Education & careers

You can help yourself to information about a lifetime of educational opportunities - from nursery schools to adult education - as well as a wide range of books to help you plan your career and find a job. The main Education collection is at Marylebone Information Service.

The library's collection includes:

• Directories listing schools - both state and independent, primary and secondary
• Inspection reports for Westminster schools
• Advice for school students on which subjects to study and what decisions to make at various levels and ages
• Directories covering the wide choice of further, higher and post-graduate courses available and the institutions which offer them
• The UK Course Discover database, allowing you to search over 100,000 courses at UK colleges of further and higher education. This is available at all Westminster libraries through Know UK (reach the KnowUK Courses & Careers category through the Education page on our Gateway to websites).
• University and college prospectuses
• International guides to studying abroad
• Adult education opportunities - including evening classes, study holidays and open/distance courses
• A collection of Open University course books
• Financial information - grants, awards and sponsorship
• Guides to help you study, pass exams and survive student life
• Detailed careers guides - from accountancy to zoo keeping
• Books on job-hunting, writing a C.V. and going for interviews
• Job opportunities abroad and "gap year" advice

A smaller education collection is also available at Westminster Reference Library. Here you will find the major education directories and general career guides. More detailed careers information in the fields of business and the arts and performing arts is also available.

There is an increasing range of learning opportunities available within, or through, Westminster Libraries. We host courses, run learning centres and provide access to Ivy Online Independent Learning. Visit the Learning in Libraries section for more information.

Find useful websites relating to Education and Jobs/Careers using the Westminster Libraries Gateway to websites