Yesterday, universities from across the UK visited City of Westminster College’s Paddington Green Campus for a Higher Education (H.E.) Fair organised by CWC’s Careers Advisers. The highly popular event is the first of the academic year, with the second set to take place during the Spring. It is primarily aimed at first year Level 3 and As Level students who will be looking to apply to universities starting September 2018, but is also extremely beneficial to those on other levels.

Catering for a wide variety of interests and career goals, universities in attendance included Leicester University, University of Roehampton, University of the Creative Arts, Notting Hill Academy of Music and Cardiff University, as well as the majority of London universities. Institutions were able to provide students with invaluable information regarding the UCAS application process and current students were able to offer potential applications an insight into what life at a particular university is like.

“The Fair was very well attended by our students and we had excellent feedback across the board from the universities who said they were extremely impressed with those students they spoke to and particularly the questions they posed,” said one of CWC’s Careers Advisers Simon Blackmore. “It’s unusual for a College to hold two of these a year, but we’re really keen to get universities in to speak to students directly and answer any queries they might have.”