Pure Potential

Events

Pure Potential organise a range of events for both school and university students. We continuously add new events to our calendar so we suggest regularly visiting this page to see if there are any new opportunities which might be of interest to you.

Our 2011 events have taken place already, please see below for our 2012 events:

PP: School Leavers (Years 12 & 13 students) – If you are thinking of bypassing university and going straight into a career then this event is the perfect opportunity for you to learn about the benefits of school leaver programmes, develop key skills which will help you with your job applications and meet representatives from a range of career sectors to learn more about their programmes.

PP: Sixth (Year 12 & 13 students) – Want to learn more about the benefits of going to university? Need help with writing your personal statement? Not sure about the new student finance situation? Our PP: Sixth events are designed to help state school sixth form students with various aspects of their university application, as well as the opportunity to attend hour-long career workshops run by top graduate employers. This is a valuable experience which looks great in a personal statement. 

Study in the US Event (Year 11, 12 & 13 students) – Have you ever thought about applying to study at a university outside of the UK? Are you looking for ways to stand out from the crowd? Ever considered the idea of studying abroad? If you answered ‘yes’ to all of the above, then we have the perfect opportunity for you! Pure Potential have teamed up with the US-UK Fulbright Commission to organise an event for students, teachers and parents to come and learn everything you need to know about studying in the USA.

PP: Law  (university undergraduates) – An event for undergraduates who are interested in a career in law at the College of Law, London. Students will have the opportunity to visit the offices of one of our prestigious partner law firms to participate in a legal case study and network with trainees, partners and members of the graduate recruitment team.

PP: Mathematicians (Year 12 students) – are you interested in studying a maths-related course at university? Want to know more about what it might be like and what you can do after you graduate? PP: Mathematicians is a great opportunity for students to meet lecturers from the University of Cambridge whilst networking with current undergraduates, learning about various course and career options for university and beyond.

Study in the US - Teacher Event (Teachers) – Pure Potential organised a teacher information event to help them to encourage and support students with their applications to US universities. We broke down the various elements of the application process into small, manageable chunks and teachers walked away from the event with the tools and resources they needed to support their students with their applications and had their questions on financial aid, SATs and interviews answered by experienced members of the Fulbright Commission. This event will run in October 2012. Please email binda [at] purepotential.org to register your interest.

UBS Award for Outstanding Students (Year 13 students) – For the second time Pure Potential teamed up with leading investment bank UBS to recognise and celebrate the achievements of the brightest state-school sixth form students in the country. Successful applicants, along with one guest, were invited to attend the ceremony in London in October. Nominations for the 2012 round of awards will open in the summer term.

You can find more details on the events and learn about the application process, deadlines and requirements by clicking on the event links.

If you have any questions about our events, please contact Binda on 020 7122 1223 or email binda(at)purepotential.org.