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Post-18 options

Changes in the job market and the demand for better qualified workers mean that more people are choosing higher education as a post-18 option. A higher education qualification opens up wider job opportunities, and the possibility of more interesting work and greater earnings in the future.

Higher education

What does higher education involve?

Find out about higher education

Financing higher education

Find out what financial help may be available to your teenager.

Help with financing higher education

Other options at 18

What other choices does your teenager have post 18?

View the other post-18 options