Useful Links
CRAC Associated Sites
The European Framework for Work Experience (EFWE) is a European standard for the assessment of students' employability skills developed through paid, unpaid and voluntary work experience undertaken whilst studying.
InsightPlus™ is an innovative accreditation programme which intends to recognise the learning that students in sixth forms, colleges and universities gain from part-time jobs and voluntary work.
The European Framework for Work Experience (EFWE) is a European standard for the assessment of students' employability skills developed through paid, unpaid and voluntary work experience undertaken whilst studying.
InsightPlus™ is an innovative accreditation programme which intends to recognise the learning that students in sixth forms, colleges and universities gain from part-time jobs and voluntary work.
Researchers in Residence facilitates a mutually beneficial relationship between researchers and secondary school students by placing researchers (PhD and post doctoral) in secondary schools across the UK.
Higher Education Volunteering Awards The web pages for the Higher Education Volunteering Awards on the Higher Education Academy website.
Vitae: Realising the potential of researchers supports students, supervisors, universities, and employers to realise the value of postgraduate talent.
Vitae: Realising the potential of researchers supports students, supervisors, universities, and employers to realise the value of postgraduate talent.
Career Management Information
BBC Learning provides useful resources and interactive activities for both school pupils through to adult learners. It is designed to help people find those sites, TV and radio programmes which will help further their learning ambitions.
C4 Learning is a useful learning resource for teachers, parents and students and includes a shop for purchasing learning materials for both teachers and pupils.
Careers Partnership (UK) is one of the few UK organisations providing a full range of career management, Human Resources outsourcing and psychometric assessment services for employers.
Connexions is for young people aged between 13 and 19 who want advice on getting where they want to be in life. Connexions personal advisers can give information, advice and practical help with many things ranging from choosing subjects at school to mapping out future career options.
Enterprise Education Portal - the one stop shop for enterprise education.
Graduate Prospects provides career and labour market information for students and recent graduates.
HERO is the primary internet portal for academic research and higher education in the UK UK
The Graduate Recruitment Bureau is an employment agency for finalists and graduates run by graduates. It targets a number of companies and defines precise job specifications.
Hobsons Springboard For UK students aged 16 to 18 looking for careers, job vacancies, education or gap year information and advice.
Learndirect aims to provide a service to change the face of learning for hundreds of thousands of people, enabling them to: learn for fun or work, gain knowledge and skills to enhance employability, take control of their future and, improve the competitiveness of their business.
Milkround Online is designed to provide the job hunter with up to date, relevant information on graduate recruiters and vacancies, creating CVs and the latest recruitment news and events.
Young Enterprise is a national education charity with an aim to inspire and equip young people to learn and succeed through enterprise, with programmes run on a 'learning by doing' principle.
Young Enterprise is a national education charity with an aim to inspire and equip young people to learn and succeed through enterprise, with programmes run on a 'learning by doing' principle.
Careers Education and Guidance
The British Journal of Guidance and Counselling is the forum for debate between academics, trainers and practitioners in the field, publishing high-quality, international contributions.
CEGNET is the website of the national support programme for careers education. Their aim is to develop information and services to promote, support and improve careers education in schools and colleges within a policy framework of Connexions.
NLRG National Library Resource for Guidance, housed at the university of Derby, holds the UK’s largest collection of guidance literature. This comprises historical and contemporary books, journals and reports, and unpublished materials. The NLRG also holds examples of guidance practice throughout the world.
Professional and Representative Bodies
The Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services (AGCAS) is the association of careers professionals in Higher Education. It numbers among its institutional members the careers services of all the universities and most of the major degree-awarding colleges in the UK and Ireland, as well as having over 1,500 individuals concerned with the delivery of careers information, advice and guidance to HE students and graduates both in the UK and overseas.
AGR The Association of Graduate Recruiters is dedicated to supporting employers in all aspects of graduate recruitment. They represent organisations which recruit and employ graduates, or which offer services in connection with graduate recruitment.
FEDPAG The Federation of Professional Associations in Guidance aims to gain recognition of the value of guidance professionals in securing the nation's well being. It's purpose is to influence the advances in quality assurances in the arena of guidance linked to lifelong learning and work.
ICG The Institute of Career Guidance is at the leading edge of professional development, helping and supporting career guidance professionals to offer impartial, client-focused career guidance.
