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RfE Webchat 2 - University Worries and Choosing Your Degree!

Meghan Clamp

4:01

Hello everyone! Welcome to our second Reach for Excellence Webchat! University Worries and Choosing Your Degree! This is your chance to ask us any questions you have about choosing your degree or ease any concerns/worries you may have about University in general and anything else you want to know, as well as learning from the answers to other people’s questions too. If the chat is busy then we’ll be typing at breakneck speed to respond to you all, so please be patient if we take a while to get on to your question.

Khadijah

4:02

Hi miss!

Meghan Clamp

4:02

Hello! How are you?! :)

Guest

4:03

What other help is offered to students financially outside of the student maintenance loan

Meghan Clamp

4:04

Hi! There are a broad range of scholarships and bursaries available at Universities :)

Guest

4:05

Thank you

Meghan Clamp

4:08

Your welcome! We run a session solely on Scholarships in Year 13 and provide you with all of the relevant information you need at the right time, but if you wanted to start doing some early research take a look at our scholarships website: https://www.leeds.ac.uk/undergraduate-funding

Guest

4:06

Does leeds university accept btec courses

Haaroon

4:07

Hi, yes BTEC qualifications are accepted for some courses. Check the entry requirements for the courses you are interested in on our course finder: https://courses.leeds.ac.uk/

Guest

4:07

How could we aim to get a scholarship? Would there be a website to read more about it?

James Leslie

4:10

there is more information here also: https://www.leeds.ac.uk/undergraduate-funding-university/doc/scholarsh...

Christen Alilio

4:08

Once you've picked a subject, how do you pick what university has the best course of the subject? As in, would looking at the type of modules the universities have will be enough?

Haaroon

4:10

Hi Christen, looking at the course and module content should help you decide which university offers the best course for you. You can also look at league tables that rank universities based on student experience, graduate outcomes etc. You should also consider what university you personally would feel comfortable studying at.

James Leslie

4:08

Hello there is lots of scholarships on offer more information on the different scholarships available can be found here: https://www.leeds.ac.uk/undergraduate-funding-university/doc/leeds-bur...

4:09

https://www.leeds.ac.uk/undergraduate-funding-university/doc/personal-...

Khadijah

4:09

Very well thank you :) I wanted to ask since students who go to all the dentistry events are able to get special consideration at interviews etc after the program if it is still possible for me? I was unable to go to the first dentistry events because it was so full but went to the healthcare one. I want to go to the dentistry one this term too.

Meghan Clamp

4:11

Students have to have a minimum of 60% attendance on the RfE programme overall to be eligible for special consideration for Dentistry - so you still have plenty of time to hit this percentage with the wide range of sessions we'll have on offer over future event blocks :) students also have to meet the courses minimum entry requirements

Sajid

4:09

Thankyou :D

esin

4:10

does Leeds Universities accept some btec coures?

Haaroon

4:10

Hi, yes BTEC qualifications are accepted for some courses. Check the entry requirements for the courses you are interested in on our course finder: https://courses.leeds.ac.uk/

Christen Alilio

4:12

Awesome, thank you :)

Khadijah

4:13

That’s great! Thank you! :D

Meghan Clamp

4:13

your welcome!

Guest

4:13

Hiya guys!! Have you had a nice day?

Meghan Clamp

4:13

it's going really well thank you, is yours?! :)

Guest

4:13

I’m looking forward to easter! When do we get the programme to choose events? I want to come every day of the holidays

James Leslie

4:14

Thats great to hear and we will be sending out information via email in the next couple of days so you can see what's on offer...

Asim

4:15

Sorry this question is related to uni but I am doing an EPQ and wanted to ask will there be any rfe sessions focusing on EPQ?

Meghan Clamp

4:16

Emily's Get Research Ready sessions are perfect for anybody doing an EPQ! Come to along to part 2 at Easter!

Sajid

4:15

Apart from the information on the website, will there be events where we can meet teachers and students currently taking oue desired courses and ask them questions?

Haaroon

4:17

Hi Sajid, on all of our events we have student ambassadors that are current University of Leeds students and you can always ask them anything. We also have Open Days where you can talk to current students who study the courses you're interested in. Open Days will be advertised after Easter

Guest

4:16

Thanks James

James Leslie

4:16

no problems at all, look forward to seeing you at Easter then

Guest

4:16

Yes but it’s cold!!

Meghan Clamp

4:16

it is, but spring is coming!!

Guest

4:17

Hi, can you still attend part 2 even if you didn’t attend part one? or do we need information from the previous session?

Meghan Clamp

4:18

You can indeed! You can catch up with part 1 as the resources will be uploaded to the student portal before the Easter events:)

Christen Alilio

4:18

Sorry this is unrelated, but when are the Easter events for RfE going to be released?

Meghan Clamp

4:19

On Friday! Keep an eye out on your emails :)

4:19

Thank you

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