Health Studies

Course summary

The Health and Social Care sector is one of the fastest growing areas for employment, employing over 14 million people across the range of sectors: from residential care work to dental nurses and hospital technicians, to dieticians and nurses. For young people it provides a wealth of employment opportunities at many different levels. The qualification can be taken as an AS level, one or two A Level equivalent. It is accepted by universities and employers and will give the research skills needed to enter either progression route. The Department is firmly grounded in the principle of ‘Applied Learning’ This means that everything we teach is linked closely to how it can be applied outside the classroom. “Learning by doing”