Websites for learners

Here is a list of useful websites if you are interested in doing a course, improving your skills, or changing your career :

Local colleges

• The University of Sussex
• The University of Brighton
• City College, Brighton & Hove
• Brighton, Hove and Sussex Sixth Form College
• Varndean College
• Portslade Community College
• Sussex 14-19 Area Prospectus - information on courses available from schools, sixth forms, colleges and training providers

Local learning and training organisations

• Friends Centre - community learning provider
• Brighton & Hove Learning Partnership - Learning Directory of Brighton & Hove courses and providers of adult learning
• Community Brighton - online directory of Brighton & Hove training providers
• Working Together Project - training for community and voluntary groups
• Sussex Community Internet Project - computer training for community and voluntary groups
• Ladder 4 Learning - courses for community and voluntary groups in the South East

National organisations

• UCAS - Universities and Colleges Admissions Service
• BBC Learning
• learndirect
• Open University
• National Extension College - for distance learning
• Workers Educational Association - the UK's largest voluntary provider of adult learning
• University of the 3rd Age - a voluntary organisation for people no longer in full time employment to pursue learning for pleasure
• Hot Courses - for courses all over the UK
• Way to Learn - tips and advice for adult learners
• Directgov - information on learning from pre-school to postgraduate
• Basic Skills Agency - an independent agency working to raise standards of literacy, numeracy and language

Careers information

• Sussex Careers
• Nextstep Careers
• Connexions
• Careers Gateway
• Careers A-Z
• Graduate Careers
• Directgov - information on jobs, training and careers
• TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language)