Qualifications

Get help from the Wheatsheaf Trust. Bernard Street SO14 3AY

(Next to the Job Centre)

If you have qualifications from your home country but these don't seem to be recognised you can get help from Wheatsheaf Trust.

Contact NARIC

You can also contact UK NARIC, the National Recognition Information Centre for the UK on www.naric.org.uk/

NARIC compares your qualifications with UK qualifications

UK NARIC looks at the qualifications you gained in your own country. It compares them to UK qualifications

NARIC sends a letter for your employer or college

It can provide a letter stating what your qualifications are equivalent to in the UK. This will help employers and colleges understand the skills and knowledge you have.

This helps them to recognize the value of your qualifications. next

Once your overseas qualifications are recognised, you can identify the best thing for you to do next. This includes:

You can choose what to do next

• doing further study
• going into employment
• applying for professional status, for instance to work as a teacher
• applying for the Highly Skilled Migrants Programme as part of the Work Permits application process