Education UK Fair in Uplands and UK Information Tea Reception

The Education UK Fair in Uplands and the UK information Tea Reception are scheduled to take place on 3 October 2013 (Thursday), in conjunction with the Education UK exhibition in Kuala Lumpur on 5 and 6 October 2013.

Education UK Fair
The Fair is designed to provide opportunity to UK universities to meet prospective students, build on brand awareness of UK education and raise their institutions’ profile.

The Uplands school accommodates day students and boarders aged 5 – 19 years old. The curriculum incorporates the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (PYP) for Years one to six. In the secondary school, a wide range of subjects are offered for the IGCSE (Years 10-11).  Students in Years 12-13, undertake the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP). There are about 150 students in Years 10-13, year on year, where an average of 95% pursues further education overseas. Popular study destinations are UK, Australia, USA and Canada.

For full details on Uplands, please refer to their profile document.

Event Details
Date: 3 October 2013 (Thursday)
Time: 10.00 a.m. – 1.30 p.m.
Venue: Multi-Purpose Hall, Uplands
Note: This is only open to UK higher education institutions.
UK institutions should not appoint education agents to participate / attend this event.

Programme
10.00  Set up
10.15  Brief introduction - Uplands
10.30  Fair opens
13.30  Clear tables

Seminars

There will be 10 seminar slots, 30 mins each, as scheduled above.  The topics are pre-fixed with 3 slots open for suggestions, should you wish to present.  If you are interested to take up any of the seminar slots, please indicate your interest and suggest a topic in the application form. This will be on a first come basis and subject to approval by Uplands.

UK Information Tea Reception

We are inviting relevant contacts from local education institutions including principals, managers and counselors from selected universities, colleges and schools. These personnel play a vital role in the information provision and development of students within their institutions. They are well trusted and often sought for advices by students.

We are proposing to hold two short information sessions; Introduction to Boarding Schools & FE Colleges and Introduction to UK Undergraduate & Postgraduate Degree. If you are interested to take up one of the sessions, please indicate your interest in the application form. This will be on a first come basis.

Event Details
Date: 3 October 2013 (Thursday)
Time: 3:00pm – 6:00pm
Venue: Evergreen Laurel Hotel Penang

Programme
1500  Registration
1530  Information sharing sessions:
          Introduction to Boarding Schools & FE Colleges (30 Minutes)
          Introduction to UG & PG (30 Minutes)
1630  Tea Reception
1800  End

Fee (covers both events): £480 inclusive of UK VAT 20%

Note: A minimum participation of 15 institutions is required to run a successful event.