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Social workers offer support to those most in need, whether it’s a family under pressure or a person with a physical or learning disability trying to live independently.

Children’s nurses work as part of a supportive and inspiring team to provide young patients and their families with the vital care and compassion they need.

Work experience is an important feature of any strong university application. For certain degree courses, though, it's an essential entry requirement.

If you're applying as an independent student, here's what you'll need to do to apply for student finance. Content provided by Student Finance England.

A key factor when making the decision to move into higher education is finance – for estranged students, this can be a particular challenge.

Find out what support and funding is available to estranged students in Scotland.

If you’ve studied before and are returning to university or you’re repeating a year, this can affect your student finance.

Lindsay Conroy, Apprenticeship Programme Lead, UCAS

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Learning disability nurses support people with learning disabilities, developing important relationships with their patients and helping them to lead fulfilling lives.

Have a dream job in mind? See what it takes to get there with our comprehensive guides…

Mental health nurses build trusting relationships with their patients and provide vital support to people experiencing mental health problems, so they can lead happy and healthy lives.

Writing a personal statement for social work? We asked social work admissions tutors how you can convince them that you are right for the course.

Facts about supported internships: who's eligible, how the study programme works, and who to contact for more information.

Students who have spent time in care are entitled to support with going to university. Here are some practical ways in which you can support care experienced students research their options and prepare for their next step, which we have developed with experts such as the Care Leavers' Covenant, Become, the National Network for the Education of Care Leavers (NNECL) and Who Cares? Scotland.

If you are supporting a young person’s Personal Education Plan (PEP), this guide suggests professional actions as they make their career and education choices – from Year 8 through to post-16 study. Content provided by Virtual School Sheffield.

Find out how to convince admissions tutors you’re right for this course, through your knowledge and understanding of what it entails.

The UK construction industry needs to recruit more workers and diversify it’s workforce – how can this be achieved?

Are you interested in a career in healthcare? Whether you're looking at frontline dentistry, nursing, or a behind the scenes in the lab with science and medicine - an apprenticeship can help you get there, bringing practical experience together with academic qualifications, it could be the pathway for you.

Nurse Ewout talks switching paths to enter nursing, the different opportunities it can afford you, the profession's changing image, and more.