How do I give DS the info to choose university, course etc?

[AskBasil]

He's v vague and his mate came round the other day and has already been to open days, chosen course, written his personal statement, etc.

I have no idea. His school is shit and not many people go to uni, so no help there. He wants to go to university, but really doesn't have much clue as to what he wants to do.

Can you recommend any websites etc., with lists of open days, courses etc.?

And no I'm not a helicopter parent (just scanned the UCAS thread) but seriously DS is extremely clueless about this and he won't get any help from anyone else.

Ime a school that has few pupils going to uni make a really big push for those who can. If he's fairly unmotivated I would not accept the line that school haven't told him what he should be doing! I've sat in on assemblies and head of year talks about this sort of thing in the past, it was amazing how many were switched off and/or playing on their phones throughout.
Do whatever you can to support him but do check he's really on board with it himself.

In my opinion there is absolutely no point him going if he doesnt even know what he wants to study. There are more options out there than just uni. Are you sure he actually wants to go or is he just clueless as to what he should do next so is following the crowd? If he was that bothered he would have at least looked into some of this stuff.