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Exploring routes into social work through flexible programmes
The Open University has been training practising social workers for over twenty years. 250 social workers qualify with the OU each year, a total of 6,400 social workers since 1997.
Providing pathways into social work with Cornwall Council
Learn how The Open University’s degree and postgraduate social work apprenticeships help Cornwall Council address workforce shortages & build local talent.
Inspiring the nurses of the future
Dr Mercia Spare has an inspiring career story to tell. Having left school with one CSE and college without any A-levels, she started her working life in a series of low paid industry jobs. Those jobs were okay but she knew that she wanted more from work. She wanted a job where she was caring for people, where she was making people’s lives better. She knew she wanted to be a nurse. “Nursing was my pathway,” she says.
The Open University trains cyber security team in Inverness
The Open University is delivering a Graduate Apprenticeship in Cyber Security to eight Capgemini employees in Inverness. The Graduate Apprenticeship has been designed so that employees who have already completed a relevant MA will be fast-tracked through the programme.
How The Open University’s English and maths provision opens doors to higher and degree apprenticeships
Find out how The Open University’s English and maths (functional skills) provision opens doors to higher and degree apprenticeships.
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