University Links

• UCAS
  • This is where students will apply for their place at university, uploading qualifications and their personal statement. It can also be used when deciding upon a university or a course, as students can search through university websites and course information for hundreds of institutions and thousands of degrees.
• University comparison sites
  • UNISTATS
  • The Complete University Guide
  • The Guardian University Guide
  • Which?
• Student Finance 
  • Advice pages from the Government can be found here

• University Open Days
  • Information about every open day taking place in the UK, all on one site: Open Days
• Russell Group
  • At City College, we continually encourage our students to continue on to university, and we have strong links with some of the best universities in the country. The Russell Group is a collection of the twenty-four highest ranking universities in the UK, which are committed to maintaining the very best research, an outstanding teaching and learning experience, and unrivalled links with business and the public sector. We feel that such places should always be within the reach of our students, whatever their background. We currently operate visits to some of these to give students a feel of what it would be like to study at these world-class universities, and receive speakers into City College to bring the opportunities to our students’ doorsteps.
  • Russell Group universities:
    • University of Birmingham
    • University of Bristol
    • University of Cambridge
    • Cardiff University
    • Durham University
    • University of Edinburgh
    • University of Exeter
    • University of Glasgow
    • Imperial College London
    • King’s College London
    • University of Leeds
    • University of Liverpool
    • London School of Economics and Political Science
    • University of Manchester
    • Newcastle University
    • University of Nottingham
    • University of Oxford
    • Queen Mary University of London
    • Queen’s University Belfast
    • University of Sheffield
    • University of Southampton
    • University College London
    • University of Warwick
    • University of York
• Universities overseas
  • We don’t want our young people to set a limit on their aspirations and aim to open their eyes to the world around them and the opportunities that it has to offer. We want our students to continually strive for excellence and to get the best out of their education, and so will inspire and assist them in joining some of the world’s best students and the world’s best scholars, not just in the UK but anywhere in the world. As such, City College is able to offer students through the Sutton Trust charity the opportunity to fly to the US and visit some of the world-famous Ivy League universities, and they will see that these institutions are as much an option to them as anywhere closer to home. Let City College be a springboard to the sky, where anything is possible.
  • The Sutton Trust US programme
  • The Sutton Trust’s partner Ivy League universities:
    • Yale University
    • Harvard University
    • British School of Washington
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Local universities and City College connections
  • City College has strong links with local universities Staffordshire University and Keele University, and also works closely with Derby, Wolverhampton, Chester and Manchester Metropolitan Universities. Some of these are part of the Higher Horizons Network, through which City College inspires many students.
  • Higher Horizons Network
  • Local universities:
    • Staffordshire University
    • Keele University
    • University of Derby
    • University of Wolverhampton
    • University of Chester
    • Manchester Metropolitan University