1. Portobello High School Skills Development Scotland Presentation February 2016 Careers Advisors Martin Brynes : Tel No: 07884 117 198 or 0131 718 2050; Email: martin.brynes@sds.co.ukmartin.brynes@sds.co.uk Ruth Addo: Tel No: 07799 661 839 or 0131 718 2198; Email: ruth.addo@sds.co.ukruth.addo@sds.co.uk Days in school: Martin :Monday – Thursday; Ruth: Mondays; Lunch time Drop-ins: Monday and Thursday - When the Library Opens. Also based at the SDS Careers Centre at Shandwick Place in the West End.

2. Useful Careers Information Sites: MyWorldofWork is the Skills Development Scotland website, it provides information for anyone looking at their future career paths. https://www.myworldofwork.co.uk/ The website below also provides further information on course choice. https://www.planitplus.net/Schools/Subjec tCareerList/https://www.planitplus.net/Schools/Subjec tCareerList/

3. College: There are lots of colleges in Scotland, some of the colleges pupils at Portobello may consider are: Edinburghcollege.ac.uk – Edinburgh College West-Lothian.ac.uk – West Lothian College Oatridge.ac.uk – SRUC Agricultural College BordersCollege.ac.uk – Borders College ForthValley.ac.uk – Forth Valley College

4. University: For general information on Universities two websites to visit are: Edinburgh universities are listed below: Edinburgh University – ed.ac.uk Queen Margaret University – qmu.ac.uk Edinburgh Napier University – napier.ac.uk Heriot Watt University – hw.ac.uk 1.Ucas.com 2.TheCompleteUniversityGuide.co.uk

5. Modern Apprenticeships Apprenticeships.scot TheEdinburghGuarantee.org ApprenticeshipsinScotland.com MyWorldofWork.co.uk/getting-job/modern- apprenticeships myjobscotland.gov.uk Mappit.org.uk

6. Get All the Facts so you can make an INFORMED CONFIDENT DECISION