Get an education
If you are a young person interested in further or higher education or you just want to brush up on some of your basic skills like English, spelling, reading or maths, it can sometimes be difficult to know where to start looking or how to go about finding out more information.
Where can you start?
www.direct.gov.uk/en/EducationAndLearning/index.htm, which has information and links on what you need to know about further study, financing your education, choosing a career, and getting a job.
Another web-site which will give you a lot of information is www.aimhigher.ac.uk
Niace is an organization that opens a door to all kinds of learning opportunities for adult learners: http://www.niace.org.uk/
Which course?
A very useful web-site for finding courses to study any subject is: www.hotcourses.com. You ‘ll even find comments written by people doing each course, so you’ll get an idea if it’s for you or not.
To find out about London colleges and courses go to www.Londoncolleges.com
Brushing up your english and maths
Here is a link to some courses you can do, many of which are free if you are on Job-seeker’s allowance http://catalogue.learndirect.co.uk/browse/sfl/
You work on-line at any Learning Centre, at your own pace, and at the end if you pass you get a certificate. This is good if you are from another country and you want to show an employer your English is good enough. It can also be a way of getting a certificate in a subject you didn’t get a GCSE in, such as Maths. Basic maths skills are considered important for almost all jobs.
Some people find it very difficult to read and
spell because they have something
called Dyslexia. They may be intelligent but they find it more difficult than
most people do to read and write. If you think you might be dyslexic and you
want to learn more about it click on this link: www.beingdyslexic.co.uk/
On-line learning
For BBC on-line learning, support and advice try this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/subjects/basic_skills.shtml
If you like the idea of learning from the comfort of your own home, this site offers free accredited courses: http://www.vision2learn.com/
