Leeds Trinity University would like to support you make informed choices when applying to university. By completing our online Subject Focus Days, you will get a short taste of what it’s like to study at Leeds Trinity University as you participate in a session recorded by our lecturers. As it is not a live event, you can complete your Subject Focus Day individually and in your own time.

To  get started click here.  

We are pleased to be supporting Allen & Overy’s Smart Start Experience again this year and would love to invite your eligible students to join us.

Last year, Smart Start was successfully converted to an online experience which provided students the opportunity to gain interview experience, network with employees at a leading law firm and develop valuable employability skills such as personal brand and commercial awareness (accredited by City & Guilds).

Sultan, 2020 Smart Start participant

Smart Start will be delivered virtually from 16^th – 20^th August for successful applicants (who may also be invited to the London office during the Autumn, depending on restrictions).
 
This year, we are excited to announce that all successful and unsuccessful applicants will also be able to take part in a self-paced, online, Smart Skills course.
 
In what continues to be a challenging time, this will be a fantastic opportunity for your students to develop the skills and belief to take their first steps on the career ladder.

Benefits
Smart Start is Allen & Overy’s award-winning scheme to broaden access to the legal profession and inspire young people to consider a career in business.

• Easy application process – the application form will take students 10 minutes to complete
• Gatsby Benchmarks – 5, 6 & 8
• Minimal hassle – other than a short teacher referral form, we handle the rest!

How do students apply for Smart Start? 
To take part in Smart Start, students must:

1. Be eligible to take part. Criteria here. 
2. Attend one Smart Choices event (March/April 2021)
3. Complete the Smart Start application form (March/April 2021) 
4. Complete the online Smart Skills course (July 2021)

Smart Choices events

After last year’s success, Smart Choices online events will provide Year 12 students with the opportunity to learn how to identify, secure and analyse professional and academic experiences.

These events are open to all Year 12 students that are eligible for Smart Start.

Participants will:

• take part in a range of interactive activities
• assess the benefits of various opportunities
• find out how to demonstrate commercial awareness in interviews
• leave with an action plan

Participants will also be encouraged and supported to apply for the Smart Start Experience.

Dates/Times

Smart Choices will be taking place online across March and April 2021. Students will have the option to select and attend their preferred event:

• Option 1- Tuesday 9^th March (4.30-6.30pm)
• Option 2 – Thursday 11^th March (4.30-6.30pm)
• Option 3 – Wednesday 17^th March (4.30-6.30pm)
• Option 4 – Saturday 20^th March (10.30am-12.30pm)
• Option 5 – Tuesday 23^rd March (4.30-6.30pm)
• Option 6 – Thursday 25^th March (4.30-6.30pm)
• Option 7 – Thursday 1st April (2.00-4.00pm)
• Option 8 – Wednesday 7^th April (10.30am-12.30pm)

Smart Skills online course (26^th July – 6^th August)

This will be mandatory for all students that have secured places for the Smart Start Experience and open to all unsuccessful applicants.
 
It will provide students with the opportunity to identify and analyse key attributes necessary to thrive in the world of business, such as problem-solving, creativity, leadership and teamwork.
 
The online course can be completed in the participant’s own time, by 6^th August.

The Smart Start Experience (16^th-20^th August)

Through a five-day timetable of interactive online workshops and group tasks, participants learn about the wide range of careers available within an international business like A&O.
 
They will build on the essential skills developed during the Smart Skills online course.
 
Students will also be set an overall challenge for the week, along with tasks based on Allen & Overy cases and professional scenarios.

Eligibility

In order to be eligible for the Smart Choices events, students must meet the basic eligibility criteria outlined below. PLEASE NOTE: if they do not meet the basic criteria, but do meet more than one of the additional criteria, please do contact us to discuss this, or students can contact us directly to discuss their application:

• be in year 12 and attending, and have always attended, a state-funded, non fee-paying school/college;
• grown up in a household where no parent or guardian has achieved a qualification at a university in the UK;
• be classed as a home student, or expect to be, by the time they apply for a university place

 PLUS, they must also meet a least one of the following additional criteria:

• They are currently in receipt of, or have previously received at secondary school, free school meals, Education Maintenance Allowance and/or 16 to 19 Bursary
• Their parent(s)/guardian(s) receive income support or housing benefits
• They have been, or are currently, in local authority care (for a period of three months or longer)
• They are, or have been, a full-time or part-time young carer
• They came to the UK as a refugee or asylum seeker
• They are attending a school or college with:
• below average A-Level or Higher points score and/or
• low rate of progression to higher education

(They do not have to tell us whether they attend a school that has below average attainment and/or progression to higher education (we will check this ourselves).

How to register for a Smart Choices event 
Students must complete the registration form here and select their preferred date.
 
Registration deadlines 
Registrations will close two weeks before the date of the event.
 
What happens next?

• Students register to attend Smart Choices event
• Students place at event confirmed
• Students attend Smart Choices event
• Students apply for Smart Start (complete application form)

STEM & Medical Work Experience This Term

We’ve produced a set of films to help prepare and inspire you and to support you take the next steps on your careers journey.

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For students that are interested in veterinary work (must meet eligibility criteria – see below)  

The opportunity to learn about animal careers and study, gain new skills, talk to current students at the RVC, and meet other young people passionate about animals!

Opportunities for young people at the RVC

Eligibility: To participate in this activity you must attend a state school and meet a number of other Widening Participation eligibility criteria such as being the first in the family to go to university, being eligible for Free School Meals, or living in an area with low progression rates to higher education.

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Don’t miss our live Q&A session for young people with Tim Peake

Find out more and register

We are delighted to announce that astronaut Tim Peake will be taking part in an exclusive free virtual Q&A session for young people this Thursday 21 January 2021, from 5-6pm GMT.

In an exclusive session* for the Future TalentEd and Barclays LifeSkills communities – facilitated by Tim Campbell MBE, the first winner of TV’s The Apprentice – Tim Peake will answer questions submitted by young people
(aged 11-18).

Please help us spread the word to students, parents and teachers about this opportunity to hear from a British space hero. Young people can submit their questions in advance about Tim’s time at the International Space Station, his chances of joining NASA’s Artemis Program to return astronauts to the moon by 2024, plus STEM careers and opportunities in the space industry.

Register for Q&A
*please note that for GDPR purposes, parents/guardians/carers must register for the event on behalf of under-18s

Following the success of the event on Tuesday 8^th December, we are delighted to announce the release of a further two dates for this event, 19^th January and 9^th February.

During this 90 minute event, your students will hear first-hand from existing apprentices about their experience of undertaking an engineering/food manufacturing apprenticeships and we’ll showcase how apprenticeships can rival any university qualification.  We will also share with your students hints and tips on how to perform well during any recruitment process and signpost your students to current apprenticeship opportunities with Nestlé UK.

Nestlé are also offering a free mentorship programme to delegates who attend the discovery days and who are interested in pursuing an application for an Apprenticeship with Nestlé.   The aim of the mentorship programme is to assist students with early careers planning and to provide one to one support from a Nestlé Apprentice to mentor applicants through the application and selection process. 

I hope you’ll agree this is a fantastic opportunity for your students and as such I would be grateful if you would promote the event to your students.  All they need to do is register by clicking on this link: https://nestleapprenticeships.eventbrite.co.uk

To help you promote the event we have created social media posts, posters and brochures which you can find here  January events promo material