UCAS Stop Guessing Start Exploring video transcript

[On screen: A student holds a mobile phone. She watches a TikTok video of a woman putting on a barrister’s wig. The student begins to speak.]

Student speaker:

This could be you. Yep. You.

[The TikTok video fills the screen. The barrister is shown. A montage follows, showing people in different job roles. The video then cuts back to the student.]

Doing something that feels right, something that feels like you.

[On screen: A montage of performers on stage. The scene cuts to the student sitting in a classroom. She looks bored and scrolls on her phone. Classmates sit around her.]

But maybe right now you've got no clue what's next.

[On screen: The student stands up and leaves her desk. A montage shows students chatting, laughing and working together in a classroom.]

Everyone's asking, what do you want to do when you leave school?

Where do you see yourself in five years?

What do you want to do for the rest of your life?

[On screen: The student sits at a table with classmates. She looks into the distance, then looks directly at the camera and rolls her eyes.]

Like, seriously, who knows?

And that's okay.

[On screen: A group of dancers perform in an industrial space. A phone switches to video mode. The scene changes to students dancing outside on a sports court at the University of Derby.]

Finding your future doesn't start with all the answers.

It starts with questions.

It starts with curiosity.

A feeling that there's something out there for you.

[On screen: The main student calls a friend over to look at her phone. The image changes from the students in school uniform to the same students in casual clothes, showing their move to university.]

And being brave enough to go find it.

[On screen: Short clips show students socialising in different outdoor areas around the University of Derby.]

Step by step you start to explore.

[On screen: Multiple TikTok videos play side by side. They show a person adjusting sound dials in a studio, a person making ceramics, and a person using a printing press.]

That subject that sparks something, that hobby you're pretty good at.

[On screen: A group of students walk past the main entrance of the University of Derby.]

Then maybe your path begins to take shape.

[On screen: A person works at a computer in an office. A person studies a book in a library. The scene cuts to the main student looking at herself in a bathroom mirror. She smiles. The footage shows her studying, then liking posts on social media.]

You don't need to have it all figured out, you just need to start.

Your journey, your story.

[On screen: The main student stands in a courtroom. She wears a barrister’s wig and robe. She smiles confidently at the camera.]

So where will it take you?

[On screen: The student is back in the classroom, laughing with her friends.]

Stop guessing.

Start exploring.

UCAS Stop Guessing Start Exploring video

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