Biz/ed
Biz/ed is an excellent source of economics and business related learning materials, data sets, company info. and simulations. The Virtual Worlds section includes the Virtual Economy - an online model of the economy based on the Treasury model - and the Virtual Developing Country where you can take a series of economics-related virtual field trips throughout Zambia.
DirectGov
The UK Government's portal for prospective HE students helps them make the right choice by providing information about HE institutions and courses, careers guidance, and advice on student finance.
Education Guardian University Guide
Education Guardian's interactive guide to universities and colleges is the most comprehensive source of information on the UK's academic sector, covering some 100,000 calculations on 150 universities and colleges.
Education UK
A site provided by the British Council to help international students
UCAS
UCAS is the central organisation that processes applications for full-time undergraduate courses at UK universities and colleges. On the site you can find information on available courses and you can take the Stamford Test which matches your interests, aptitudes and career ideas to the most suitable HE subject.
Studying Economics
Although aimed at current Economics undergraduates, the Why Study Economics sister site will provide you with some more in depth information on what to expect from an Economics degree.
University Economics departments
You can access an updated list of university economics departments, with course and staff lists where available. If you're specifically looking for open days, check the list on this site.
Opendays.com
Opendays.com is a free online directory of institutional open days. You can search by institution and region, see a calendar view of all available events and get some helpful tips and advice.
The Student Room
The Student Room is a forum which is aimed at GCSE, A-Level and University students to share academic and social knowledge. There is one main area focused entirely on economics which provides lots of different opinions and ideas, however, this is a chat based website so not all of the content may be economics based.
Interactive map of all university and college sites
This is an excellent interactive map that allows you to visualise the spread of higher education institutions across the UK and access the home pages of each institution. It is provided by the University of Wolverhampton.
