
University of Oxford
'Getting through your GCSEs' is developed and delivered by the University of Oxford for Study Higher.
Practical support and guidance to manage and succeed in year 11, from the University of Oxford
Getting Through Your GCSEs was a programme developed and delivered by the University of Oxford for Study Higher. Please check back later to find out about future iterations of this or similar projects.
Activity type: Workshop in-school; student conference at the University of Oxford
When: Workshops available year round, student conference
Year group: Year 11
Gatsby Benchmarks: 7
To offer practical support and guidance to enable year 11 students to manage their final GCSE year to the best of their abilities.
Through this programme, learners will:
Providing practical support and guidance to enable Year 11 students to manage and succeed in their final GCSE year, including:
Our in-school workshops are ideal for small groups or classes due to the interactive nature of the activities. They are usually one hour to fit a school period and cover aspects of revision techniques, learning styles, subject confidence and prioritisation. They support your pupils’ awareness of methods and techniques to get through revision, and builds confidence in their ability to achieve their goals.
Where possible our programmes include undergraduate student ambassadors to facilitate live encounters with higher education.
At the University of Oxford
Our student conference offers your students support with getting through their GCSEs, including:
The conference presents a mixture of plenary and breakout sessions including on resilience, getting ready for exam season, and exam and revision techniques.
Up to 30 attendees per school, who should comprise of eligible Office for Students Uni Connect outreach students. Your Higher Education Liaison Officer (HELO) can advise you further on identifying appropriate attendees.
All of our Study Higher events are free to attendent for eligible learners. Unfortunately we cannot provide lunch at this event. Attendees should bring their own packed lunch.
Support for travel costs is available on a reimbursement basis, dependent on successfull attendance with eligible students. Schools should book coach travel themselves and let their Higher Education Liaison Officer know how much the coach will be.
On successful attendance at the event, the school should send the HELO a copy of the coach invoice, who will raise a Purchase Order for reimbursement.
We work with 21 schools and colleges across Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, and Swindon. We target our work based on a locality-based measure for participation in higher education called POLAR. This means that we target our work at young learners from postcodes in areas where rates of going to university or higher education is lower than expected.
Felt better prepared to effectively manage their time
Understood that preparing for GCSEs is a useful transferable skill, for example for A-Levels/college, university, or work
Could better recognise their own well being needs
Could better recognise triggers and symptoms connected with academic pressure
of teachers would recommend to others
Felt better prepared to manage the pressures of revision and exams
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