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Student finance<br />
M www.direct.gov.uk/studentfinance<br />
Links to Student Finance England. Will help<br />
you work out the financial support you’ll<br />
get, apply for finance and keep track of<br />
your payments.<br />
M www.scholarship-search.org.uk<br />
Provides helpful funding and budgeting<br />
advice.<br />
M www.nus.org.uk<br />
Source of information about funding.<br />
M www.slc.co.uk<br />
Student Loans Company.<br />
M www.studentcalculator.org.uk<br />
Advice on managing your finances.<br />
Gap year<br />
M www.gogapyear.com<br />
Essential advice for gap year travellers<br />
from the government’s Foreign &<br />
Commonwealth Office.<br />
M www.yearoutgroup.org<br />
Advice for young people and their parents/<br />
carers about taking a gap year.<br />
M www.yini.org.uk<br />
Pre-university and undergraduate work<br />
experience.<br />
M www.gapyear.com<br />
Written by backpackers for backpackers.<br />
M www.gapyeardirectory.co.uk<br />
Gap year opportunities.<br />
M www. gap-year.com<br />
M www. greatgapyears.co.uk<br />
M www. gapwork.com<br />
M www. gapyearjobs.co.uk<br />
M www.bunac.org<br />
Offers summer camp, work abroad and<br />
volunteering programmes worldwide.<br />
M www.csv.org.uk<br />
Volunteering opportunities.<br />
M www.greenvolunteers.com<br />
Worldwide volunteering opportunities in<br />
nature conservation.<br />
M www.lattitude.org.uk<br />
Organisation specialising in volunteering<br />
opportunities for 17-25 year olds.<br />
M www.do-it.org.uk<br />
Over one million volunteering<br />
opportunities.<br />
M www.wwv.org.uk<br />
Lists over 2,400 organisations and<br />
1.6 million volunteering opportunities<br />
worldwide.<br />
The world of work and training<br />
M www.prospects.ac.uk<br />
Comprehensive careers and labour market<br />
information aimed at university students.<br />
M www.targetjobs.co.uk<br />
Graduate employment opportunities.<br />
M https://nextstep.direct.gov.uk then<br />
click on ‘Planning Your Career’, then ‘Job<br />
Profiles’, then ‘Job Market Information’.<br />
Careers and labour market information<br />
produced by the national Sector Skills<br />
Councils.<br />
M www.e4s.co.uk<br />
Student jobs, internships and graduate<br />
jobs.<br />
M www.careers-gateway.co.uk<br />
Portal linking to careers, courses and<br />
applying for jobs.<br />
M www..careersa-z.co.uk<br />
Portal linking to careers, courses and job<br />
information.<br />
M www.notgoingtouni.co.uk<br />
Alternatives to going to university e.g.<br />
Apprenticeships and other vocational<br />
training.<br />
M www.connexionsoxfordshire.com<br />
Click on eCLIPS and type in your school,<br />
college or home postcode. Extensive<br />
range of careers and lifestyle information<br />
leaflets.<br />
Top Tip!<br />
• Just because a university’s website<br />
is fantastic don’t assume it must be<br />
the place for you. Wherever possible<br />
follow up your research by visiting -<br />
see M www.opendays.com<br />
• British citizens planning<br />
to travel or live abroad should check<br />
the British Council‘s site at<br />
M www.britishcouncil.org<br />
for local info, help and advice, check out M www.connexionsoxfordshire.com<br />
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