CRCI
- General section |
Classification
systems for storing resources |
The general
section is divided into the following 11 headings:
1.  Choices
2. Education
3. Free
Time
4. Health
5. Housing
6. Law,
Your Rights and Citizenship
7.
Money
8. Relationships
9. Travel
and Transport
10. Where to Get Help
11. Work and Training |
 1.
CHOICES
Introduces the main choices you will face as you progress through
learning and work and provides resources to help with important
decisions.
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Directories of occupational information
Websites
Software |
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 2.
EDUCATION
Helps you choose courses in further education (FE) or higher education
(HE), as well as providing information about qualifications, funding
for study, gap years and studying abroad.
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FE prospectuses
HE prospectuses
Choosing a course
HE applications
Student life
Study skills
Taking a gap year
Progress File and Individual Learning Plans
Studying abroad
Equal opportunities in learning
Money for studying
Qualifications
Part-time and distance learning
Lifelong learning
Mature entry to higher education |
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 3.
FREE TIME
Provides advice on how to put your spare time to good use, including
advice on local groups, volunteering, sport and other personal
development activities.
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Societies and organisations
Sport and leisure
Volunteering and personal development |
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 4.
HEALTH
Covers everything to do with keeping healthy.
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Mental health
Keeping safe
Understanding addiction and dependency |
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 5.
HOUSING
Your right to be housed covers issues around where to go to get
help on housing issues.
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Homelessness
Housing advice
Housing benefits
Leaving home |
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 6.
LAW, YOUR RIGHTS AND CITIZENSHIP
Provides all kinds of information about the law, including your
rights and responsibilities as a consumer as well as a citizen. |
Outside the law
You as a citizen
You as a consumer |
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 7.
MONEY
Provides information to help you with budgeting your money, opening
a bank account, finding information about benefits and all the financial
aspects of going into education, work or training such as tax and
National Insurance. |
Managing money
Benefits
Banks and building societies
Tax, National Insurance and wages |
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 8.
RELATIONSHIPS
Provides information on building and maintaining good relationships
with friends, family and others.
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Bereavement
Family relationships
Lone parenthood
Bullying and abuse
Personal relationships |
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 9.
TRAVEL AND TRANSPORT
Provides details about local transport and how to get about, including
learning to drive and how to apply for your driving test. |
Driving
Travelling and timetables |
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 10.
WHERE TO GO TO GET HELP
Main providers of advice and information - locally and nationally.
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Getting help in a hurry
National helplines and organisations
Help for special groups e.g. Asylum seekers, Travellers |
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 10.
* WORK AND TRAINING
Contains information about work and training locally, nationally
and abroad. It covers rights at work, job hunting, CV writing
and training routes.
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Job hunting: 
applications
CVs
selection tests presentations
Occupations (separate section)
Getting a part-time job
Right to time off for study or training
Training providers
Modern Apprenticeships
New Deal
Work and your health
Working abroad
Work experience
Understanding the job market
Self employment
Managing job change
Returning to work
Equal opportunities at work
Your rights in work and training
* Work and Training contains the 23 occupational/job families |
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