Global Leadership and University entrance

CATS Canterbury hosts another Global Leadership Day on 18th March. This one is based around Pancreatic cancer and links with law, medicine, business, ethics and the media. It promises to be an exciting day with students presenting and universities speaking at the college including Oxford, Bristol, Cardiff and St Georges - University of London. It's an exciting day and falls not long after our second university fair with over 70 UK and works universities visiting CATS Canterbury to meet with our students.

At CATS we specialise in pre university study and encourage students to do on line university courses and a wide range of extra Key Professions activities to prepare them for top universities. Many are taking courses in critical thinking as well as undertaking their own research projects to give them a real head staff in the world of UK and world universities.

Students can get a copy of the Key Prpfessions booklet on the CATS App or in person from student services or the Senior Tutors office - come and join in!

Successful IB students

Former IB Students from CATS Canterbury are right now at some of the world top universities and it's great to celebrate their success. We have students at LSE, Oxford, UCL, Warwick, British Columbia, Durham and one about to start at Cambridge this year.

Top universities really like IB because it delivers everything top UK universities want - research essays, theory of knowedge, extra activities etc. 

Our top students taking A level are expected to do the same if they are heading to LSE, Oxbridge etc. They do leadership awards, EPQ and Critical Thinking sessions - this puts them on the same level as our IB students. It's hard work! But then these are world top universities - you won't get there without being special and having a strong record of doing these extra activities.

There are some schools in the UK who do not understand IB - remember only the best schools in the UK are allowed to offer it. So they sometimes say A levels are better. However, what top universities are saying is the exact opposite. They want to see IB students with a strong background in all the things IB does and top A level students they now like to see with extra activities just as we offer at CATS Canterbury. We have over 120 extra activities linked to university entry in our Key Professions booklet.

But don't take my word for it - look at the IB students from CATS Canterbury now at world top universities - LSE, Oxbridge, UCL and more overseas. It's an amazing qualification for many students and as we offer both A level and IB we are not biased - we support students on either route.