You will be put in a small group with other year 12 students (each group having a maximum of 10 students) and paired with a tutor and a mentor, who are currently undergraduate or postgraduate students in Physics and Astronomy at the University of Southampton. You will then engage in 1-hour online weekly sessions together with the rest of your group at a time after school.
The programme features two different kinds of sessions: tutorials and mentoring.
The tutorials consist in problem solving strategies for typical A-levels physics exercises (please see a list of the covered topics below). Additionally, and in advance to every tutorial, you will receive further independent study material designed to help you make the most of the tutorial and highlight possible areas of improvement. You will be able to discuss he topics and ask questions during the tutorials.
The mentoring sessions cover practical topics about university application and student life: you will be given tips on how to write a personal statement, the UCAS system and applications, essay writing and how to prepare for an interview, but also student finance and studying at the University of Southampton.