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| − | ==Introduction==
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| − | The School's Careers Leader is [mailto:[email protected] Mrs P Hawkins], based in the careers hub located near the tennis courts. | |
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| − | ==General Sites==
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| − | *[https://www.unifrog.org Unifrog logon] - Careers advice, MOOCs, UCAS application process
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| − | *[https://www.ucas.com UCAS Homepage] -Links to all UK HE institutions and much more.
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| − | *[https://www.prospects.co.uk Prospects Careers Services] - A range of careers related material and links to other useful sites.
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| − | *[https://www.direct.gov.uk Direct.gov] - Government Gateway portal
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| − | *[https://www.russellgroup.ac.uk/media/5272/informedchoices-print.pdf Informed Choices] - Russell Group Uni guide
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| − | ==Year Out (Gap Year)==
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| − | *[https://www.lattitude.org.uk Lattitude] - International Gap-year projects.
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| − | *[https://www.coolworks.com CoolWorks] - 75,000 paid and voluntary opportunities in National Parks, ski resorts and ocean and gold resorts in the US.
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| − | *[https://www.gap-year.com Gap-year.com] - Gap year job-site.
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| − | *[https://www.yearoutgroup.co.uk Year Out Group] - supported by UCAS and the OfEE and has a section on advice.
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| − | *[https://www.yini.org.uk Yini.org.uk] - Operated by the eTrust, promotes taking a year out in industry
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| − | ==Studying Abroad==
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| − | *[https://www.astarfuture.co.uk A Star Future] - Undergraduate courses taught in English in other countries
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| − | *[https://www.britishcouncil.org The British Council]
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| − | *[https://ec.europa.eu/ploteus PlotEU] - Portal to learning opportunities in Europe
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| − | *[https://www.eurodesk.org.uk EuroDesk]
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| − | *[https://www.studycanada.ca StudyCanada] - Information of studying in Canada
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| − | *[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.
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| − | *[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.
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| − | *[https://www.opendays.com OpenDays.com] - provides lists of open days and how to get the most out of them.
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| − | *[https://www.theguardian.com/education/ng-interactive/2018/may/29/university-league-tables-2019 Guardian University Guide]
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| − | *[https://www.push.co.uk Push.co.uk]
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| − | *[https://www.slc.co.uk Student Loans Company] - Money for Studying and Advice on Budgeting
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| − | *[https://www.nusconnect.org.uk/ The NUS] - National Union of Students
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| − | *[https://www.palgrave.com/skills4study/ Palgrave Study skills]
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| − | ==Other==
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| − | *[https://www.shell-livewire.org Shell LiveWire]– site of the organisation which helps 16 -30 year olds start and develop their own business and gives advice
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| − | *[https://www.nhs.uk/careers NHS Careers] – Careers in the NHS
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| − | *[https://www.newscientist.com/ New Scientist] – provides an important gateway to science career sources
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| − | *[https://www.lawcareers.net Lawcareers]– vacation placements, mini-puplilages, etc
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