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Northamptonshire Higher Education Conference 2012

The Northamptonshire UCAS Higher Education Conference, organised by Connexions will be held at the University of Northampton, Park Campus on 18th & 19th April 2012.  Northamptonshire schools are encouraged to attend on 18th April, with 19th being mainly for Milton Keynes & Bucks schools, and other out of county schools.  Booking is done by schools and colleges online at www.ucasevents.com/conventions and the event code for 18th April is northamptonshire12, and for 19th April is mk12.

There will be over 110 higher education instituitions exhibiting, as well as a range of some 27 different talks covering general HE topics as well as specific subjects.

We will produce a booklet for the event which will either be delivered to schools and colleges before the end of this term, so that they can prepare for their visit, or can be collected on arrival at the event.  A PDF of the booklet will also be available to download from the UCAS conventions site, as well as from this site. There will also be preparation material on the UCAS conventions website. For further information please contact Jane Shearer by email or on 01604 614932 (Wednesdays and Thursdays)

Below is a copy of this year's H.E. Conference booklet available for download.

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Last Updated on Monday, 12 March 2012 10:08
 

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