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Parent, Guardian and Carer Guide

Download our free guide, containing everything you need to support a young person with their options and decision-making, and help them through the UCAS application process.

Parents and carers

Information for parents and carers about the opportunities for post-16 education and training,.

Research some career and job families

There are hundreds of different kinds of jobs and careers available. We’ve collated together some information on different career families, or job sectors, together with some useful links to help you decide what sort of job you would like in the future.

Supporting care experienced students

Students who have spent time in care are entitled to support to help them access higher education. Here are some practical ways you can support care experienced students research their options and prepare for their next steps.

Technology careers

We need technical wizards! Help us future-proof the path to higher education

The UCAS Careers Quiz – personalised career matches

Using the power of real-world data, personality profiling and labour market information our new Careers Quiz matches your students to their best suited career options. And most importantly, we tell them which higher education courses others have studied to get them there.

Try our Career Quiz!

Get matched to jobs and see what courses previous students studied to get there.

Undergraduate: Care experienced students

If you are in care, or have experience of being in care in the past, there's lots of support available in higher education to help you with finance, accommodation, and settling in.

Your pocket careers adviser: Results day and Clearing support

We've worked with university and school coach, Clementine Wade, to create articles, videos, and email tips to help you understand results day and Clearing, and get to grips with what you should be doing when to best support your child through the process.