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Good Citizenship Awards

The Duke of Edinburgh's Award

The Windsor Fellowship Undergraduate Leadership Programme - Black and Asian students who are in their first year or the second year of a 4-year programme can apply for a 2/3 year Fellowship which will involve a work placement with a sponsoring employer, support from a mentor, involvement in a community activity, and a personal enhancement programme to develop career related skills

NVQ website

Formula Student - competition for Engineering students

Student Media Awards

Hold The Front Page - Europe's best journalism site, including Student Awards

Regional Studies Association - Regional Studies Competition

Mando Student Website Design Awards

Student Design Awards

British Design and Art Direction Awards

CHArt - for Art and Design historians interested in computers

British Cartography Awards

Fujifilm Student Awards

Photo Competitions

Student Radio Awards

Telecommunications Student Awards

The Science, Engineering and Technology Awards (SET)

The Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) - events, presentations and awards - includes Liverpool branch

The Association for the Study of Medical Education - the Sir John Ellis Student Prize

The Association of Business Schools - includes Awards for Business and Management Students


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Business Reports Heading

Myths and realities about SMEs - part of the TUC website

Regional Economic Strategy Review

BUBL Information Service

This Is Money - Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, Evening Standard

The Guardian - Business Section

The Times - Business Section

The Independent - Business Section

The Big Project - News Sectionlinks to newspapers and news agencies

Moreover - collates news from the internet


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Personal and Career Development Service - Liverpool John Moores University

Centre for Careers and Academic Practice - The University of Liverpool

Careers@Hope - Liverpool Hope University College

Higher Skills for Business (HSB)

LUSID (Liverpool University Student Interactive Database) - available to ALL students, it supports recording, planning, reflection, skills auditing, automatic CV construction, skills guidance and a reporting facility

Peoplemaps - work and career advice

ivillage - work and career advice

Bradley - job interview advice

fish4 - career centre

BBC guide to preparation and finding work

Hobsons Student Services

unofficial-guides.com

The more than work web site
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Ethnic Minorities and the Labour Market - a report

Disability Rights

Disability Links

Computers for the Disabled

Equal Opportunities Commission

Equality Direct

Web site for Black and Asian Graduates

Commission for Racial Equality

Diversity Mentoring UK - programme linking employers to Black and Asian students and students with disabilities

Employers Forum on Age

Skill - National Bureau for Students with Disabilities

Workable - provides contacts with potential employers and offers assistance with job applications and with rights and benefits at work

RNID (Royal National Institute for the Deaf) - includes comprehensive links

RNIB (Royal National Institute of the Blind)


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Employment / Training Heading

Socrates-Erasmus Programme - studying abroad as part of your course

The International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience (IAESTE)

ESTIA - information about education, professions and labour market in different European countries

National Council for Work Experience

UK Employment Law

Student Employment Rights

Trades Union Congress (TUC) - student section

Department for Education and Skills

LUSTI (Liverpool University Student Training Initiative)

National Student Learning Programme

Vision2learn - free courses completed via the internet

IT Training

Graduate Recruitment Bureau

AIESEC - work abroad, careers fairs and a lot more

Job Centre

Jobs.ac.uk - jobs in education

Mersey Workplace


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Entreprenuership Heading

Learning from Experience in the North West (LENW) - a comprehensive online resource for anyone interested in the student employability agenda and Higher Education's links with the SME community.

National Federation of Enterprise Agencies

Young Enterprise

Start In Business

Startups.co.uk

UK Business Incubation

SBS Incubation Fund

KPMG Incubation Services

Venture Exchange Network

Health and Safety Executive Small Business Start Up

Campus Ventures - encouraging scientists, inventors and technologists

Innovation Unit - Government Site

Innovate - Northwest Development Agency's Innovation team

Merseybio - support for the life science sector

BVCA - British Venture Capital Association

Entrepreneur of the Year Awards

The Prince's Trust

Working Solo

BIzOffice - Small and Home Based Business Resources

Shell Livewire - for 16-30 year olds wanting to start their own business

Real Deal - Channel 4's startup site


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Graduates Heading

The Leonardo Project - The Graduate/Company Perspective - An Investigation of the Capability Needs for Competitiveness in the European Global Market (with a reference to Business Bridge on page 24)

AGCAS - The Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services

Prospects - Official graduate careers website

CRAC - The Careers Research and Advisory Centre

Hobsons Student Services

Eurograduate

Graduate Into Employment Unit

Student and Graduates Online (SAGO)

TCS Northwest (Teaching Company Scheme)

Online-Graduate

Graduate Link

Open University

Learndirect

Lifelong Learning

Support4learning - supporting learning, careers and job searches

UKCGE - UK Council for Graduate Education

Graduate Employers Top 100


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Miscellaneous Heading

Business Bridge North-East - the University of Sunderland's project based on the Liverpool Business Bridge model

UCAS (Universities and Colleges Admision Service)

Education Course Advisory Service

Map of UK Universities, HE and FE Colleges. Includes links to Institutions' websites

Universities Worldwide

Good University Guide - The Times HE tables

University Guide - The Guardian university rankings, statistics etc

Best Student Sites

Liverpool Business Centre - Business Directory section

StudentComputers.co.uk - cheap computers

NISS - information for education

Educationet.org - includes a comprehensive links section

UEfAP (Using English for Academic Purposes) - a guide for International Students

The Black Professional

Blackandasiangrad - national website dedicated to improving the employability of Black and Asian students and graduates through work experience

Clickwalla.com - website aimed at Asian students

The Skills Society - (SIS) - Skills training for students

Work Permits - applying for work permits for overseas students

Northwest Regional Assembly (NWRA)

Graduate Employers Top 100

UK 250 - online guide to organisations in the UK

The Big Project News - links to newspapers and news agencies

The Big Project - an excellent way to start searching for whatever it is you're after.

Liverpool - All you need to know about the city

HE-IT - Higher Education and the IT Industry

National Debtline

Computer Weekly

Merseyside Police

Mensa

The Student Club

Student Max

StudentZone

The Student Zone

Student UK

Student Book World

Old vs New Universities


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Google

Lycos

Yahoo

All The Web

Altavista

Excite

Hotbot

Webcrawler

Ask Jeeves - ask Jeeves a question and he'll direct you to relevant webpages


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Travel Heading

Multimap - detailed local, national and international maps

Streetmap - detailed national map

Mersey Travel - local bus, train, ferry, tunnel information

Arriva - bus and train information

Public Transport Information - all public transport in the UK

The Highways Agency

Liverpool John Lennon Airport

Manchester Airport

Seacat - ferry to Ireland and the Isle of Man

National Express - coaches

National Rail - train routes, timetables etc

Rail Track - train timetables

Merseyside Tourist Information

Liverpool and Wirral Tourist Information


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