NAEGA Aims to promote the provision of adult guidance services, to promote high standards of practice, to promote equal access to learning and work opportunities for all adults in the UK and to work in partnership with appropriate organisations to achieve our aims.
NCPTA The National Confederation of Parent Teacher Associations is a registered charity that advances education by promoting partnerships between home and school and providing support for Parent Teacher Associations (PTAs).
The National Council for Voluntary Organisations works with and for the voluntary sector in England by providing information, advice and support and by representing the views of the sector to government and policy-makers.
Research Organisations
AHRC The Arts and Humanities Research Council supports research from traditional humanities subjects, such as history, modern languages and English literature, to the creative and performing arts.
BBSRC The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council is the UK’s principal funder of basic and strategic biological research.
EPSRC The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council is the main UK government agency for funding research and training in engineering and the physical sciences, from mathematics to materials science, and from information technology to structural engineering.
ESRC The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) is the UK's leading agency for funding research and training in social and economic issues.
HECSU The Higher Education Careers Support Unit undertakes and funds HE careers related research and development including graduate labour market information.
IER The Institute for Employment Research focuses on the operation of labour markets ad socio-economic processes related to employment and unemployment in the UK at national, regional and local levels. It includes comparative European research on employment and training.
IES The Institute for Employment Studies is an independent, apolitical, international centre of research and consultancy in human resource issues.
MRC The UK Medical Research Council is a national organisation which promotes research into all areas of medical and related science with the aims of improving the health and quality of life of the UK public.
The National Guidance Research Forum is created and maintained by guidance researchers and practitioners in the UK to make available the latest thinking and evidence-based guidance practice.
NERC The Natural Environment Research Council provides independent research and training in the environmental sciences. Their mission is to gather and apply knowledge, improve understanding and predict the behaviour of the natural environment and its resources.
NERF The National Educational Research Forum (NERF) is an independent organisation which was commissioned by the Secretary of State in 1998 to develop a national strategy for education research. NERF has a wide range of current projects aimed at improving priority setting, capacity building, and the communication and uptake of research into policy and practice.
NFER The National Federation for Education Research's overall mission is to contribute to improving education and training nationally and internationally by undertaking research, development and dissemination activities and by providing information services.
SCITECH The Science and Technology Facilities Council was formed in April 2007 by merging the Particle Physics & Astronomy Research Council and the Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils.
SRHE The Society for Research into Higher Education is an independent society which aims to improve the quality of higher education thorugh debate and publications on issues of policy.
Government Bodies and Agencies
The Department for Education and Skills was established with the purpose of creating opportunity, releasing potential and achieving excellence for all. The Department delivers on a range of issues through working closely with other government departments and cross-departmental bodies.
The Department for Work and Pensions is responsible for delivering support and advice through a modern network of services to people of working age, employers, pensioners, families and children, and disabled people. Its key aims are to help customers become financially independent and to help reduce child poverty.
The Learning and Skills Council is responsible for funding and planning education and training for over 16-year-olds in England. Their aim is to raise participation and attainment through high-quality education and training which puts learners first.
The Office for Standards in Education contains useful information for a range of people and organisations including; parents, childcare providers, schools, colleges and post 16, local education authorities, ofsted inspectors and inspection providers.
The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority - is a guardian of standards in education and training. It works with others to maintain and develop the school curriculum and associated assessments, and to accredit and monitor qualifications in schools, colleges and at work.
The Training and Development Agency for schools develops the school workforce and ensure that schools can recruit good-quality, well-trained people.
Sector Skills Development Agency - Sector Skills Councils (SSCs) will boost skills and productivity in sectors of the UK economy. They bring together employers, unions and professional bodies working with government to develop world-class skills for business.
Other Organisations
Other Organisations
ECCTIS is a consortium company comprising CRAC, Hobsons Publishing and The Times Supplements. It manages the Course Discover database which contains details of over 100,000 courses at more than 1,000 universities and colleges of higher and further education.
Inclusion is an independent, not for profit organisation dedicated to promoting social justice, social inclusion and tackling disadvantage. It provides a variety of research and consultancy services in the policy fields of welfare to work, learning and skills, migration, workforce development, regeneration, drug rehabilitation and ex-offenders.
UCAS is the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service, providing information on the UCAS process for students, schools and colleges and higher education staff.
