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Mark Garside swaps retail for a future career as a…

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Mark Garside swaps retail for a future career as a counsellor. Alumni volunteer Mark Garside (BSc Hons Psychology, 2020) has swapped retail for a future career as a counsellor, having waited more than 30 years for the opportunity to study at

Vanna Vakharia's placement in India

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Vanna Vakharia's placement in India. Vanna believed she had reached the stage where there was no further professional development available. "In order to challenge myself further and to achieve more out of my life, I decided to become a teacher.".

Cath Pinkney: education placement "a fantastic…

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Cath Pinkney: education placement "a fantastic chance to learn new ideas to take to my first teaching job". Cath saw this as "a fantastic chance to learn new ideas to take to my first teaching job." This route provides students with two teaching

Annie Cole, Postgraduate Certificate in Education (Early…

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Annie Cole, Postgraduate Certificate in Education (Early Years): "LSBU's south London location is great". When Annie Cole began looking for the best place to study her Early Years PGCE, she found herself drawn to LSBU for two reasons. "I was

JANE SCARSBROOK, MA EDUCATION: "I really appreciated …

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JANE SCARSBROOK, MA EDUCATION: "I really appreciated the opportunity that LSBU gave me". Her spare time was at a premium due to her job as an Advanced Skills Teacher, so LSBU's ability to tailor courses to very specific needs proved to be absolutely

Nadiya Ahmed, BA Education Studies

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Nadiya Ahmed, BA Education Studies. After graduating from City and Islington College with a BTEC Diploma in Business, Nadiya Ahmed turned her attention towards fulfilling her career ambitions. "I've always wanted to be a teacher," explains Nadiya,

Rachel Abrahart discovered that, when studying…

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Rachel Abrahart discovered that, when studying Psychology, everything is connected. I’ve lived my whole life in London and wasn’t ready to leave yet, or ever, so I only considered London universities. I went to an open day at LSBU and loved the

Juliette Ann Luxford describes a typical day for an ODP…

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Juliette Ann Luxford describes a typical day for an ODP student. The links to some of London’s world-class hospitals offering excellent placement opportunities meant that LSBU was a natural first choice to take up studies for an ODP career. This,

Daniel Rodger: "The general public tends to have a…

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Daniel Rodger: "The general public tends to have a very binary view of healthcare professionals". When I was working clinically I was a mentor for a number of student operating department practitioners (ODPs) from LSBU and was always impressed with

Alumna Verity Buchanan takes on role as emergency…

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Alumna Verity Buchanan takes on role as emergency counselling psychologist for residents in New York. After 10 years of working as a criminal and human rights barrister, I decided that I wanted to work with people with mental distress at an earlier

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