ACTIVITIES
Term 1 - September
Week 2: Class Rep Elections & Initial Action Plans
Get Involved - Please go to the student intranet for more information
Do you want to make a difference to the College?
Why not get involved in our student voice activities?
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Learn how you can help other students to have their voices heard by becoming a class rep for your PT group.​
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Discuss as with your PT what student voice activities are and how you can get involved.
The main duties of a Class Rep are:
· To register their own details following their election as Class/PT Rep.
· To attend Class Rep Training (free refreshments provided)
· To attend Big Class Rep meetings (free refreshments provided)
· To check their college Gmail account weekly in the Group Tutorial and ensure they pass on any relevant information to their class mates
· They will be requested to participate in the running of the Fresher’s Fair, commencing the week of 25th September (helpers will receive vouchers for various high street shops…further details to follow)
Next Steps - applying to University - UCAS
If you are applying for medicine, dentistry, vetinary science or for Oxford or Cambridge courses you will need to have completed your UCAS application, personal statement and paid online in September. Speak with your Personal Tutor about this immediately.
This term, it is really important that you sort out your next steps, and you need to apply now if you're going to university.
Another useful website for research:
http://www.studential.com/university/applying
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Remember that the most prestigious universities are part of the Russell Group - it may be worth considering these if you feel that you can get the entry grades required.
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Discuss course options and careers with your Personal Tutor
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You will need the details (as below) for five university choices.
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Please use Proportal to make a note of the courses you are choosing, under UCAS reference, this will help your course tutors tailor their course reference to the courses you are applying for.
https://proportal.cambria.ac.uk
Unless you are applying for some Art and Design courses which have a later UCAS deadline of March, you need to apply using UCAS by Autumn half term. This includes paying online to UCAS for the application. The College can only process the application once the payment is made.
Completing Your UCAS Application Form
Get your Buzzword from your Personal Tutor, also available from Student Services and the Learning Zone.
Now start to fill in your application on UCAS
You will need to register
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Common points of confusion when filling in your UCAS form:
Developing Your ILP
You've got lots of important pieces of information about your learning so far:
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How well you did in year 1 of your course, including your study habits, motivation, attendance etc
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Your progress in developing your skills (literacy and numeracy)
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Your barriers to learning
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What you need to do to improve this year
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What you want to achieve at the end of the course and what your next steps will be, i.e. university, apprenticeships, a full time job
Use these to help you develop your student ILP - these are five pages on your Proportal account.
To access your individual learning plan:
Student access
Tutor access
Remember to use Proportal regularly to set targets for learning this year, including developing your literacy and numeracy skills.
Parent Portal
Your parents or guardians can keep up to date with your progress at College. If they go onto the College website www.cambria.ac.uk they can click to register.
They need to enter their details, plus your Student Pin Number (SPN) to register.
This can be found under - Learner Details in your student Proportal account.
Once they have successfully registered, they can access their parent portal by going directly to http://proportal.cambria.ac.uk/ProParent or
via Coleg Cambria Student & Parent Portal page on www.cambria.ac.uk