General info

For advice on making choices about jobs and courses, and also in your personal life, look within these General Information sections.


Icon 1 Choices

1.01Planning your future
1.02Working with people
1.03Outdoor work
1.04Practical work
1.05Useful websites
1.06You can do anything!
1.10Choices at sixteen
1.11Choices at eighteen
1.12Opportunities with a degree in any subject
1.13Ethical careers
1.15Jobs requiring few or no qualifications

Icon 2 Education

2.01Options after year 9: an overview
2.02Art and design after year 9
2.03Business studies and related subjects after year 9
2.04English after year 9
2.05Humanities after year 9
2.06Information and communication technology after year 9
2.07Languages after year 9
2.08Mathematics after year 9
2.09Performing arts after year 9
2.10Science and related subjects after year 9
2.11Sport and PE after year 9
2.12Technology and related subjects after year 9
2.13Work-related programmes after year 9
2.15Choosing level 3 courses after year 11
2.20Routes into higher education
2.21Choosing your higher education
2.22Ideas for higher education courses
2.23Applying for higher education courses
2.24No offers? Wrong grades?
2.25Taking a year out
2.26Higher education and training in Europe
2.27Higher education and training outside Europe
2.28If you leave a higher education course
2.29Writing your UCAS personal statement
2.31Sponsorship, scholarships and charitable trusts
2.32Funding your further education - an overview
2.33Funding your higher education – an overview
2.35A guide to qualifications
2.37Distance and open learning
2.38Study skills

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Icon 3 Free time

3.01Making good use of your spare time
3.02Voluntary opportunities in the UK
3.03Voluntary opportunities overseas
3.04Foreign travel

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Icon 4 Health

4.01Keeping healthy
4.02Healthy eating
4.03Wise up to mental health
4.04Sexual health and you
4.05Get streetwise and stay safe
4.06Understanding alcohol
4.07Understanding drugs
4.08The cost of gambling
4.09The facts about smoking
4.10Dealing with stress
4.11Staying safe online

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Icon 5 Housing

5.01Finding yourself homeless...and finding your feet
5.02Housing Benefit and how it works
5.03Leaving home

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Icon 6 Law, your rights and citizenship

6.01If you break the law...
6.02Your rights as a young person - an introduction

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Icon 7 Money

7.01You and your money
7.02Managing your money as a student
7.03Benefits for young people - an introduction

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Icon 8 Relationships

8.01Bereavement
8.02Taking a stand against bullying
8.03Dealing with abuse
8.04Getting on with family and friends
8.05When a family breaks up
8.06Wondering about your sexuality?
8.07The value of being confident and assertive
8.10Living independently after care
8.11How parenthood can affect you

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Icon 9 Travel and transport

9.01Getting your own car or motorbike

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Icon 11 Work and training

11.02Work experience
11.04Skills for employment
11.05Job market trends
11.06Employment at 18+ with level 3 qualifications
11.08CV writing for school- and college-leavers
11.09CV writing for job changers
11.10How to find a job
11.11Job applications
11.13Coping with interviews
11.14Jobseekers' checklist
11.15Starting work
11.16Apprenticeships and work-based learning
11.19Under school leaving age and working. What's legal?
11.20Part-time work
11.21Temporary work
11.22Working from home
11.23Working for yourself
11.31Information for people with disabilities
11.33Information for offenders and ex-offenders
11.35Equal opportunities: your rights
11.40Working overseas
11.41Working holidays and temporary jobs abroad

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