Information sources to help with choosing further study in the UK
- Postgraduate study and research - also available as a free booklet from the Careers Service. The best starting point.
- The essential guide to postgraduate study - reference book available at the Careers Service.
- Staying at Bristol? Ask for the postgraduate prospectuses produced by each faculty.
- Elsewhere? Check the Prospects Postgraduate Directory, the most comprehensive listing of UK courses or go to Prospects.ac.uk for the online version. Prospects Graduate, a fortnightly digital newsletter, gives information about postgraduate study.
- Your Masters..What next? a useful introduction to employment and other options with a Masters, compiled by AGCAS (Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services)
- TopGraduate - information on 26,000 courses worldwide.
- Our annual Autumn Careers Fair brings in universities offering postgraduate courses nationwide.
- UK Universities' Prospectuses online.
- Association of MBAs.
- MBA course rankings - from Careerdynamo.
- MBA Exchange - select 'Candidates' option for company and other career information relevant to MBA students
- Adverts in the national press - The Guardian, The Times, The Independent advertise postgraduate courses. As does Prospects Postgrad which you can pick up every couple of months.
- FindAPhD.com - projects in chemical, physical, earth and life sciences, engineering, maths and social sciences. Includes many useful links.
- FindAMasters.com - all subjects
- Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) - organises schemes combining postgraduate study with jobs in industry/research and technology organisations.
- New Scientist Study - science course and studentship details.
- Research Assessment Exercise of the Joint Funding Councils of the UK - check out the research ratings for university departments nationwide. Top rating is 5*. Last assessed in 2001. A new review is soon to be underway.
- Subject Review and Quality Assessment Reports from the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education. Check out the teaching quality ratings for university departments nationwide.
- Vocational course surveys - useful material on UK courses in 25 vocational subjects produced by the Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services (AGCAS).
- Professional bodies usually list approved courses for their area of work.
- If job prospects are important don't be afraid to ask providers exactly what their graduates did. Good vocational courses are proud of their record and often publish a destination list.
- National Postgraduate Committee - info from the representative body for UK postgrads.
- TARGETcourses.co.uk - Find and compare postgraduate courses - MA, MSc, MEng and MBA
- UCAS - undergraduate course search, plus all you need to know about applying. Links to further education and short courses too.
- European Computer Driving Licence - increasing used as part of IT skills development programmes. The site has a full syllabus, list of test centres, sample questions and lots of other useful stuff.
- Learndirect. Excellent database. Thousands of UK courses, full time and parrt time at all levels.
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