This is a careers website which the school is using from year 9 onwards to help students keep up to date with their possible future careers based on their current likes/dislikes. It can be regularly updated as they change their minds. We will be using it in the future for students to make their option choices. Students can get their personal password by entering BMSB as the fast track code. Parents/carers can sign up by clicking the ‘NOT REGISTERED’ button. Enter the school details and allocate yourself to the ‘Parent’s Forum’.
This is a package we have recently acquired which enables students to find university courses according to a range of criteria. It is mainly aimed at sixth form students but may be useful if you are uncertain of which subjects you will need to study a particular subject a t university. It is a web based package but you first need to set up an account via school network entering the following information, which will then allow you to select your own password for future use.
Organisation Name: Bedford Modern School
Serial Number: i087-23277-7b9-191
We are a member of ISCO a careers organisation which supports careers teachers but also has a student membership for member schools. Login by clicking the ‘Login as Student’ box and the password HORIZONS
This is a website set up by Hobsons and is free to all students. You can register online or by completing a form obtainable from Mrs Russell. It contains information on job vacancies, careers advice, course information and gap year options.
This is another package available on the school network which can also be accessed from home. This is a very useful tool if you don’t know what you wish to do in the future as it allows you to enter your interests and will suggest suitable careers/courses you might like to consider. To use it at home you need a personal password acquired from school network at programs/careers/higher ideas 2005-06/home user
Students can access and watch different careers films about different industries including case studies from local government and the police, as well as major organizations such as Barclays, B&Q and John Lewis.
Complete four online tests that will match your personality and ambitions to a number of jobs and careers. You’ll also get advice on the qualifications you need to get in and get on.
Acts as a single point of entry to information about the UK higher education system. HERO is fast and easy to use with links to all UK universities and colleges and other sources of in-depth information.
TQI is a tool for prospective applicants to make choices about what and where to study. The site lets the user compare data for university and subject combinations and publishes reports about teaching quality. You can compare student data on actual entry qualifications, progression through study, award classification achieved and the types of jobs obtained after graduation.
The following are all part of the excellent connexions websites:
The local Bedfordshire and Luton website where you can find information on all aspects of Career Education, Job Vacancies, Finance, Relationships, Alcohol and Drugs. A particularly useful link is to E-CLIPS, a website which has leaflets on over 400 occupatins, regularly updated. To enter the site you need to enter the school postcode MK41 7NT.
This is a national helpline and website for young people aged 13 -19 and supports a source of information and support on a wide range of topics: Careers, Learning, Health, Housing, Free time, Work, Money, Relationships, Your Rights, Travel. Young people can search for information themselves on the extensive website or ask for advice on online, by telephone, e-mail or text. Connexions Direct Advisers are available to give non-judgmental, confidential advice and practical help between 8am and 2am 365 days per year, manned by trained advisers, who are Graduate Qualified in related subject, certificate in professional practice, sexual health and drugs awareness trained, BS7799 security checked.
In the Careers, Learning and Work sections of the website Working In…. publications are downloadable. They give advice on the qualifications and skills required across different sectors and tell you what the job is really like, including the good things and the bad. Hard copies of these publications can also be found in the Careers Library.
These interactive websites and downloadable publications guide young people through their learning and career options with a mixture of quizzes, Q&A checklists and information pages:
This guide helps parents and carers to understand the educational and career choices young people will be making from Year 9 onwards
The interactive section of the website with videos, videoquizzes, blog, path finder and lots more.
This section of the website provides information on a large number of jobs
This section of the site provides search facilities for over 800 job profiles many with real life case studies
General career websites can be found at:
This link is specifically aimed at gifted and talented students:
Other student related links include:
It’s a game – and if you can remember the Tamagocchi virtual pets craze nearly ten years ago, you will know what to do. Play, and your mission will be to keep your virtual student happy, fed, watered, studious and solvent for a week – while paying the rent, staying alive and still having something left over to live on.
This is a general careers website offering guidance, CV writing and online job applications. All students have a username and password for this site. If password is lost please see Mrs P Russell
Information on modern apprenticeships can be found at:
And finally a link to another website which has a wealth of information and links to many other useful sites:
A web site which gives lots of connections to other useful sites, direct links to the most relevant websites for University, Gap Years, Professions, Job Search and Lifestyle.
