Decisions at 18 2010 - Flexibility for careers of the future20 April 2010 - 22 April 2010

Beginners guide to HE advising

Ms Stella Barnes - Higher Education and Careers Adviser, Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College

Ms Brenda Stephenson - Project Manager, Aimhigher County Durham

Fluent and flexible? How languages add value to career pathways

Ms Anne Marie Graham - Head of Skills, Business and Adult Learning, CILT

What do employers want? Career pathways and industry LMI

Mr Mervin Dadd - Director, Marketing and Communications, Cogent

Student finance

Mr Andy Shenton - Senior Student Finance Consultant, Student Finance England

Mr Ben Rutter - Student Finance Consultant, Student Finance England

The Buzz

Mr David Hodgson - Training Consultant

Adjustment explained

Mr Matthew Welbourn - Professional Development Officer, UCAS

The applicant experience

Mr Dan Shaffer - Senior Project Officer, SPA

Ideas for using icould with young people

Mrs Anne-Marie Hodgkiss - Head of 14-19 Development, CRAC

Studying abroad: US, Australia and New Zealand

Ms Sarah Nash - Director, Study Options

Miss Jamie Dunn - Communication Officer and Educational Advisor, US-UK Fulbright Commission

Identifying potential and supporting success: A new direction for compact schemes?

Ms Brenda Stephenson - Project Manager, Aimhigher County Durham

Ms Lucy Backhurst - Head of Undergraduate Recruitment and Admissions Unit, Newcastle University

Expanding HE horizons from vocational level 3 courses

Mr Rob Brown - HE Adviser

Mr Mike Chant - HE Adviser, University of Glamorgan

Who needs careers advisers when you have the internet?!

Mr Mark Woodward - Head of Careers, Bablake School

Mr Henry Fryer - Young People Co-ordinator, icould

Bridging the gap – help your students get better places at university

Mr James Catterall - Schools Manager, Gapforce

Apprenticeships in practice

Mr Adam Oliver - Head Of Age, Disability and Inclusion Research, BT Innovate and Design

Foundation degrees: Resources for advisers

Mrs Lesley Haughton - Consultant, Foundation Degree Forward

NHS Careers- options at 18 with Europe’s largest employer Part 1 (double session)

Mr Alan Simmons - Careers Consultant, NHS Careers

Ms Jenny Wright - Executive Director, Solutions for Public Health

Mr Nigel Rowley - Programme Lead - Workforce Capacity, NHS Employers

Ms Nicole McAllister - Pathology Network Training Facilitator, ASPH NHS Trust and University of Surrey

NEET - but not for the want of trying!

Mr Paul Fletcher - Director for Policy and Development, Rathbone

Distance learning

Ms Cheryl Lim - Community Partnerships Manager and Associate Lecturer, The Open University

Mr Ross Renton - Head of Department, UK Recruitment and Access, University of Hertfordshire

Proskills

Mr Neil Robinson - Glass Industry Lead, Head of Careers, Proskills UK

Getting into Oxbridge

Mr Mike Nicholson - Director of Undergraduate Admissions, University of Oxford

Supporting decisions around STEM careers

Ms Claire Nix - VT Group

Dr Taj Bhutta - Careers Officer, Institute of Physics

NHS Careers- options at 18 with Europe’s largest employer Part 2 (double session)

Mr Alan Simmons - Careers Consultant, NHS Careers

Ms Jenny Wright - Executive Director, Solutions for Public Health

Ms Nicole McAllister - Pathology Network Training Facilitator, ASPH NHS Trust and University of Surrey

Mr Nigel Rowley - Programme Lead - Workforce Capacity, NHS Employers

New postgraduate certificate in careers education

Dr Michelle Stewart - Workforce Development & Careers Adviser, London South Bank University

The New A* at A-Level (and can it be predicted?)

Mr Andy Gardner - University and Careers Adviser, JFS School

Mr Tim Miller - Deputy Head, JFS School

Getting into law courses - Some innovative approaches to legal education

Ms Brenda Stephenson - Project Manager, Aimhigher County Durham

Mr Adam Jackson - Senior Lecturer, Northumbra University

Ms Connie Cullen - Director, Admissions and UK/EU Student Recruitment, University of York

BMAT, LNAT and all that

Mr Mike Nicholson - Director of Undergraduate Admissions, University of Oxford

Engineering energy - How skills and jobs are needed to support a £200 billion investment programme

Mr Richard Earp - Education & Skills Manager, National Grid

Making the right choice

Ms Stella Barnes - Higher Education and Careers Adviser, Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College

Hexed in the City - The future of financial careers in the City

Ms May Busch - MCB Consulting

New ways of studying - ‘Hobby degrees: and the pressures of modern marketing in HEIs

Dr Simon Jones - Senior Academic Admissions Tutor, University of Glamorgan

Using Futuretrack findings to support students and graduates

Mrs Jane Artess - Director of Research, HECSU

Managing and amplifying your online presence

Dr Tristram Hooley - Head of iCeGS, University of Derby

What do graduates (really) do?

Ms Stella Barnes - Higher Education and Careers Adviser, Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College

Ms Janet Willis - Careers Consultant, University of Manchester

Personal statements and things I wish I'd known

Mr Mike Chant - HE Adviser, University of Glamorgan

Mr Rob Brown - HE Adviser

Widening access to veterinary medicine, medicine and health care courses

Ms Brenda Stephenson - Project Manager, Aimhigher County Durham

Ms Helen White - Widening Participation Officer , St George's, University of London

Careers in drama

Dr Daniel Bye - Theatre director, Playwright & academic

Ms Lily Einhorn - Director/Applied Drama Practitioner

Using icould for widening participation

Ms Gill Wilson - Head of Content, icould

Work experience and skills development: just box-ticking or the sure-fire route to the best job ever?

Mr Sean Russell - Director, Sean Russell Consulting Ltd

Mr James Pidgeon - President, RHC Student Union

Dentistry

Dr Lyndon Cabot - Director of Admissions, Deputy Director of Education (Undergraduate) and Senior Lecturer , King’s College London Dental Institute

The perfect UCAS application: How to get to university and stay there!

Dr Simon Jones - Senior Academic Admissions Tutor, University of Glamorgan