Finding your way around
From the home page you can reach most of the site, this section
will dicuss how to access parts of the site that may not be visible
at first glance to help you find your way.
There are features such as 'latest news' and 'bC4me in the
media' where you can keep up to date with what is going on with
bC4me and other realted stories in the media. Links to other
organisations that deal with educational standards are available in
the 'facts & goodies' section.
Further down the page the game 'Race for the Top' is linked,
there are feeds to 'latest news' and bC4me's Twitter page. You can
sign up for the email newsletter and you can also give us your
feedback to be put in the draw to win £50 of iTunes vouchers!
By clicking on the 'Compare careers', 'Stuck for ideas?', 'What
to study?', 'Where to study?', or 'Compare actual courses' buttons
on the home page you can access the Explorer page. When you first
enter the Explorer page it will look like this:
Simply click on the tab you are interested in and a graph will
appear based on your choices
- The A-Levels tab will give you a graph of what degrees people
have gone on to study after studying the A-Levels you've
selected
- The Degree, University, and Careers tabs show graphs of Average
Lifetime Pay of people at different stages of their lives who have
followed the options you've selected
- The Search Summary tab gives a wealth of information on First
Careers after Graduating, Average Lifetime Pay for Graduates,
Starting Salaries and more for all the choices you've made
throughout the Explorer Area
You can select up to 6 options.
To deselect something simply click again.
If at any time you want to start over, click the 'Clear
Selections' button.
To get more detailed information about the items you've
selected, click the 'Search Summary' button.
To select a different kind of item (for example, to move looking
at degree subjects to looking at universities) click on the
relevant tab, you can go forwards and backwards through the
Explorer Area.