International work and study
International work and study information:
Two good starting points:
- Prospects country profiles (guides for over 50 countries) and Prospects working abroad: why do it? advice.
- Going Global database of international job vacancies, internship opportunities and country-specific career information.
Links to regional and country specific information:
General sites
- For NGOs and organisations like World Bank check the Development work section of "I want to work in..." and the Charity, community and development work or International organisations sections of our Employer links.
- The Year out section of employer links lists organisations which specialise in short term opportunities
- Kompass Online directory - business to business directory. Search by type of business and country/continent
- UK Trade & Investment - aimed at exporters, but with general background info on most countries and useful links arranged by business sector and/or country
Newspapers
- ABYZ Newslinks - more links to online newspapers. Best one to use if you want news sources dealing with a continent or region eg Africa or Caribbean. Includes links to sources of background information eg CIA World FactBook or Encyclopedia Britannica.
Gap year work
There is a page of general advice relating to taking a year out , written by one of Bristol's careers advisers.
- Internships in international organisations. These pages are maintained by the Permanent Mission of Italy to International Organisations in Geneva and have some Italian bias but are still very useful.
- The gap year website - includes language and other courses, work abroad and UK and volunteer work.
- Globalplacement.com - includes details of work placements abroad. Please note that there is a charge if you succeed in getting a placement through the website.
- Year Out Group - an association of organisations promoting the concept of well-structured year out programmes. Includes opportunities and contacts.
- Go Abroad - a site aimed at the US student market, but a useful database of internships, volunteering and TEFL opportunities, searchable by country or subject
- gapadvice - independent advice on gap years, for people of all ages
Universities, courses and postgraduate study
- List of world universities
- Association of Commonwealth Universities - Includes searchable database of courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in Commonwealth countries.
- Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan - information about Commonwealth scholarships to Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and a range of other countries.
- Global Study magazine - articles about study abroad.
- International Centre for Distance Learning - Open University run online databases of courses worldwide
- Funding - some of the information and links in the Funding section of Further Study are worth checking out.