Useful Links

Please click on links below for direct links to various types of sites:

• Careers
• Awarding Bodies
• IT Media
• Government
• Trade Bodies & Other Organisations
• Labour Market Information
• Other
  

• AGCAS (Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services) www.agcas.csu.ac.uk
• BBC Education Online (BBC Work) at http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/work
• CSNA (Careers Services National Association) www.careers-uk.com includes directory of careers service organisations in the UK
• Connexions www.connexions.gov.uk - UK government’s strategy to ensure every young person get the best start in life
• DfEE Modern Apprenticeship www.dfee.gov.uk/modapp
• Doctorjob.com www.doctorjob.com - "Graduate careers with attitude"
• Hobsons www.hobsons.com - "Your global careers & education services"
• Inside Careers (for the IT sector) www.insidecareers.co.uk/it (with BCS)
• IT Opportunities www.it-opportunities.co.uk
  
• learndirect www.learndirect.co.uk for details on courses at local level
• Microsoft Skills 2000 Initiative www.microsoft.com/uk/skills/itco
• Prospects "The UK's Official Graduate Careers Website" at http://www.prospects.ac.uk
• UCAS (Universities & Colleges Admission Service for the UK) www.ucas.co.uk
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• City & Guilds www.city-and-guilds.co.uk
• Edexcel www.edexcel.org.uk
• OCR (Oxford, Cambridge and RSA Examinations) www.ocr.org.uk
• LCCI (London Chamber of Commerce & Industry) www.lccieb.org.uk
• Pitman Examination Institute www.pitmanqualifications.com
• SQA (Scottish Qualifications Authority) www.sqa.org.uk
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• Computer Weekly www.computerweekly.co.uk
• Computing www.vnunet.com
• Electronics Weekly www.electronics-weekly.co.uk
• IT Training magazine www.train-net.co.uk
• MISweb www.misweb.com
• Silicon.com www.silicon.com
• The IT Portal www.theitportal.com
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• ACCAC (Qualifications, Curriculum & Assessment Authority for Wales) www.accac.org.uk
• British Chambers of Commerce & Industry www.britishchambers.org.uk
• Cyngor NTO Cymru (NTO Council for Wales) www.nto-nc.org
• DENI (Department for Education, Northern Ireland) www.deni.gov.uk
• DfEE (Department for Education & Employment) www.dfee.gov.uk
• DfEE ESF site www.esfnews.org.uk for applicants and others
• DfEE Lifelong Learning www.lifelonglearning.dfee.gov.uk
• DTI (Department of Trade & Industry) www.dti.gov.uk
• NTO National Council www.nto-nc.org
• Open.gov www.open.gov.uk - First entry point to the UK public sector info on the Internet
• QCA (Qualifications & Curriculum Authority) www.qca.org.uk
• SCONTO (Scottish Council of NTOs) www.sconto.org.uk
• TEC Gateway www.tec.co.uk for Training & Enterprise Councils in England & Wales
• UfI (University for Industry) www.ufiltd.co.uk
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• CSSA (Computing Services and Software Association) www.cssa.co.uk
• BCS (British Computer Society) www.bcs.org.uk
• IMIS (Institute for the Management of Information Systems) www.imis.org.uk
• Comptia (Computing Technology Industry Association, USA) www.comptia.com
• BECTa (British Educational Communication and Technology Agency) www.becta.org.uk
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• DfEE Datasphere www.dfee.gov.uk/datasphere - Overarching Labour Market, Learning and Skills Site
• DfEE LMI site for skills www.skillsbase.dfee.gov.uk includes forecasts from IER (Institute for Employment Research)
• Office National Statistics www.statistics.gov.uk - publications and data + online stats service in Statbase
• NOP Surveys www.nopres.co.uk - Business - Information Technology
• NUA www.nua.ie - Survey results relating to ICT and the Internet
• IT Skills Research www.itskillsresearch.co.uk - Research Group of IT Training magazine
• Computer Weekly www.computerweekly.co.uk - Newspaper Archives, training and salary statistics
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• RNIB (Royal National Institute for the Blind) www.rnib.org.uk
• Equal Opportunities Commission www.eoc.org.uk
• Commission for Racial Equality www.cre.gov.uk
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The e-skills NTO offers these links in good faith but cannot accept any responsibility for their site content.