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Provided by TES Growing Ambitions – a valuable careers resource for teachers and careers professionals. This comprehensive A-Z is formally the Jobs4u series (now archived).
Where are the jobs? What is the pay like? Extra info for aspiring graduates and sources of labour market information.
Links to over 350 professional bodies and their related career sectors. While some sites offer comprehensive careers content, others may include useful learning and professional training information.
This article defines Apprenticeships, outlines their history, explains recent developments and looks at the first level of Apprenticeship in England: Intermediate. Information on the two further levels can be found in the accompanying Career Companion article, ‘Advanced and Higher Apprenticeships’.
This article describes Advanced and Higher Apprenticeships in England - See Further Information for other regions. Over 100,000 people started an Advanced Apprenticeship this year - almost twice as many as five years ago.
Provides national validation for England’s range of quality awards for careers education, information, advice and guidance (CEIAG).
Quality in Careers Standard support materials providing an overview of how well you meet the national validation criteria and identify any action required in order for your Award to achieve the Standard.


Access to nearly 400 higher education institutions in the UK and Ireland offering foundation, first degree and postgraduate study.
With the new all age guidance service just around the corner, Careers Writer Gill Sharp reflects on the increasing reliance on electronic communication.
If you sense your education opportunities have passed you by or a change in career requires you to consider further study, then be encouraged by this inspiring article.
New responsibilities - New freedoms: Improving the delivery of CEIAG using ICT. This 4th ICT in CEIAG training conference and exhibition in York on 1st - 2nd March 2012 focuses on helping schools and colleges meet the new requirements and challenges facing them to secure independent and impartial careers guidance and provide non-statutory careers education.

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