Jobs with training provided? (UK/England)

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I have a Bachelors degree, but it is completely useless without a Masters degree or postgraduate course, but there are no funding systems for that, so I need to retrain in something 'useful'. I don't what to look at or where to look however. I only have £43/week of DLA so I cannot afford to save up. I think a good option would be 'work with training' but I don't know where to go to get that, if I can find anywhere that allows Aspergers people to work for them. There are Apprenticeships but you cannot get them if you have 4 A-levels and a degree because of funding. However I approached two organisations who offer Apprenticeships, and pretended not to have A-levels and a degree, and they both refused to contact me again when I told them that I had Aspergers, one even said it was "like" Downs Syndrome!! I really don't know where to look for work with training provided.

You can try ASTEP
http://asperger-employment.org/
but i am not sure which country they are in
i wrote t hem a mail asking for employment help
but i seldom will get help in country like india.

I do not live in America I live in England.

Can I suggest looking at academicjobs.co.uk and see if there are any bursaried postgraduate research posts available?

At the University I work in, we recruit Graduate Teaching Assistantships which cover your fees, pay you a bursary, provide accomodation and you can teach up to 6 hours a week and get paid for that. I know the last bit is a 'no-no' for some, but I mention it anyway.

Also try and have a look at research scholarships, although I accept there aren't many of them around. What about paid researcher work within a University or FE College?

Hope it sorts itself out for you.

I cannot afford to take a postgraduate course. I could not afford to make up the difference between a bursary and the cost. I stand little chance of being able to compete to get a placement as I have no work history and my BSc Hons wasn't a First. I can't aim that high.

I looked at that website and it is out of date and there is nothing local to me. On £43/week I and no savings I can't afford to move away.

I asked my local university to do voluntary work in the past but they said no, I've asked many times, once they said Aspergers made me "unsuitable".