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- Education and Training
- University and Level 4 and above qualifications
- Careers Information and Advice
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- Opportunities
- Special Needs
- Gap Year
- Voluntary Work
- Financial Matters
- Employer Support
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Education and Training
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University and Level 4 and above qualifications
- The YouGo University Guide
- Information on Higher Education via Aim Higher
- Education and learning options, HE, qualifications explained
- The Guardians University Guide
- hotcourses ‘UK’s largest course finder’
- University of Hull Business School, different courses offered can develop business skills and knowledge
- notgoingtouni, alternative options from university. Help for young people to kickstart their careers without uni. It highlights an extensive range of alternatives to university including Apprenticeships, Foundation Degrees, Gap Years, Distance Learning, Volunteering and Employer Funded Study as well as training courses in over 40 different sectors. Visit the site for free and impartial advice about all the alternatives
- To find out university open days
- Prospects is the official graduate website
- PUSH is the leading guide for universities
- UCAS is the website to use to find out about and apply to university
- Use Unistats to Search, Review and Compare Subjects at Universities
- unofficial-guides is a university guide written by students
- You Go Further is a University Guide
- Information on Foundation Courses at University
- The Open University
- Register of Regulated Qualifications
- Includes a table of UCAS tariff points - BTEC qualifications
- Mystudenthalls.com is the only dedicated student halls search engine. The site has been created by students for students and is a fantastic resource when hunting for student accommodation. The site lists all the information clearly so you can find out about the facilities, check availability, and contact the halls
- Tribal's new Graduate Opportunities service is the first in the UK to use live, validated information on students' achievements from university records to match qualified candidates with jobs and courses. The information is also used to help students develop an up to date profile using trusted measures of employability.
- Convert work achievements into a BA in Business Enterprise. The training provider Smart People, working in association with Edinburgh Napier University, are offering a new innovative way to achieving a degree to which there are many acceptable entry qualifications. One day per month at a local regional venue with on-line support. Students that complete a range of vocational qualifications can now 'top up' to degree level by joining the BA in Business Enterprise
- The Graduate Market in 2011. A study of graduate vacancies and starting salaries at one hundred of the UK’s best-known and most successful employers, conducted by High Fliers.
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Careers Information and Advice
- The National Careers Service - 02 April 2012 - This is the new all age career service which replaces Next Step and DirectGov for young people. It is easy to use. It is set up to help you to take the next step, using the right tools for the right job
- Careers Europe is the UK’s national resource centre for international careers. Acting as the UK Euroguidance centre, it is partnered with similar resource centres in 33 other European countries. Also Europass is a portfolio of five documents, designed by the European Commission that improves transparency of qualifications and competences in order to remove barriers to working, studying and training in Europe
- plotr - 'the one-stop-shop for career inspiration and preparation'
- TUC career advice
- Alec for CV writing tips etc
- A library of career stories on film
- Careers and Higher Education Magazine
- See ‘Career Links’
- Cegnet is the website for professionals working in careers education, information, advice and guidance (CEIAG) and their supporters
- For help to find the right career path for you
- ‘Interactive Careers Guidance and Education for Teenagers’
- Resource for courses and careers
- icould, the place where you can get ideas about where you could go, how you could get there, what you could do, why it would be worth it and who you could be
- Learndirect - Comprehensive on-line careers guidance tool
- Sector Skills Councils, find out what skills you need; for employers and prospective employees
- ‘Year in Industry’
- Includes a CV-builder and funding directory
- Help with writing your CV
- YouTube Videos - www.pods4jobs.com
- BBC Schools Student Life Careers and Choices
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Careers In...
You will also find a number of different career area options with lots of links on the careers page.
- Career Profiles - the opportunities that may be open to you once you graduate, by course subject.
- Accounting Also Insight, the e-magazine for management accountants from CIMA - look at this to get some ideas about the scope of opportunities available not only in the UK but all over the world. Visit CareerBox to view a video produced by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. They are a professional membership organisation, supporting over 136,000 chartered accountants around the world. The video includes information about apprentice and graduate opportunities
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- Army
- Art Therapy
- Automotive Industry
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- Chiropractics
- Civil Service
- Complimentary and Natural Medicine
- Construction
- Creative Media
- Dance Movement Therapy
- Dentistry
- Design, Fashion, Music and Performing Arts
- Energy and Utilities
- Engineering
- Environmental Sector
- Farriery
- Fashion
- Fashion and Textiles
- Financial Services
- Fire and Rescue
- Food and Drink
- Health Sector
- Housing, Property and Facilities Management
- Infrastucture business - Balfour Beatty for everything from financing, planning and design to construction, maintenance and support
- IT and Telecoms
- Justice Sector
- Law
- Logistics
- Management and Movement of goods
- Maths
- Media
- Medicine
- Military
- Modelling
- Nature Conservation
- Nutritional Therapy
- Passenger Transport
- Photography (freelance)
- Photography
- Plumbing
- Police
- Policing
- Racing
- Reflexology
- Retail
- Retail Motor Industry
- Royal Airforce
- Royal Navy
- Social Care
- Social Care
- Sport
- Surgery
- Surveying
- Teaching
- Vetinary Nursing
- Working with Animals
- Working with Guide Dogs
- Zoo Keeping
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Opportunities
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Special Needs
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Gap Year
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Voluntary Work
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Financial Matters
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Employer Support
- acas for help and advice for businesses and employees
- Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS)
- The site that offers practical advice for businesses
- The Learning and Skills Council whose goal is to improve the skills of England's young people and adults to ensure we have a workforce of world-class standard
- Smarta is the 'ultimate' advice and networking resource for anyone starting and running a small business
- Train to Gain offers support and funding to train employees
- Yorkshire Forward is the regional development agency
- Yorkshire Futures is the regional intelligence agency
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General
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