Living Life to the Full – For Young People
The Living Life to the Full – For Young People website has lots of resources to help improve yourself and keep you busy. During the current coronavirus climate, they are offering free registration and access to all courses until 30th June.
The Foyer Aberdeen
The Foyer is a charitable organisation supporting people in the North East of Scotland towards independent living, learning and work. Working with over 1600 people a year they start with people’s strengths, supporting them to build their confidence, develop their talents and make real and lasting change in their lives. They deliver joined up services […]
Mindfulness Online Learning Course
Stressed by the pace of modern life? Mindfulness might be the answer. Research shows that when you’re not deliberately paying attention to something, your brain goes into default mode causing increased anxiety and poor communication. Mindfulness can help end this unproductive behaviour. In this online course, you’ll learn how to incorporate mindfulness practices into your […]
University of Aberdeen: Summer School
If you are keen to enhance your studies at University of Aberdeen with some time abroad, but a full semester or year-long exchange or traineeship doesn’t suit your circumstances, then you may wish to consider a summer school. Many universities worldwide offer short summer programmes, allowing you to gain an international experience and enrich your […]
Robert Gordon University: Summer School
Each year Robert Gordon University offers Summer School programmes for groups of students from higher education institutions around the world providing visiting students with a full educational, cultural and social activity programme and enabling them to experience the best of Scotland.
Aberdeen Performing Arts: Summer School
APA Summer Schools offer children and young people the opportunity to work intensively on a new production which will be staged in the Big Sky Studio at the end of the week. Along the way participants will develop creativity, confidence and performance skills, all while having fun and making new friends!
Gordonstoun International Summer School
Gordonstoun International Summer School has been operating for over 40 years and each year welcomes boys and girls from over 35 nationalities and between the age 8-16 to enjoy a fabulous Scottish summer of learning, fun and friendship.
Local Tutoring
The Big Plus is a free service that puts you in touch with a local tutor, who can help you with reading, writing or numbers. They’ll meet you in a local place, like a library or college. You’ll have a chat to decide what things you want to learn. Check out the website to see […]
Career Planning
The My World of Work website has lots of tools and resources to help you find a career which would be right for you and then develop a plan of how to reach that goal. From CV writing to funding, there’s lots of information to help you no matter where you are in your career.
Skills Explorer Tool
Register an account with My World of Work to complete a skills explorer tool to help you understand which are your best skills and the skills you need to improve on.