applying for student finance for 2012 entry the following dates apply for submitting applications for finance with the relevant organisation.

Student Finance England was made available from 14 December with a deadline of 31 May.

Student Finance Northern Ireland will be available from the last week in March.

Student Finance Wales will be available from 21 March with a deadline of 4 May.

Student Finance Scotland (SAAS) is expected to be available soon. Exact dates to be confirmed.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/EducationAndLearning/UniversityAndHigherEducation/StudentFinance/Typesoffinance/DG_194804

This weblink will give you much more information also take a look at the video in the link looking at the new financial arrangements in the UK.

UCAS - Replying to your offers

Some students will now be in a position to reply to their offers having received all decisions on their application (regardless of when they received them). Students can reply online through the Track service.

This is just a gentle reminder that applicants who receive all decisions on their application by 31 March will have a reply date of 9 May. Applicants who have not received all decisions by this date will have a later reply date, dependent on when the last decision is received.

It is important that students understand the offer they have to attain before making their replies.

Information on replying to offers is available from this link:
http://www.ucas.ac.uk/advisers/sixsteps/offers/replying