Links: National websites for students

Aimhigher Don't Stop http://www.aimhigher.ac.uk/dontstop/

A lively website encouraging teenagers to achieve and consider higher education

Aimhigher http://www.aimhigher.ac.uk/

Updated site with interactive advice on higher education for students already considering higher education. Worth revisiting.

The Student Room http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/

An independent on-line forum for students considering, or in, higher education. Edited by students.

yougofurther http://www.yougofurther.co.uk/

yougofurther is a UCAS website available to students from application to graduation and provides students with a comprehensive information resource and social networking opportunities just for students.

Uniaid http://www.uniaid.org.uk/

Interactive tools to help students cope with the financial barriers to Higher Education

Edge http://www.edge.co.uk/

Currently to be found advertising everywhere, this site is about bunking the idea that the academic education route is the best option for all children.
It has some positive messages about progression through work-based learning.

Get Into HE http://www.getintohe.org.uk/

These resources have been developed by Innovation 4 Learning at the University of Derby with funding from Derby City Council and AimHigher Derbyshire.

Unistats http://www.unistats.com/

Unistats will enable you to:
-Compare UCAS points and other information for different subjects and institutions
-Find out the achievements of recent students and discover what sort of jobs they are doing six months after finishing
-Read what over 177,000 students felt about the quality of their higher education experience