Careers Resources

General Sites

• 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.
• Eclips Careers
• Direct.gov - Government Gateway portal
• Informed Choices - Russell Group Uni guide

Exam Boards

• OCR Homepage
• Edexcel Homepage
• AQA Homepage

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