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Insight Sessions 

What are they?

Once you have received your offer of place and completed your online enrolment to secure your place, you will then be invited to attend an ‘Insight Session’ with us. When this is complete you will sent information to book an ‘Insight Session’ with us.  

We understand that it is difficult to make a decision about your next steps so our new for 2021 ‘Insight Sessions’ will provide you with the opportunity to find out more information whilst on campus with us. Insight sessions will be held once a month by each Careers Excellence Hub and are designed to bridge the knowledge gap between school and college so that you feel ready, prepared, confident, and excited to start your study programme with us in September.  

These sessions are held in the evenings, 5pm- 6.30pm.

COVID-19 Guidelines: Attendees will be required to provide proof of negative lateral flow test via text or a notification from the NHS app. This should be dated no longer than 24 hours before your session date.

Please Note: This is for Year 11 students only and is only for those that have booked on. Please do not bring parents, friends or family with you

Our bookings for Insight Sessions have now finished. If you weren’t able to book onto an Insight Session, rest assured there will be plenty of opportunity for you to experience college and your specific course between now and September.

Please keep an eye on both your personal and Weston College email account as this will be the main way we communicate any future events/activities with you.

If you have any questions at all, please do get in touch with our School Team on schoolteam@weston.ac.uk

What will they be doing?

At these Insight Sessions you will:  

  • Assist in your decision making- if you have applied for more than one course with us, you could attend both Insight sessions for each course and it will help you to make a decision  

  • Explore your chosen course further and what find out what you will be learning when you come to us 

  • Find out about the breadth of opportunities and progression options available to you within that Careers Excellence Hub  

  • Familiarise yourself with the facilities, both in your department and college as a whole 

  • Gain an idea of the modules you will be working through  

  • Get to know staff who will be teaching you 

  • Get to know other learners who may study the same course as you  

Points to remember: 

  • Insight sessions are for year 11 students only  

  • You only need to attend one session, not all advertised. Just choose the date that works for you and pop it in your diary 

  • Please remember to attend the campus that your course is based at  

  • Please do not attend a session without booking first 

 

If you have any questions about the Insight sessions, please contact the School Liaison team on schoolteam@weston.ac.uk  

See you there!  

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes you can choose attend one or all of your chosen subject area’s Insight Session.

Yes! If you are undecided about what subject you want to choose this is a great opportunity for you to try each subject so we would definitely recommend you do.

Just bring yourself, something to write with and a drink and you’ll be good to go!

That’s absolutely fine and part of the process of finding the right subject. If you have applied for more than one subject and you are still considering the others then you can just log on to your eILP and withdraw your place for the one you no longer want. If you need some help and guidance on what to do next or you’d like some more information about anything else, please get in touch with the School Team on schoolteam@weston.ac.uk

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