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Links

Resources are currently available in the following categories:

About higher education

Higher Education in the press

Resources for language learning

These pages will not attempt to replicate work done elsewhere by listing resources for individual languages. Instead the following links are intended as pointers to other sources of information.

Professional Development

Studying Languages / Careers

  • Careers Portal includes information on getting into higher education, lists of professional organisations that collect information on careers, and a job search facility.
  • Career Storm is designed primarily for adults to help you consider your career, where you want to go, skills, areas of interest, working styles and values. The site encourages you to articulate jobs where you might combine these elements, and think about organisations that might have career opportunities in
    this area.
  • Languages Work is a suite of materials designed to help students make an infomed choice about which college or university course to take or trying to decide what career to go for using languages.
  • DoctorJob, a website with advice for graduates preparing themselves for the job market, includes a jobs database with details of jobs available now and graduate training schemes. Coverage is UK and overseas.
  • Hobsons is an organisation based in the UK providing information and advice
    for students all over the world on course and career choices.
  • Hotcourses - a search tool to enable you to locate university courses. Also provides information on careers and funding sources.
  • The Prospects website for graduates and future graduates giving essential information on different careers, and on graduate employers and job vacancies. Also includes a postgraduate study and research section.
  • Overseas jobs –a website dedicated to advice and information on finding short or long term jobs abroad.
  • UCAS Course finder