--- title: "Getting into the Top Universities Conference" url: "https://riverside-secondary.com/news/2016-06-28-getting-into-the-top-universities-conference" school: "Riverside Secondary School" --- [Click here to apply for Riverside 6th Form](https://riversideschool.applicaa.com/year12) # Getting into the Top Universities Conference ![Image of Getting into the Top Universities Conference](https://files.schudio.com/riverside-secondary-school/images/news/286(1).jpg) 28 June 2016 On Thursday 16th June, a group of Year 10s went to Central Hall, Westminster to attend a conference run by Pixl (Partners in Excellence). The students heard from representatives of Oxford and Cambridge as well as King’s College, London and admissions experts from PiXL. They received high quality, often first-hand, advice on course choice, applications and how to make Year 11 and Year 12 a time filled with research and wider-reading to show university staff that they are the perfect candidates. The students went away enthused and keen to begin choo sing their path towards a Russell Group establishment. [ Year 7 Parents’ Evening](https://riverside-secondary.com/news/2016-06-15-year-7-parents-evening) [New Community Organiser ](https://riverside-secondary.com/news/2016-07-11-new-community-organiser) ![Riverside Secondary School](https://files.schudio.com/riverside-secondary-school/images/logo/Logo_Footer.png) ### Riverside Secondary School Renwick Road Barking IG11 0FU 0203 946 5888 ### Social Media - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/riverside_campus/) [![Partnership Learning](https://files.schudio.com/riverside-secondary-school/images/logo/AAAPartnership-Learning_white.png)](https://partnershiplearning.com) © Copyright 2026 Riverside Secondary School School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://riverside-secondary.com/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)