Application to Higher Education

Below are links to some documents to assist you with your application to higher education

Some useful websites for research into higher Education:

www.ucas.com
www.hotcourses.com - Information about different types of courses
unistats.direct.gov.uk - Useful statistics to compare universities and courses
www.prospects.ac.uk - Graduate careers website
www.slc.co.uk - Key information on student loans
www.opendays.com - Open day details for colleges and universities
www.thestudentroom.co.uk - Student chat room – find out what others think about courses, make friends before you get there, even find accommodation plus much, much more.
www.whatuni.com - Full of university and course information and features more than 5000 independent student reviews
www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk - Data produced by The Independent newspaper for comparison use.
www.timeshighereducation.co.uk - rankings from The Times
www.cbi.org.uk - interesting research on what employers are looking for from graduates
www.careerstagged.co.uk - a search engine that specialises in career information
http://www.ukcoursefinder.com/ - contains questionnaire with links to courses
www.push.co.uk - independent guide to all things ’studentish’ written by students
www.bestcourse4me.com - decision making information
www.unitasterdays.com - Information about taster days and pre-application opportunities
www.applytouni.com - free resource for students on all aspects of applying to university
www.wlv.ac.uk/ukinfo - UK map with locations of all universities and colleges in UK

The sites below offer help and guidance on applying for student financial support and all things financial: