Career Intelligence — Understand yourself
Explore careers, understand your strengths and interests, identify skills gaps and plan pathways that fit your goals.
Education Direct · Education & Career Intelligence
Understand your strengths. Build real-world skills. Make smarter decisions about your future.
Explore careers, build practical AI and digital skills, and navigate university pathways through one connected platform.
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Education and career decisions are connected. Education Direct helps learners relate their interests, strengths, skills, education choices and ambitions — then take a practical next step.
Rather than offering separate tools, Education Direct combines career intelligence, Duke of Edinburgh's Award Skills programmes and university guidance in one connected journey. What you learn about yourself in one area carries into the next, so every step builds on the last.
Explore careers, understand your strengths and interests, identify skills gaps and plan pathways that fit your goals.
Develop practical AI, digital and entrepreneurship skills through our online DofE Skills Programme, with structured activities, projects, reflection, evidence and assessor feedback.
Consider universities, courses and study pathways in the context of your interests, longer-term goals and next steps.
Eden helps you explore career ideas, understand your strengths and skills gaps, reflect on DofE projects, consider education choices and plan practical next steps. You stay in control of every decision.
Eden can help you think through career fit, skills gaps, typical salary expectations, job routes, university options and the practical next steps that move you forward.
Working towards your Duke of Edinburgh's Award? Explore our Online DofE AI Skills Course for the DofE Skills section.
What could I do next?
Explore careers, build practical skills and compare education routes in one place.
How can I support informed choices?
Understand the options your child is considering and support decisions with clear information.
How can we support learners effectively?
Support careers guidance, DofE Skills cohorts and learner progress through one platform.
How can we personalise progression guidance at scale?
Offer personalised progression and employability guidance to more learners.
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Real feedback from students we've supported through their study and career journeys.
Students use Education Direct to build confidence, find clearer career direction, develop practical skills and make more informed education decisions.
I really enjoyed the AI & Digital Entrepreneurship course because it gave me the chance to explore my own ideas and learn skills I hadn’t used before. It made my DofE feel more interesting and relevant to my future.
Angelina — Bronze
I liked being able to turn my ideas into something practical. The course helped me become more confident using AI and thinking creatively about real-world problems.
Rithika — Bronze
The platform is really easy to use and keeps everything in one place, which saves me a lot of time. I can quickly see what I need to do each week, upload my work and keep track of my DofE progress.
Leona — Gold
Education Direct is an education and career intelligence platform that helps learners understand their strengths, explore career options, build practical skills and plan their next steps. The platform brings together AI-powered career guidance, university guidance and Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Skills programmes.
Education Direct is designed for students, young people, parents, schools, colleges and education providers. Learners can use the platform independently, while institutions can use it to support career guidance, employability, skills development and progression planning.
Education Direct provides AI-powered career guidance, university guidance, skills development and online Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Skills programmes. Learners can explore career pathways, understand progression routes, build practical skills and receive structured support as they work towards their goals.
Yes. Education Direct Worldwide is a Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Approved Activity Provider for the Skills section. Eligible learners can complete approved Skills activities online through Education Direct while building practical knowledge and producing evidence of their progress.
Yes. Education Direct offers online Skills programmes for eligible Bronze, Silver and Gold Duke of Edinburgh’s Award participants in the UK. Learners complete structured weekly activities, build evidence of their work and receive assessor feedback and report as they progress through the programme.
The Education Direct AI Career Advisor, Eden helps learners move from career exploration to practical next steps. Learners can complete a career assessment, explore suitable roles, compare salary and progression information, identify skills they may need to develop, search relevant jobs and build a personalised learning plan. Eden can also support interview and career preparation as learners progress.
Yes. Schools, colleges and education providers can use Education Direct to support career guidance, employability, Duke of Edinburgh Skills delivery, university guidance and learner progression. The platform helps staff give students structured guidance while improving visibility of learner engagement and progress.
Education Direct brings career intelligence, practical skills development and university guidance together in one platform. Instead of simply giving you a list of careers, it helps you understand yourself, build relevant skills and make more informed decisions about what to do next.
For schools, colleges and universities. Personalised guidance for learners. Better visibility for education providers. Bring career guidance, employability, DofE Skills and university progression together through one connected institutional partnership.
Choose the place that feels most useful today. Your careers, skills and education choices can grow together from there.
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