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Useful Websites Useful Websites Colleges (Mainly offer AS and A Level qualifications) Oldham Sixth Form College www.osfc.ac.uk Ashton Sixth Form College www.asfc.ac.uk Rochdale Sixth Form College www.rochdalesfc.ac.uk The Manchester College www.themanchestercollege.co.uk Colleges (Offering vocational qualifications and apprenticeships) The Oldham College www.oldham.ac.uk Hopwood Hall College www.hopwood.ac.uk The Manchester College www.themanchestercollege.co.uk Tameside College www.tameside.ac.uk Trafford College www.trafford.ac.uk School 6th Forms (offer AS and A Level qualifications) Blue Coat http://www.blue-coat.org. Crompton House http://cromptonhouse.org/ North Chadderton http://www.northchaddertonschool.co.uk Training Providers (Offer apprenticeships, traineeships and study programme) Oldham Training Centre www.otctraining.co.uk Skills Solutions www.skills-solutions.org.uk Rathbones http://www.rathboneuk.org/Pages/find-us/Oldham.aspx YMCA www.ymcatraining.org.uk Job search related Apprenticeship/Traineeship info www.gov.uk/further-education-skills/apprenticeships Road maps / directions www.multimap.com General Career Searches Positive Steps Oldham www.positivestepsoldham.org.uk (The local company that operates the Career Service) National Career Service https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Choose ‘careers advice’ tab and then select ‘job profiles’ from the drop down menu) Prospects www.prospects.ac.uk (careers database. Select the drop down menu ‘career advice’ and then select the ‘options with your subject’ option) Career Point http://www.careerpoint-gm.co.uk/ (information about the UK labour market and what is happening in the North West in terms of job growth/decline) UCAS www.ucas.ac.uk (information on degree courses) Positive Steps Oldham is a registered charity, providing: Career Guidance Services; Education Business Links; youth crime prevention programmes; the Youth Offending Service; Healthy Schools; Teenage Pregnancy strategy; the National Careers Service; the Work Programme; Family Intervention Programme; Multi-Systemic Therapy; and Complex Family support. .
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