Careers Resources
General Sites
- Prospects Careers Services - A range of careers related material and links to other useful sites.
- Eclips Careers
- Direct.gov - Government Gateway portal
- UCAS TV
- UCAS Homepage -Links to all UK HE institutions and much more.
Exam Boards
Year Out (Gap Year)
- Lattitude - GAP activity 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.
- GoGapYear.com
- Yini.org.uk
Studying Abroad
The British Council PlotEU - Portal to learning opportunities in Europe EuroDesk Erasmus - European Higher Education Exchange Programme StudyCanada - Information of studying in Canada Fulbright – Educational exchange organisation 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
Other
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
