Scottish Wider Access Programme (SWAP)
SWAP is a partnership between colleges and universities in Scotland that work together to support access to higher education for adult learners. SWAP programmes have been specifically developed for adults who have no or few qualifications and who have been out of education for some time. The access programme you apply to join will depend […]
Budget Planner
The Money Advice Service have made a really useful budget planner tool. It helps you to think of EVERYTHING – especially the things you hadn’t considered, ranging from pets to takeaways. It’s great because you can save your budget plan and look back at it once you’ve made an account. It’s important to make sure […]
A Guide to Gas & Electricity Meters
Moving into your first home is very exciting, but something you need to do right away is to take a note of the gas and electricity usage readings. This is so you are not charged for any energy usage by the previous residents. However, there are a lot of different types of gas and electricity […]
Easy Recipes
An important part of looking after our health is making sure we eat proper meals. School or our home situations don’t always prepare us in how to cook, so here are some easy recipes to try out. Eating in more often will also help you to have more money in the bank at the end […]
GAMH Glasgow Association for Mental Health
Current services are preventative and purposeful in nature and increase the factors known to protect and promote good mental health.
Subject Choices Tool
Try the Subject Choices tool and see where your subjects could be useful. Explore the jobs that are out there and bookmark the ones you’re interested in. We’ll save them in your account.
PlanIt: CareerMatch
Knowing where to begin when you first start exploring your career options isn’t easy. CareerMatch helps by suggesting career sectors that match your interests. It finds these out by asking you 80 questions. It’s easy to use and only takes around 15 minutes to complete. When completing CareerMatch for the first time, if you decide […]
PlanIt: Careers A-Z
This link will take you to PlanIt’s A-Z of Careers page. It will help you to get an idea of what working in a particular job would be like including pay, conditions of work, how to get into that line of work as well as contacts and more useful information. It might also help you […]
All the need-to-know info from students – Uni experience
Click the link below to see what university life is really like – The Student Room
Queen Margaret University – Edinburgh
Check out the link below to see what it’s like to study at Queen Margaret University as an undergraduate and find out more info on how to apply! This University offers Outreach sessions or activities Pre-application help Guidance for offer holders A web page for care leavers Careers advice and support after graduation A place to live […]