Careers Advice
Aim Higher
www.aimhigher.ac.uk
All About U
www.allaboutu.org.uk
An online student finance learning tool for
16-19 year olds by UNIAID,
The Students' Charity
Apprenticeships
www.apprenticeships.org.uk
A Learning and Skills Council-funded
website promoting apprenticeships
to students and businesses
Association of Learning Providers (ALP)
www.learningproviders.org.uk
Works with policy makers and skills
funding agencies to represent the
interests of learning providers
throughout the United Kingdom
Connexions
www.connexions.gov.uk
The Government’s support service that
provides integrated advice, guidance
and access to personal development
opportunities for young people aged 13 to 19
DCSF Student Support
www.dcsf.gov.uk/studentsupport
Provides information to students,
parents, advisors and administrators
of student support
Disability Rights Commission
www.direct.gov.uk/en/DisabledPeople/
RightsAndObligations/DisabilityRights/
DG_4001070
An independent body established to stop
discrimination and promote equality of
opportunity for disabled people
Forum for the Advancement of
Continuing Education (FACE)
www.f-a-c-e.org.uk
A UK wide network for all those involved
and concerned with Continuing Education
and Lifelong Learning
Higher Education and
Research Opportunities (HERO)
www.hero.ac.uk
The official gateway to universities,
colleges and research organisations in the UK
Higher Education Academy
www.heacademy.ac.uk
An independent body that works with the
UK higher education community to enhance
the student experience. Also includes
information previously provided by the
Learning and Teaching Support Network
Higher Education Liaison Officers
Association (HELOA)
www.heloa.ac.uk
A professional association for Higher
Education staff who work in the field of education liaison
Institute of Career Guidance (ICG)
www.icg-uk.org
Professional body representing careers advisers
Learning and Skills Council (LSC)
www.lsc.gov.uk
Responsible for funding and planning education
and training for over 16-year-olds in England
National Institute of
Adult Continuing Education (NIACE)
www.niace.org.uk
A non-governmental organisation interested
in advancing the interests of adult learners
and potential learners
NOISE
www.noisemakers.org.uk
NOISE (New Outlooks In Science & Engineering)
is a UK-wide campaign funded by the Engineering
& Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC),
which aims to raise awareness of science and
engineering among young people
Skill: National Bureau for Students for Disabilities
www.skill.org.uk
A national charity promoting opportunities for
young people and adults with any kind of disability
in post-16 education, training and employment
across the UK
Student Survivor
www.studentsurvivor.org.uk
An online game in which young people are
challenged to create and keep their student
happy, fed, watered, clean, studious and in
the money
The Open University - The openlearn website
http://www.open.ac.uk/openlearn/home.php
The openlearn website makes educational resources,
taken from Open University courses, freely
available to anyone under a Creative Commons
copyright license
The Sutton Trust
www.suttontrust.com
Makes grants to projects that provide educational
opportunities for able young people from
non-privileged backgrounds
UNIAID
www.uniaid.org.uk
A charity helping young people overcome financial
hurdles to higher education - includes Student
Survivor virtual game.
University and Colleges Admission Service (UCAS)
www.ucas.com
The central organisation that processes
applications for full-time undergraduate
courses at UK universities and colleges
Universities UK
www.universitiesuk.ac.uk
Represents, supports and promotes all universities
in the UK, with links to all Higher Education Institutions
You Go Further
www.yougofurther.co.uk
A website developed by UCAS for like-minded people
who are at university or planning to go. Students can
talk to UCAS experts, get advice on budgeting and talk
to other students in the forums |
