Left & above: Students from Tanglin Trust School
recordings. Since March, our Careers and University Guidance team has participated in over 250 webinars, conferences and fairs. Zoom fatigue is, however, setting in with students. We advise them to think carefully about which fairs and information sessions to attend considering their schedules, but to register for others to receive recordings they can view later. Never have university websites been so inviting and well resourced. Counsellors and admissions tutors around the world have kept unusual hours, speaking to their colleagues across a myriad of time zones on behalf of their students (in a myriad of settings!). Counselling networks and associations such as CIS or International ACAC are have been crucial in helping us stay connected and up to date.
THE UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCE Whilst universities endeavour to maintain safety and provide excellent tuition, they have come under increasing pressure to welcome students back to their campuses. Many families feel the cost of tuition should be reduced while they are studying online but, realistically, teacher contact time increases with asynchronized lessons and out-of-hours tutorials to cater for students in different time zones.
Students who have already commenced their studies in Europe are now experiencing lockdowns and the uncertainty of whether they will be able to travel. Many who are enrolled in the US and Canada are spending the first terms working from home, saddened by the lack of social contact with their peers but hopeful to start on campuses in the summer.
All of this is being watched carefully by our Sixth
Form students. Will their university experience or gap year be similarly impacted, or will this all be over by graduation? Is it better to apply now while others take a gap year, or to gain work experience? These are constant themes in our meetings.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
The 2021 A-Level exams may be pushed back into July, as the Irish Leaving Certificates were last year, but there are ramifications for university place confirmations in the summer. How long will universities be prepared to wait for results? Will that drive more A-Level students to take a gap year and apply with actual grades? We are hopeful our IB students will not face the same dilemma. The potential for a quick turnaround has been much discussed in recent years and has been proven to work in
Scandinavia.There, students apply with their actual
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