Useful Links

Amazing Apprenticeships helps educators, employers, parents/carers and students navigate the fast-changing world of apprenticeships and vocational education.

The Access to Higher Education (HE) Diploma is a nationally recognised Level 3 qualification that prepares students for study at degree level.

The Apprenticeships website from HM Government offers advice and information about apprenticeships.

BBC Bitesize Careers helps young people understand the world of work, with advice from people who have found the right path for them. It contains videos about various career options, as well as the different routes of progression.

The charity for children in care and young care leavers.

The Brilliant Club is an award-winning university access charity that works with schools and universities across the UK to increase the number of pupils from underrepresented backgrounds progressing to highly selective universities.

Supporting the educational and training progression of care leavers in Kent and Medway.

Career pilot provides free online, impartial information and support about all progression routes for 11-19-year-olds.

CACT empowers communities and changes lives by improving health, education and employment and reducing crime.

The Complete University Guide helps students to research courses, universities and colleges.

CXK is an organisation dedicated to transforming the lives of young people and adults across the South

Martin Lewis: Student Loans Decoded is a video guide to student finance. It is designed to be watched at home, or it can be played copyright-free in a school lesson. To assist teachers, there is also a Quality Mark-assured lesson plan to use alongside it.

The National Literacy Trust is an independent charity working with schools and communities to give disadvantaged children the literacy skills to succeed in life.

The National Union of Students is a voluntary membership organisation which makes a real difference to the lives of students and its member students’ unions. Their website contains advice on becoming a student, as well as all aspects of student life including money and funding, housing and health and wellbeing.

The National Network for the Education of Care Leavers (NNECL) was established by higher education institutions and national organisations committed to the progression and support of Care Leavers in higher education.

Prospects provides careers advice, jobs and work experience guidance, as well as support for applying to university and postgraduate study.

The Student Loans Company is a non-profit making government-owned organisation that administers loans and grants to students in universities and colleges in the UK.

TARGETcareers helps young people make choices about their future.

The Careers and Enterprise Company is the national body for careers education in England, delivering support to schools and colleges to deliver modern, 21st-century careers education.

Canterbury Christ Church University operating as The STEM Hub holds the STEM Learning schools network contract for the South East of England and provides information and links to Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) Enhancement & Enrichment activities.

As a higher education student living in England, you can apply for a Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA) if you have a disability. The support you get depends on your individual needs and not on income.

The official website for comparing UK higher education course information.

The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) is an independent charity established in 2011 to improve the educational attainment of the poorest pupils in English schools.

Developed by the NHS in Kent, Good Mental Health Matters is a free resource for Primary and Secondary school teachers, parents and young people.

The Health Careers website has a variety of tools that can be used in classrooms as well as in career advice sessions.

icould.com uses the power of personal stories to inform and inspire young people’s career choices.

Information, Advice and Support Kent (IASK) provide free, impartial and confidential information, advice and support about special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) for children, young people up to age 25, parents and carers.

Kent Education Learning and Skills Information (KELSI) website is an online resource for education and other professionals in Kent.

Read KCC’s apprenticeship guide and apply for local apprenticeships on the Kent Apprenticeships website.

Kent Choices helps 15 and 16-year-olds make choices about their future by providing information about the options open to them.

The Kent Resilience Hub supports 10-16-year-olds to cope better with the pressures of everyday life.

Informed Choices is written by admissions directors from the 24 Russell Group universities and provides information on why subject choice matters.

Mind is a mental health charity offering information and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem.

The National Careers Service provides information, advice and guidance to help young people make decisions on learning, training and work.

Opendays.com provides open day information for every higher education institution, including universities and colleges, in the UK.

Propel provides care leavers with information on the support available to them from colleges and universities offering higher education (HE) courses across the UK.

Supporting students who are estranged from their families.

Student Minds is the UK’s student mental health charity.

The Student Room (TSR) is an online student community where students can support one another through its on-site forums.

Whatuni provides free advice to help students decide which university is best for them.

Tips and help on student loans, tuition fees, budgeting and financial support available to students.

The Uni Guide is a free and independent way to search and compare UK degree courses and universities.

YoungMinds is the UK’s leading charity championing the wellbeing and mental health of young people.

The College and University Admissions Service. Apply for full-time undergraduate courses here, and access a range of resources and guidance on applying to higher education.

Unibuddy allows prospective students to chat online with current students and staff at a university and ask questions and find out what it is like to study at university.