Links
Links
Organisations where you can get help and advice
- Careers Scotland: online guidance and tips, questionnaires and help with finding work as well as face-to-face advice.
- Centigrade Online: use Centigrade Online's course match to find the right HE course for your needs.
- Direct.Gov Careers advice: news, case studies and careers advice for everyone.
- Future Morph: a great site for advice, information and case studies.
- Guardian online degree course search: an online search tool for segree courses throughout the UK.
- Hotcourses: search for courses and study information in Hotcourses' huge database.
- Learn Direct Scotland: a comprehensive directory of courses, for all levels, across Scotland, plus stacks of information and advice.
- Let's Talk: a careers resource for girls in science, engineering and technology.
- Modern Apprenticeships: search for a modern apprenticeship in Scotland on the Scottish Enterprise site.
- The Path is Green: all you need to know about green careers in Scotland.
- ProNurse: everything you need to know if you're considering nursing as a career.
- S1 Learning: find information on all Scottish courses, at any academic level.
- Scenta: a networking site for all those into science. Also has a neat tool for finding experts for advice.
- Science, Engineering & Technology (SET): find out what opportunities there are both here and abroad when you study science, engineering or technology.
- Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA): find information on the development, accreditation, assessment and certification of qualifications other than degrees.
- Skills Development Scotland: for info on all levels of training available across Scotland check out the SDS site.
- Talent Scotland - Life Sciences: packed with useful information on anything related to the life sciences industries in Scotland.
- UCAS: the Universities and Colleges Application Service for Higher Education courses.
- Unistats: a site devoted to hepling you find the right course for you.
- What Uni: get the insider knowledge on UK universities from people who know.
Other useful organisations
- British Science Associations: a registered charity which advances public understanding, accessibility and accountability of the sciences and engineering.
- HI-Energy: discover what's going on in the world of renewable energy in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, including opportunities and research.
- Intute: an online research database for science and technology and social sciences.
- Merlin Points Calculator: calculate the points you need to get onto your chosen your course.
- Science Scotland: watch this space for all things related to science in Scotland.
- STEM Scotland: A one-stop-shop for all things scientific, technological, engineering or mathematical.
- Talent Scotland: a section of the Talent Scotland site packed with information on life sciences.
- WISE Women in Science and Engineering: a UK-wide organisation encouraging more women into Science and Engineering careers.
- WiTEC: the European Association for Women in Science Engineering and Technology helps girls progress in SET subjects and manages a network for women in SET careers.
- UK Resource Centre for Women: tons of useful information to help women in, or starting out in, science, engineering or technology careers.
Fun stuff
- Edinburgh International Science Festival: tons of great stuff to do.
- National Science and Engineering Week: check out the activities for all: 12-21 March 2010.
- NESTA Planet Science: a cornucopia of science activities and resources for everyone.
- Planet SciCast: submit a video experiment to the Planet Science competition.
- Glasgow Science Centre: offers great fun, hands-on science adventures.
- Dynamic Earth: interactive exhibits about planet earth.
- Sensation: the only UK science centre based on the five senses
- Satrosphere: find out about the world around you and the science of how things work.
Professional bodies and organisations
- Medicine
- Academy of Medical Sciences
- Royal College of Nursing
- British Association of Prosthetists and Orthotists
- British Association of Art Therapists
- British Nutrition Foundation
- Institute of Biomedical Engineering
- Chartered Society of Physiotherapists
- British Society of Osteopaths
- British Chiropractic Association
- Institute of Biomedical Science
- Forensic Science Society
- Biology, chemistry and physics
- Institute of Biology
- Royal Society of Chemistry
- Royal Society of Edinburgh
- Institute of Physics
- Institute of Biology
- Dance and movement
- Society for Dance Research
- British Wheel of Yoga
- Pilates Institute
- Zoology and veterinology
- Institute of Zoology
- Society of Practising Veterinary Surgeons
- Fish Veterinary Society
- British Veterinary Association
- Food and agriculture
- Society of Food Hygiene and Technology
- Institute of Food Technologists
- Institute of Food Research
- Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
- Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute
- Ecology
- British Ecological Society
- Forestry
- Forestry Commission
- Royal Forestry Society
- Geology
- Geological Society
- Engineering
- The Institute of Engineering and Technology
- Institute of Mechanical Engineers
- Institute of Civic Engineers
- Institute of Chemical Engineers
- Royal Academy of Engineering
- Textiles
- skillfast UK: skillfast is the sector skills council for the textiles and fashion industry.
- Arts
- The ARCH Foundation for Restoration
- The Linbury Trust for Stage design
- Professional Bodies
- The Royal Society of Edinburgh
Thank you
We'd like to thank all of these organisations for their fantastic websites. These are just some of the sites we've used to put together YOUR PATH so we personally know they are packed with all the information you need to make your choices.
