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Education and careers
Last updated: 16 April 2012 13:54 UKLooking for help on producing your CV? Or perhaps you are looking for an evening or full-time course? Portsmouth Library Service can help you find information on a wide range of education and careers interests. All branches hold local school, college and university brochures and contacts, as well as books on careers, job applications and qualifications. And each branch takes the Portsmouth News, which includes a local jobs supplement on a Thursday and Saturday.
At Central Library you can find an education and careers reference section on the first floor. This reference collection consists of:
- Local college and university prospectuses
- National university prospectuses
- Qualifications guides including the annual UCAS directory
- Funding information
- Books on CVs
- Books about working abroad
- Books about specific careers including the Hints library of career information
- Books on career change/redundancy/taking a gap year
- Leaflets and magazines
- A jobs vacancies folder
CV Writing Drop-ins
Are you looking for work or thinking about a career change? Next Step visit Central Library every Tuesday to offer free careers advice, plus help and advice in designing a CV.For further information or to book an appointment, please call Next Step on 0800 100 900.
Useful Web links
Careers advice
Connexions: Advice and information for 13-19 year olds, including information about careers.
Next Step South East: This site provides free careers advice to anyone over the age of 20. It has advice on updating your skills, going back to work after a break and changing direction in your career.
Skill: The National Bureau for Students with Disabilities. Skill are a national independent charity that promotes opportunities for disabled people in learning and entry to employment.
Courses and Colleges
Learndirect: This organisation has a range of courses which can be taken formally or informally. Courses vary from basic skills to business management and IT.
Portsmouth College: A local College on Eastern Road that provides full and part-time courses in a variety of subjects including ECDL, languages and teaching.
Highbury College: As well as offering academic GSCE and, AS/A Level courses, Highbury also offers vocational courses in subjects such as hairdressing, fashion and engineering. It also caters to the informal learner by providing free IT training in the community.
South Downs College: This college provides a full range of academic, vocational and professional courses.
The Open University: The Open University is the UK's only university dedicated to distance learning.
Workers' Educational Association: The WEA is the UK’s largest voluntary provider of adult education. They run over 10,000 courses, created and delivered in response to local need.
Ofsted: Ofsted inspects and regulates care for children and young people, and education and training for learners of all ages. They carry out hundreds of inspections and regulatory visits each week, publishing their findings on this website.
For further information contact Information Services.
