Careers Resources

Introduction

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.
Not Going to Uni - An excellent website which lists current school leaver opportunities
Find an Appenticeship - The Government website for searching for an apprenticeship
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.
Guardian University Guide
Push.co.uk
Student Loans Company - Money for Studying and Advice on Budgeting
The NUS - National Union of Students
Palgrave Study skills

New Scientist – provides an important gateway to science career sources
Lawcareers– vacation placements, mini-puplilages, etc
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