The Uni Connect Programme has produced this new Higher Education Applicant Guide for 2025/26 containing everything that learners need to know about the application process, including sections on: choosing a course, visiting universities and colleges, results day and Clearing, student finance and student life. This guide provides clear and unbiased information for anyone considering studying a higher education course at university or college.
Applications | Decisions | Higher Education | Student Finance | Student Life | UCAS This FutureMe quick guide provides a useful overview of the different types of HE qualifications available. It breaks down qualification levels and explains the key features, and what it’s like to study them.
Applications | FutureMe | Higher Education See career routes and courses within the allied health professions and includes information, funding advice, and resources to help students make an informed choice.
Careers This free and flexible online careers programme is available to students and teachers until Easter 2023. Delivered by Health Education England the interactive modules introduce a wide range of NHS roles (clinical and non-clinical) and provide the opportunity to message mentors working in a range of NHS careers.
Careers icould.com uses the power of personal stories to inform and inspire young people’s career choices. There are a range of resources for you to use in the classroom with your students.
Careers Use Informed Choices to help you understand which subjects open up different degrees, particularly at Russell Group universities.
Applications | Higher Education | Subject Specific Find out what all of the acronyms mean to help you navigate your journey to higher education!
Higher Education A range of physics-related resources for GCSE and A Level, with free online CPD sessions for teachers.
Subject Specific See your next steps to higher education and find hints and tips on how to reach your next goal using this resource by FutureMe.
Applications | FutureMe | Higher Education A checklist to use when marking students’ personal statements, with suggestions of what information they should and shouldn’t include.
Applications Find resources to help with Maths and Science revision.
Study Skills | Subject Specific Information and factsheets from the Medical Schools Council for students wishing to study medicine.
Applications | Subject Specific Mentally Healthy Schools offer a range of resources on mental health, from lesson plans and assembly ideas to classroom activities and PSHE resources, to better understand, promote and support pupils’ mental health and wellbeing.
Resilience and Wellbeing See a range of resources and information sources from ‘My Great First Job’ including information about how to find degree apprenticeships and videos about making great applications to higher education and the world of work.
Applications Explore careers in all sectors. Find out more about what is involved in a certain job role and the routes and pathways through education that can take you there.
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