Teacher and advisor resource hub

Our presentations and lessons plans are designed to fill a 20 minute form time lesson and offer an introduction and some key talking points on various aspects of the application process.

Choosing your ‘top five’:

• Lesson PowerPoint
• Lesson plan (PDF)

Intro to HE: 

• Lesson PowerPoint
• Lesson plan (PDF)

Living away for uni:

• Lesson PowerPoint
• Lesson plan (PDF)

Accommodation:

• Lesson PowerPoint 
• Lesson plan (PDF)

The UCAS Process:

• Lesson PowerPoint
• Lesson plan (PDF)

Student Finance:

• Lesson PowerPoint
• Lesson plan (PDF)

Pharmacy and medicine through the ages:

• Lesson
• Lesson plan (PDF)

We have a range of quick guide handouts as well as helpsheets and worksheets which you can share with your students as they begin researching and applying for university. 

• ‘Where next?’ tips for 6th formers resources sheet
• Choosing a university and a course worksheet or quick guide
• Personal Statement planning document
• Quick guide to Student Finance
• Student Finance Booklet for 2022 entry
• Quick guide to University Life
• Student Finance (Wales)
• Student Fees and Funding Guides for UK students
  • Student Fees and Funding (English) (PDF)
  • Student Fees and Funding (Urdu) (PDF)
  • Student Fees and Funding (Punjabi) (PDF)
  • Student Fees and Funding (Polish) (PDF)
  • Student Fees and Funding (Arabic) - available soon
  • Student Fees and Funding for Welsh Students (English language) - available soon
  • Student Fees and Funding for Welsh Students (Welsh language) - available soon

Our subject spotlight sessions will provide an insight into what studying at university is really like. 

• An Insight into Philosophy with the University of Reading
• English Language and Linguistics
• Environmental Science
• Health and Biological Sciences
• Human and Physical Geography
• Institute of Education
• Languages and Translation: A Modern Languages Webinar
• Pharmacology
• Typography and Graphic Communication 

Driverless Cars - An Experience in Ethics and Philosophy 

• Lesson (PowerPoint)
• Lesson plan (PDF)

We can also access a range of resources on the Uni4Me website.

We have created a range of EPQ Masterclasses to support students in developing the skills required to write a successful EPQ.

• Developing a research topic (Arts and Humanities)
• Developing a research topic (STEM)
• Research design - exploratory/thematic projects
• Research design - experimental projects
• Research design - quantitative projects
• Research design - qualitative projects
• Searching for and evaluating sources
• Synthesising information
• Referencing and plagiarism
• Academic writing (Arts and Humanities)
• Academic writing (STEM)

We also offer other support for students studying an EPQ, including EPQ study skills workshops and EPQ e-mentoring (Word document). If you would like to access this support for your school, please get in touch at outreach@reading.ac.uk.

Our AccessEd KS5 teacher resources, developed by UoR PhD students, provide a great way to combine university content with the curriculum.

Agriculture:

• Science of Strawberries (PDF)

Art and Design:

• What's the Matter with Matter? (PDF)

Biology:

• Mitochondrial Dysfunction (PDF)
• Lipid Membrane Models in Biomedical Research (PDF)
• Remote Sensing: Observing Plants From Space (PDF)
• Science of Strawberries (PDF)

Chemistry

• Lipid Membrane Models in Biomedical Research (PDF)

English:

• Literary Legacy (PDF)

Geography:

• Water Sustainability & Greywater Reuse in Agriculture (PDF)
• Remote Sensing: Observing Plants From Space (PDF)

History:

• British Colonial Policy in Tanzania (PDF)
• Educating Modern Britain (PDF)

Maths:

• What Can Mathematics Do to Give Aviation a Greener Future? (PDF)
• How Can Mathematics Help a Farmer? (PDF)

Business:

• How Can Mathematics Help a Farmer? (PDF)

Physics:

• Remote Sensing: Observing Plants From Space (PDF)

Psychology:

• Your Brain on Estrogen (PDF)
• How Neuroscientists Study the Brain (PDF)

Answer booklets

• British colonial Policy in Tanzania (PDF)
• Educating Modern Britain (PDF)
• How Can Mathematics Help a Farmer? (PDF)
• How Neuroscientists Study the Brain (PDF)
• Literary Legacy (PDF)
• Lipid Membrane Models in Biomedical Research (PDF)
• Mitochondrial Dysfunction (PDF)
• Remote Sensing: Observing Plants From Space (PDF)
• Science of Strawberries (PDF)
• Water Sustainability & Greywater Reuse in Agriculture (PDF)
• What Can Mathematics Do to Give Aviation a Greener Future? (PDF)
• What's the Matter with Matter? (PDF)
• Your Brain on Estrogen (PDF)

To see a full list of tutorial packs, please visit the AcessEd website.

Student Finance update for 2022/2023

• This pre-recorded talk explores how the loans work and some advice about applying for student finance.

Student Finance Booklet for 2022 entry

• Advice on costs and how to manage them.

Writing a Teacher Reference 

• Our help sheet will give you hints and tips for UCAS referees.

Where next? 

• This help sheet will tell you about the options after 6th form/college.

The University of Reading NQT Award

The University of University of Reading NQT Award is a series of research-informed, academic-led sessions that are designed to encourage NQTs to be reflexive, evidence-informed practitioners. We hope that current NQT participants take an interest in this potential avenue of support. For further information, please download our information sheet (Word).