The UK government website. For students, parents and other advisors,
and higher education establishments. There is also assistance for
students with disabilities.
Also, there are a few links to other external sites, including
Scholarship Search UK.
Find work or training, whatever your age. It also gives information on
the qualifications needed for different careers and related
information, such as benefits, child care, professional bodies.
This is the Website of Skill, an organisation that promotes
opportunites for young people and adults with any kind of disability in
post-16 education, training and employment across the UK.
A comprehensive listing of World exchange rates, including a
calculator. A list of
UK exchange rates is
also available.
Financial News and Information.
UK Financial Services Search Engine.
A comprehensive site for all tax matters. Self-assessment forms and
information available in PDF format. However, the Internet-based tax
return requires javascript.
From the Land Registry
Bond Rates
Search every price paid, for every property sold, anywhere in England,
Scotland and Wales for free.
Financial Information Pages and historical information.
From the Office of National Statistics
From the Office of National Statistics (excludes mortgages)
Shares, gilts and unit trust prices and other financial information.
Students and potential students should look at the
student pages on the site.
Bond Rates pages.
Homepage
Limited financial information is available, but more detailed
information requires registration. Some links cannot be found and Press
Releases not updated regularly.
The UK version.
Few graphics, neatly laid out. Very imaginative and creative use of
style sheets.
Our experience of obtaining a Disabled Student Allowance.
A comprehensive resource detailing local information on hospitals, GPs,
dentists, pharmacists etc.
News
See how the news changes over time!
World Service news reporting can sometimes be more informative than
UK-based BBC News.
The on-line version of the national newspaper.
Links to a huge variety of news media, from the UK and abroad, updated
every 5 minutes.
Other Information
A very comprehensive site.
Have you gone to a web page only to find the page has changed and the
information you are looking for is not there? Maybe the page does not
exist any more? This site archives other sites. If what you are looking
for was ever out there, you may find it here. All you need is the URL.
A neat image giving the current temperature (and time of the forecast)
in Manchester, UK. Click on the image for more detailed weather
information and a forecast for the next few days.
An alternative slant on the weather.
Comprehensive street maps - and they can even be personalised by adding
captions and comments.
This on-line directory is free from BT
