Applying for an apprenticeship: What your students need to know
Find out how you can support your students to apply for a work-based option.
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Applying for an apprenticeship: What your students need to know
Find out how you can support your students to apply for a work-based option.
Careers resource: Year 13 – what to expect
Help Year 12 and Year 13 students think about higher education choices, including university or apprenticeships, with this useful presentation.
Choosing what and where to study
Here are some tips and advice to help you decide what subject, course type, and course provider is right for you.
Criminal convictions – what you need to know
Higher education is an option considered by many people with previous criminal convictions. Depending on the course you want to study, you may have to disclose your criminal record.
Don't know what you want to do after school?
Not sure of your next steps? Going to a UCAS discovery event can help.
How can I decide what subjects to study?
Are you stuck choosing which subjects are right for you and your next steps? Don't panic – here's our guide to help.
I’m an apprentice supervisor: Here’s what an apprenticeship is really like
Tom Ashworth is an apprentice supervisor at Tony Gee, a civil engineering consultancy company that design structures for all environments, from large bridges to the lifting rig for the London Eye, and the largest land-based crane in the world.
Next Steps: What is the experience of students from a care background in education? report
In its newest report in the Next Steps series, UCAS, in partnership with the Unite Foundation, examines the educational experiences of students from a care background.
Next Steps: What is the experience of young adult carers in education?
In its latest report in the Next Steps series, UCAS, with support from the Carers Trust, uses brand new insight collected from the new set of widening participation questions on the UCAS application to examine the educational experiences of young adult carers.
Predicted grades – what you need to know for entry this year
Guidance and support for advisers when predicting grades.
Scotland and Wales: What happens next?
Here you’ll find out more about understanding your training providers’ decisions and replying to your offers.
Student rights – what you need to know before you sign your contract
You have student accommodation rights in terms of health and safety, notice periods and maintenance.
UCAS Conservatoires: what to study
How to choose a conservatoire course and when to apply. Courses are available in music, dance, acting, and musical theatre at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
UCAS Teacher Training in England: What happens next?
Once you’ve submitted your application, your chosen training providers will decide whether to make you an offer. Find out what happens next.
What are my options after GCSEs or National 5s?
After GCSEs or National 5s, you could continue studying subjects you like, take vocational qualifications, an apprenticeship, or work or volunteer and study part-time.
What are my options?
Confused about your options after school, college, or sixth form? Explore the routes available to you, to help you decide what to do next.
What are risks and opportunities for widening participation on the Journey to a Million?
Susie Whigham, Interim Chief Executive Officer, The Brilliant Club, examines the risks and opportunities for widening participation on the Journey to a Million.