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THE HIGHER EDUCATION SERVICE

What is Higher Education Counselling?

This is a service that helps each student develop, evaluate and pursue their personal career goals. Via the process of counseling, students hopefully will acquire the necessary knowledge and skills to make lifelong career decisions, with the choice of a higher education institution being the first step.

Staff

Mr Roger Wilkinson – Head of Careers
Ms Simone Salier – Higher Education Counsellor.
Ms Hsiao Hui Wang – Administrative Assistant
Higher Education Applications Officer. Students will work with the HE Applications Officer in Y13 to co-ordinate all HE applications.

What can students discuss with the Higher Education Counsellor?

Essentially anything that relates to ‘life after school’.
For example:
  • Subject choice – how this relates to university & career choice;
  • Any question in relation to universities/colleges;
  • Work experience – ideas, how to approach organizations or find contacts;
  • Scholarships;
  • Career ‘skills’ such as interviewing techniques, resume writing;
  • Summer programs;
  • Developing further self awareness for career decision making;
  • Tests required/preparation needed for university entrance;
  • Gap year – ideas and programs available;
  • Understanding about career areas, job market, employer needs etc.

Availability and Contact Details

Students and parents are welcome to make an appointment at any time during the school day. If necessary, appointments can be made before/after school hours.
Students are also welcome to ‘drop-in’ when they have available time.
 
Email: careers@mail.island.edu.hk Phone: 2230 4700 Fax: 2234 9682
 
 

Higher Education Guidance Process Y11-13

Year 11

  • Higher Education Counselling Evening for students & parents;
  • Career Assessment program;
  • Career Development Program within PSHE subject;
  • Group meetings to introduce services available in the Careers Office;
  • Involvement in Post 16 Options Information Sessions and subject choice counseling;
  • Participation in Parent/Teacher meetings.

Year 12

  • Higher Education Counselling Evening for students & parents
  • Compulsory individual interviews regarding Higher Education plans & interview preparation
  • Information sessions regarding procedures for application to universities in UK, USA, Canada, HK and Australia with detailed advice booklet
  • Oxbridge preparation
  • Personal statement/essay writing preparation for university
  • Participation in Parent/Teacher meetings

Year 13

  • Higher Education Counselling Evening for students & parents;
  • Managing the university applications process to ensure timely, accurate applications are made to each destination;
  • Interview preparation;
  • Participation in Parent/Teacher meetings;
  • Information sessions regarding offers, acceptances and result scenarios with detailed advice;
  • Provide post-result counseling at school.

Year 11 - 13

  • Co-ordinate an annual Higher Education Fair with a wide range of universities from a range of destinations in attendance;
  • Produce a weekly Higher Education Newsletter for students & parents with up-to-date information on higher education events and news in and outside of school;
  • Manage and promote regular university visits to the school to students & parents;
  • Encouragement towards and support for how to find/apply for careers exposure/work placements.

Higher Education Destinations 2007-09

UNIVERSITY PLACEMENTS 2007-09

In the past 3 years, Island School students were accepted into the following institutions:

UK: Warwick (15), Nottingham (12), UCL (12), Edinburgh (9), King’s College London (7), Leeds (7), Manchester (7), Oxford (7), Oxford Brooks (7), Imperial Colleg e of London (6), Aberdeen (5), Durham (5), Exeter (5), Newcastle (5), Southampton (5), SOAS (5), Bournemouth (4), LSE (4), York (4), Bath (3), Bristol (3), Cardiff (3), Central St. Martins (3), Leeds Metropolitan (3), London School of Economics and Political Sciences (3), Reading (3), Hull York Medical (2),Hull (2) Kingston (2), Liverpool (2), Manchester Metropolitan (2), UWE (2), AND Aston, Bates, Birmingham, Bishop Burton College, Bradford, Cambridge, Derby, Edinburgh College of Art, Essex, Glamorgan, Keele, Lancaster, Leicester, Loughborough, Newcastle upon Tyne, Queens, Queen Mary, Royal Holloway, Sheffield, Strathclyde and Westminster (1).

USA: USC (13), Michigan (5), Boston University (4), Emory (4), Columbia (3), Brown (2), Cornell (2), Northwestern (2), Notre Dame (2), NYU (2), Pace (2), Purdue (2), UC Berkeley (2), UCLA (2), UPenn (2), Yale (2) AND Boston College, College of William & Mary, Chaminade, Fordham, George Town, George Washington, Goucher, Hawaii, MIT, Northeastern, Ohio Wesleyan, Oregon, Rhode Island Design, Southern Florida, Tufts, Washington, Wellesley and Wheaton(1).

CANADA: UBC (7), Toronto (4), McGill (3), Western Ontario (2), York (2) AND Carleton, Kwantlen Polytechnic, Queens and Victoria BC (1).
HONG KONG: HKU (9), HKUST (4), CUHK (2) AND HK Polytechnic (1).

AUSTRALIA: Melbourne (6), Monash (4), Sydney (3), UNSW (2), AND Adelaide (1), CHINA: Shanghai Jiao Tong University (1), KOREA: Korea National University (1), HUNGARY: Semmelweis University (1), SOUTH AFRICA: Cape Town (1), SWEDEN: Lund (1)

 

Transcript Request form for universities outside of the USA and Canada

Transcript request form for universities within the USA and Canada