Workshop

By now you will have sampled a lot of what GOALS has to offer. You may already know you intend to go to college or university or you may still be unsure. Either way there is a Links workshop for you in S5 and S6.

S5 or S6 workshop: Study Skills

This workshop will help you do as well as you can in your exams. We start by looking at the ways you study at the moment and then follow this by looking at some methods recommended by the experts. Finally you help two imaginary students improve their study skills with all the knowledge you have gained. Be warned, though, if you let your students stay up all night eating twiglets and listening to music whilst they are supposed to be learning Shakespeare for their Highers they might not do so well!

S5 workshop: Planning a Journey

There are a million Chatting with students you will be shown all the things you have to think about if you want to go to college or university. Which course? Which university? How to apply? These questions and more will be answered.

S6 workshop: Is it Worth it?

The one thing that may put you off thinking about university or college is the cost and fears you might have about getting into debt but don't believe everything you read in the newspapers.

Although this is something to consider, this workshop will show you that things are not as bad as you think and that the benefits of higher education definitely outweigh any downside.