Education
Here we provide links to organisations that can give you information about education, revision and college or university life.
You can chat to your friends and family or teachers. You can also chat to a careers advisor at your school or college, or go to your local Connexions centre.
Further education
Further education is for people over 16 years old.
It is not taught in a secondary school. It could be taught in a sixth-form college, a further education college or a higher education institution (which is a college or university).
Ask your careers advisor or your local connexions centre where your nearest FE college is and find out what courses they run.
These are some websites that you can look on for more information
Connexions direct has information and advice for young people on all sorts of stuff, including further education. You can surf their site, contact a Connexions advisor in your local centre, chat with an advisor online, or email, phone or textphone them.
Skill - the national bureau for students with disabilities is a national charity that has information for young people and adults with any kind of diability in education, training and employment after they are 16 years old.
The Need2Know Learning pages can help you find out more about qualifications, further education, exams, coursework and changing schools.
Deaf and creative could be the website for you if you have nearly finished school or college, or if you are at college or university and you are wondering what to do next. It can tell you about education, employment, funding and support. It also has interesting case studies, and a list of job vacancies.
After 16 is a website for teenagers and young people in the UK who have an impairment or disability and are wondering what opportunities and services there should be when they leave school. It has information on all sorts of stuff, including tips on how to get your ideas and views across.
Trans-active is an organisation that helps t eenagers with and without learning disabilities to work together. They use lots of technology to ex plore and communicate, and help people give eachother support to make future plans.
Contact a family is a charity that provides support and advice to families what ever their child's needs. They have information changing schools and options for people leaving school at 16. They have factsheets on Transition in England and Wales and Post 16 Transition in Scotland.
Mencap provides information and support for people with learning disabilities and their families and carers.
The Association of National Specialist Colleges has information on special colleges for young people with disabilities. They have a directory of colleges you can search.
TopHigher education
Higher education is the stage of education after A-levels or National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) Level 3.
Higher education includes degree courses, postgraduate courses and Higher National Diplomas. Higher education courses are taught in universities and higher education colleges, and in some further education colleges.
UCAS, the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service, is the organisation that processes applications for full time undergraduate courses at universities and colleges in the UK
Skill - the National Bureau for students with disabilities is 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. You can do a search for HE or FE colleges near you. Skill has factsheets on applying for courses at college, and about funding for study after school which you can download from their website. They also have an information line which you can phone for more information.
The National Union of Students (NUS) website has information on applying to higher education, and on issues affecting students. You can find out more about what the union does, and how the services and campaigns that they run.
The Student Awards Agency Scotland website has financial support and advice for students in higher education in Scotland.
The Need2Know Learning pages can help you find out more about qualifications, higher education, exams, coursework and changing schools.
The Disabled Students’ Guide to University by Emma Caprez directory has information on the Disability Discrimination Act, and the accessibility, facilities and services at different universities in the UK. It is is available from Trotman publishers. See Careers Portal for more information.
Unofficial guides to university
You can find lots of these on the Internet. These websites are written by students for students, and have information that might not be in the official guide!
Go to UnofficialGuides.com for more information.
StudentUK.com is a student advice and lifestyle website with information on loads of stuff, like study, travel, sex, money, health and jobs for students.
For information on funding for study, see our Benefit section.
