Information for Teachers
Reach Scotland is a national project that aims to raise awareness of and to encourage, support and prepare secondary school pupils from S4-S6 wishing to pursue one of the following professional degrees: Dentistry, Law, Medicine and Veterinary Medicine and Surgery.
For more information on the programme go to our Reach Scotland pages.
School based sessions
School sessions for new S4 pupils Nov-Feb
Sessions in school for new S4 pupils will take place during the period November - February. As with last year we will be holding these on a cluster basis. Dates for school sessions will be determined by the timetables of all the schools within your cluster. We shall re-imburse costs incurred by schools when transporting pupils to and from the school in which the sessions will be held. At these sessions the pupils will be notified about a written assignment that they must complete in order to be invited to the S4 campus day in March.
What we need from you - when nominating pupils please send us the following information - the names of those pupils who wish to take part, the subject they are intersted in, a note of any unsuitable dates e.g. prelim dates or inservice days and whether or not your school is willing to host a Reach session.
Please e-mail this information to - reach@glasgow.ac.uk
For more information on the entry requirements for Medicine, Dentistry, Veterinary Medicine and Law see our reach pupil profile link on the right hand side of this page.
Continuing Reach S5 pupils - school sessions Feb-March
School sessions for continuing S5 pupils will take place during the period February - March. As with last year we will be holding these on a cluster basis. During these sessions pupils will be asked to develop subject-specific skills and will be given information regarding the S5 written assignment. In order for pupils to be invited to the Reach summer school they must submit this work by the arranged date.
We shall be in touch regarding these sessions in due course.
Continuing Reach S6 pupils - Personal Statement workshops: September
We are proposing to hold a personal statement workshop in schools for continuing S6 reach pupils who are still intending to apply to either Medicine, Dentistry, Veterinary Medicine or Law. This is a follow up session from the one done at the summer school and will focus primarily on the personal statement. Pupils should bring a copy of their personal statement with them (even if it is only a draft). As with the Reach school sessions these will be held on a cluster basis.
We will be contacting each school individually regarding this session however if you have any questions please contact us via e-mail at - reach@glasgow.ac.uk
University Campus based sessions
S4 Campus day
A campus-based day will be held at the University of Glasgow for S4 pupils in March for Medicine and Dentistry, Veterinary Medicine and Law. The campus day provides pupils with an opporunity to meet with staff and students from the professional schools, attend lectures and participate in activities.
We shall be in touch regarding these sessions in due course.
Reach S5 summer school week
Based at the University of Glasgow campus and likely to take place in June, the summer school week will allow pupils to participate in subject-specific activities such as mooting (Law), a mock PBL session (Medicine) or a tutorial-style discussion (Veterinary Medicine and Dentistry). Staff and students from the professional schools will be available for questions and discussions making this an invaluable experience for students wishing to study a professional qualification at university.
We shall be in touch regarding these sessions in due course.
S6 Interview preparation workshop
An interview preparation session will take place mid-November 2012 for applicants to Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine. The session will take place on the University campus and will give pupils the opportunity to find out more about the format of interview for each of the three professions and workshop interview techniques with University staff and students.
Additional Events of interest
University of Glasgow Open Day - September
Our Open Days are a fantastic opportunity to meet academic staff, talk to current students, discover more about our services and look around our campus. For more information please see the dedicated Open Day web pages.