career education & career guidance

Career Box	A career education resource for use with young people from ages 3-18 years, Career Box provides teachers with a range of resources contained within a series of CD roms. The resource provides a range of interactive games, quizzes, multiple choice worksheets and lessons and links to websites.
Careers Scotland	Website containing details of career advice and support, improving skills, career choices and changes, vacancies, applying for jobs or training, starting a business, assistance with vacancies and recruitment, labour market information, guidance on qualifications, legislation and training, employer participation, teacher placements, Enterprise in Education guides, Partnerships
PlanIT Plus	Gateway to careers, learning and work in Scotland. PlanIT Plus has three main zones Career Zone, which holds information on 26 broad Career Areas or 'job families', over 600 jobs, all full time and part time courses at Scottish colleges and universities and a Career Support section for those who want some help in choosing their career or in applying for jobs. Learning Zone, which holds information on courses at colleges and universities in Scotland, course vacancies during Clearing and contact details for local community learning centres and libraries. You can even request course information or apply online. School Zone, which is aimed specifically at school pupils, their teachers and parents and has information to help them with subject, course and career choices. PlanIT Plus also has a large bank of useful information articles on topics from Finance for Study to Your Rights at Work and one of the most comprehensive sets of career useful websites you will find online. The Search facility lets you search courses, job profiles, general articles or websites.
Continuing Education Gateway	A public sector joint venture which aims to support skills and economic development by providing educational and vocational guidance of the highest quality.
Futureskills Scotland	Futureskills Scotland is part of Scottish Enterprise and Highlands & Islands Enterprise. It aims to provide labour market information for a wide range of users from beginners to experts and to present an analysis in a user-friendly, clear and accessible manner using robust and reliable information.
Education for Work: Changing Worlds, Changing Work and Changing Schools	An occasional paper (published June 2001) in the Bank of Scotland sponsored series is all about change - the social, technological and vocational changes which impact increasingly on our lives in Scotland today and the pressures these changes create within our schools. How do schools ensure that the learning they offer matches the changing demands of adult life and work? It is hoped this paper will encourage debate, reflection and fresh thinking about education for work. Readers are encouraged to respond to its content and to contact s.jamieson@strath.ac.uk with their opinions and views.
Discover your Routes/Access Route Planner	A wider access website which allows prospective students to input their current qualifications, if any, their desired target job area and the website will provide them with access points and progression routes to relevant qualifications in the College/University of their choice. The site covers the whole of the north of Scotland. Links are provided to all FE and HE providers in the north of Scotland.
*BEST*	A website from the Royal Academy of Engineering about schemes designed to promote and foster an interest in engineering as a career. The acronym represents "Better engineering students today- Building enterprise success tomorrow" for which the Royal Academy of Engineering has assembled a tiered programme of schemes.
Social Work World Tour	A website about careers and training in social work sponsored by the Scottish Executive and the Scottish Social Services Council
The National Centre: Education for Work and Enterprise	The National Centre: Education for Work and Enterprise came into being on 8 May 1998. The Scottish Executive had decided, following lengthy informal consultation, that it would be helpful to have a National Centre which could give added impetus to an already impressive level of activity in this field.
employment4students	Employment4students.co.uk Ltd was set up in 2000 to provide a facility for students to find term time and holiday jobs.
All age careers service	The announcement by Wendy Alexander, Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning, of the creation of a new national all age careers guidance service to replace the current arrangements.
CAREERSHOW	A virtual careers exhibition, where you will find a range of opportunities in education, employment and training.
careerskills.co.uk	NFER-NELSON’s website for careers education and guidance professionals. The aim of this site is to provide up-to-date information about all the products and services they supply. There is also access to a range of support information to assist in careers work.
Resources available from Careersoft
CareersUK	An online careers bookstore with books, videos and CD-ROMs about careers guidance and educational choices.
Careers Portal	Careers Portal, which started life as an online directory and search engine for careers and Higher Education information 1999, is a careers advice website with links to over 1700 other sites. \|It is part of the Trotman Group, publishers of careers and Higher Education books.
Computerised Careers Guidance Software	Find out more about KUDOS, CAREERSCAPE, FOTOFILE, and PAWS IN JOBLAND
Scholarship Search UK	A searchable database of undergraduate scholarships offered by academic institutions, commercial organisations and charitable trusts. Obtaining a scholarship can greatly ease the increased financial burden of attending university/college.
The European Choice: a guide to opportunities for Higher Education in Europe	Summarises essential information for UK students who are thinking about studying in the EU and other countries including Central and Eastern Europe. Produced by the DfEE
schoollife.co.uk	A website for careers and lifestyles
The Smallpeice Trust: courses for young engineers	The Smallpeice Trust focuses on promoting engineering careers to young people through a variety of activities including the provision of residential courses; prize awards for university students; conferences and seminars; and supporting other engineering education schemes. Superb course for students from S2 upwards and opportunities for grants.
Careers Express	A website which aims to provide students with an online careers guidance and education service. It covers moving from the school or college to work or Higher Education industry and company profiles that detail available opportunities a forum through which young people, parents, career advisors and teachers can exchange ideas, views and helpful tips and pointers a medium through which companies can talk to young people about the opportunities they have to offer and what they are looking for.
Take a Seat	30-minute video, training notes and book produced by the BBC on applying for jobs and courses.
Northern Ireland Schools Virtual Careers Library
University of Northumbria careers links	external links to other Sites relevant to careers guidance on the World Wide Web - one of the most comprehensive sites available
progression routes (SQA)	This guide, organised by broad career areas, looks at qualifications needed for a particular career, the types of jobs or qualifications are available in a particular career area and the possible entry routes to a specific qualification?
Education Business Partnership	The Education Business Partnership Scottish Network which helps people in education and in business to come together.
Teaching Abroad	*Teaching Abroad* offers volunteers who want to travel and teach, placements around the world where people really need to speak English to boost their long-term prospects. Through *Projects Abroad* they also offer volunteers the opportunity of gaining work experience with programmes covering a wide variety of subjects from medical work to tourism and conservation.
Choice and Career	UK government site on careers information, research materials, development and good practice guides, conference reports and more.
Careers and Occupational Information Centre (COIC) Catalogue
Choice and Careers Division (CCD) Catalogue
National Association for Managers of Student Services in colleges (NAMSS)	a valuable site providing information about further education, student support, careers, student finance and lots more of relevance to both students and teachers. Well worth a visit.
Better Choices 7	DfEE document about key areas for professional development for careers co-ordinators in schools
Modern Apprenticeship	Modern Apprenticeships are a major reform of the training system in England and Wales, which aim to help make businesses stronger and more competitive. They offer a new way to get high-level skills and qualifications needed to become a technician or manager of tomorrow.
The Smallpeice Trust	The Smallpeice Trust concentrates on charitable activities which encourage school students to focus on science and engineering subjects, and to consider engineering as a career. They organise courses for 13-18+ year olds.
GMB pages for young members and schools	Pages produced by the GMB union about employment rights and pay prospects for young people
UCAS (Universities and Colleges Admissions Service)	the UK central organisation through which applications are processed for entry to full-time undergraduate courses, HNDs and university diplomas.
UK universities and colleges	complete list of UK university and college web sites
Careers Europe	UK resource centre for international careers
The European Choice	A Guide to Opportunities for Higher Education in Europe
ECCTIS	A guide to UK courses guide containing information on approximately 100,000 courses at over 1000 universities and colleges of further and higher education. Searches can be done by course subject, location, method of study or by institution.