Links For more information about higher education and going to University, why not look at some of these links below Advice on Higher Education National Aimhigher Website - www.aimhigher.ac.uk Aimhigher ‘Don’t Stop’ Website – www.aimhigher.ac.uk/dontstop/home/ Practioners Teachers' Information & Guidance e Resource - www.tiger-nw.org.uk BBC schools website - http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/websites/11_16/ DebtCred - www.debtcred.org General The North West Development Agency - www.nwda.co.uk Department for Education and Skills – www.dfes.gov.uk British Council - www.britishcouncil.org Cheshire and Warrington Economic Alliance - www.cwea.org.uk The National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth – www.nagty.ac.uk Useful Information for areas of your current and future studying BBC Schools If only I Uni4me College4us UniAid Foundation Degree Forward All About You - A Virtual Experience of Student Life University Choice TV (UCTV) Careers and advice Connexions Cheshire and Warrington – www.connexions-cw.co.uk Connexions – www.connexions.gov.uk Careers North West - www.careersnorthwest.com Prospect, the UK’s official graduate careers website – www.prospects.ac.uk Creative Industries Creative Industries - www.aimhighernw.ac.uk/sowhat/ Merseyside Creative Industries - www.merseysideacme.com Manchester Creative Industries - www.cids.co.uk Creative Industries careers - www.yourcreativefuture.org Careers, etc - www.creativefutures.cadise.ac.uk Performing Arts careers - www.khake.com/page48.html Arts - www.artscouncil.org.uk Arts Advice - www.metier.org.uk Film/TV - www.northwestvision.co.uk Media Industry - www.mtnw.co.uk Department for culture - www.culture.gov.uk Business and ICT Association of Accounting Technicians - www.aat.org.uk Business Studies teaching and education resources - www.bized.co.uk BBC website for Business Studies Secondary ages 11 – 16 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/websites/11_16/site/business_studies.shtml The Times 100 UK student and teacher Business Studies Resource Centre - http://www.thetimes100.co.uk/index.php Graduate Prospect – Business Studies, your skills - Prospects.ac.uk BBC website for ICT Studies Secondary ages 11 – 16 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/websites/11_16/site/it.shtml Chartered lnstitute of Management Accountants - www.cimaglobal.com Chartered Institute of Marketing - www.cim-nw.org.uk
Health and Social Care Careers in the NHS – www.nhscareers.nhs.uk Specific 14 – 19 Health and Social Care – www.stepintothenhs.nhs.uk Nursing and midwifery Admissions Service - www.nmas.ac.uk Department of Health – www.dh.gov.uk Engineering, Science and Construction
Engineering www.raeng.org.uk/education/best.htm www.icheme.org/ www.smallpeicetrust.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=105&Itemid=153 www.stemcentres.org.uk/home www.science-engineering.net/index.htm
Science www.schoolscience.co.uk/ royalsociety.org/ www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/ www.science-engineering.net/index.htm www.britishscienceassociation.org/web/index.htm www.stemcentres.org.uk/home www.creative-chemistry.org.uk/ (Chemistry) www.rsc.org/ (Biology) www.iob.org/ (Physics) www.iop.org/
Construction www.constructionskills.net/aboutus/ construction.org/index.php?submenu=Programs_Events&src=gendocs&link=SponsorshipOpportunities www.bciawards.org.uk/awards/benefits_sponsorship.asp www.targetjobs.co.uk/construction/
Further Education Colleges
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Revision tips
BBC – Onion Street – Study Skills - http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/communities/onionstreet/skills/ AS A2 Business Studies Revision Guide - http://www.s-cool.co.uk/topic_index.asp?subject_id=8
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