How to approach open days

Open days are for those considering their choices. Photograph: Duncan PhillipsIf you want to help your children choose the right university, sign up for open days – at least two, preferably three or four. Universities vary so much that you do need to go to see them, says Mary Hughes, director of enrolment and management at the University of Kent. Forget your own university experience – or lack of it; read the prospectus critically, then see what it is really like. As Ian Parkinson, father

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