College Counselors' Visit 2012

College Counsellors at Durham Castle 2012

From the 15th - 21st July 2012 Durham University, Newcastle University and the University of York welcomed 12 College Guidance Counselors from the USA, Canada and Hong Kong to the North East of England. The visiting Guidance Counselors spent one day with each of the three universities learning more about higher education opportunities in England for their students, and additional day touring some of the highlights of the north east region of England including Hadrian's Wall, Whitby and the North Yorkshire Moors Steam Railway.

Simply amazing - so organized and available with the information before we even ask!
You coordinated such a wonderful, detailed trip...I truly hope we will have a student study here in the very near future.

Peggy Fitzgibbon, Visitation Academy, Missouri, USA

Thank you again for an incredible time - more than I could ever imagined.
I just returned home to hot Texas, missing your beautiful Northeast England already!

Pat Nehme, Regents School of Austin, TX

Thank you for all of your work on the tour. It has been fantastic.
People have been great and getting to see and know the schools has been wonderful.

Don Haag, Crescent School, ON Canada

Thank you again for your warm hospitality - it was a wonderful tour and enjoyed by all!

Ruth Fraser, Crofton House School, BC Canada

The other counselor's on this tour have all cautioned me about managing my expectations on subsequent tours as they are all of the opinion that this has been the best that they have ever been on. Thank you for the thought that went into all the details, all of it was so appreciated.

Suman Sachdev, Island School, Hong Kong

I have been in Guidance for years and this was one of the best university tours I have done. I thank all of you. In fact, I am planning to take my mother to the north of England next summer!

Denise Wilson, Leaside High School, ON Canada

I think the programme was excellent. I have been on other tours and they have seemed to drag on... I liked visiting the three different schools. It was a very useful trip!

Jackie Barclay, Barclay and Knap, ON Canada

Thank you for hosting us this week. Your office's arrangements were perfect.

Leslie Tam, The Independent Schools Foundation (LSF) Academy, Hong Kong