Higher Education/Web Quest

Deciding what to study in higher education.

The computer program Higher Ideas will help you generate ideas about what you could study in higher education. The ideas it generates will help you make your decision

This is the opening screen of Higher Ideas with a description of the most useful starting points for you.

There are different starting points for a search, as follows:

based on your interest
based on your AS or A2 level subject
based on your AVCE/GNVQ Advanced
based on your BTEC National Diploma
based on your career aim

Choose the most appropriate starting point for your first search. You can always return to this screen and choose a different starting point later.

Higher Ideas will enable you to:

Identify broad Study Areas, within which there are individual course titles at named establishments. The course titles suggested are either first degrees or HNDs and are mainly single honours subjects

Compare different searches to see if there are commonly identified Study Areas
Automatically generate letters to request further course details or dates of open days
Allow you to restrict your search to one or more specific regions of the UK
Link through to the web sites of universities and colleges to find out more about the course and establishment.
Allow you to print out a report of your findings for future reference

If you do not have access to Higher Ideas there are a number of resources that you can look at that may help you with your research. They are listed and described here.

If you would like more information on Higher Ideas please visit the Careersoft site.