Difference between revisions of "Careers Resources"

Revision as of 10:32, 14 November 2018

The School's Careers Leader is Mrs P Hawkins, based in the careers hub located near the tennis courts.

Unifrog logon - Careers advice, MOOCs, UCAS application process
UCAS Homepage -Links to all UK HE institutions and much more.
Prospects Careers Services - A range of careers related material and links to other useful sites.
Direct.gov - Government Gateway portal
Informed Choices - Russell Group Uni guide

Lattitude - International Gap-year projects.
CoolWorks - 75,000 paid and voluntary opportunities in National Parks, ski resorts and ocean and gold resorts in the US.
Gap-year.com - Gap year job-site.
Year Out Group - supported by UCAS and the OfEE and has a section on advice.
Yini.org.uk - Operated by the eTrust, promotes taking a year out in industry

A Star Future - Undergraduate courses taught in English in other countries
The British Council
PlotEU - Portal to learning opportunities in Europe
EuroDesk
StudyCanada - Information of studying in Canada
HotCourses.com - enables the applicant to develop a personalised league table by matching their personal profile and extra-curricular interests to a list of universities and colleges.
UKCourseFinder - (developed by the Morrisby Organisation) for students who do not know what they want to study or where. The online questionnaire enables the integration of students’ study interests with their exam subjects for a search of an HE database to find those courses best suited to them. The service is free.
OpenDays.com - provides lists of open days and how to get the most out of them.
Information about Foundation Degrees
Guardian University Guide
The Good University Guide
UnionView.com
Push.co.uk
Student Loans Company - Money for Studying and Advice on Budgeting
FundFinder
Support4Learning
Scholarship Search
EverythingYouWantedToKnow.com
NHS Student grants
GOV.uk Bursary map
UniAid
DoughUK
The NUS - National Union of Students
NeedToKnow
TheSite.org
Palgrave Study skills
UniAndU

Shell LiveWire– site of the organisation which helps 16 -30 year olds start and develop their own business and gives advice
NHS Careers – Careers in the NHS
New Scientist – provides an important gateway to science career sources
Lawcareers– vacation placements, mini-puplilages, etc
The Law Careers Advice Network
CareersEurope – guidance about careers, studying and professional training in Europe. Includes information about living and learning in Europe for non-EU citizens
Scholarship Search – details of possible HE grants and awards

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 *[https://ec.europa.eu/ploteus PlotEU] - Portal to learning opportunities in Europe
 *[https://www.eurodesk.org.uk EuroDesk]
-*[https://www.erasmus.ac.uk Erasmus] - European Higher Education Exchange Programme
 *[https://www.studycanada.ca StudyCanada] - Information of studying in Canada
-*[https://www.fulbright.org.uk Fulbright] – Educational exchange organisation
 *[https://www.hotcourses.com HotCourses.com] - enables the applicant to develop a personalised league table by matching their personal profile and extra-curricular interests to a list of universities and colleges.
 *[https://www.ukcoursefinder.com UKCourseFinder] - (developed by the Morrisby Organisation) for students who do not know what they want to study or where. The online questionnaire enables the integration of students’ study interests with their exam subjects for a search of an HE database to find those courses best suited to them. The service is free.