Careers and courses
UCAS
[External Site]
The University and Colleges' Admissions Service site for the UK.
Hot Courses
[External Site]
Research and apply for UK courses, from evening classes to degrees.
learndirect
[External Site]
Impartial information and advice on over 700,000 courses from providers
throughout the UK.
opendays
[External Site]
Find out all that you need to know about open days at the university/college of
your choice and find out which universities/colleges have open days in a
particular month.
Which way now?
[External Site]
The DfES gateway to education and beyond for 14 to 19 year olds.
Work Train
[External Site]
Lets you search for jobs, training opportunities, childcare and voluntary
work.
Inside Careers
[External Site]
Advice on careers based on information from professional bodies.
Careers Portal
[External Site]
Information on careers and courses.
Connexions Direct
[External Site]
Information and advice for 13 to 19 year olds to help
them make choices on learning, careers, health, relationships and
more.
City &
Guilds - Time to Learn
[External Site]
The online version of City & Guilds directory of learning breaks and study
tours.
The Course Clearing
Site
[External Site]
Search the clearing listings by subject, institution or region. You
can also search by a specific subject or institution or select an
individual course at a particular institution.
The Student Zone
[External Site]
All aspects of life covered on this site, from careers to finance.
Brilliant Careers
[External Site]
Channel 4's careers website.
One Life
[External Site]
BBC Radio 1 has produced this site help you make the right educational choices
at 16+.
Aim Higher
[External Site]
Explore your options for higher education, for pre- and post-GCSE and A level
students.
BBC Course
Search
[External Site]
The BBC's learning resources pages.
Jobcentre Plus
[External Site]
Help and advice on job hunting, as well as access to 1,000s of
jobs.
Merlin Helps
Students
[External Site]
A great site for students with information about choosing a university and the
process of clearing, plus much more.
Gapyear.com
[External Site]
Information and advice on gap year activities.
Gap-year.com
[External Site]
Advice and information on useful organisations that
can help young people find gap year opportunities.
Volunteering
[External Site]
The National Centre for Volunteering offers a comprehensive guide to everything
you will need to know about volunteering.
Project Trust
[External Site]
A gap-year organisation that helps school leavers find voluntary work in 24
different developing countries.
Raleigh
International
[External Site]
An organisation that arranges expeditions around the world with the aim of
developing people through challenging and worthwhile community and
environmental projects.
Voluntary Service
Overseas
[External Site]
An organisation that sends skilled volunteers to work in the developing world.
The site includes information on how to volunteer.
