Has anyone done the distance learning access course to midwifery or something similar

ashlea1104

Hi i was wondering if anyone has done the distancelearning access to midwifery course or something similar as i am looking into doing this.i just wondered how anyone got on as im going to have to juggle it with working too?and if the fee of £922 is reasonable as im not sure where to look to see if i can get help with this?thanku ashlea x

Dunroamin

ashlea1104 wrote: »

Hi i was wondering if anyone has done the distancelearning access to midwifery course or something similar as i am looking into doing this.i just wondered how anyone got on as im going to have to juggle it with working too?and if the fee of £922 is reasonable as im not sure where to look to see if i can get help with this?thanku ashlea x

Can you give a link to the course?

ashlea1104

sorry to sound stupid how do i do that please?

agrinnall

You won't be able to give a link as a newbie, just type in the URL with spaces instead of full stops. Although how you can do midwifery as distance learning escapes me, surely it's the epitome of a hands-on job?

Dunroamin

agrinnall wrote: »

You won't be able to give a link as a newbie, just type in the URL with spaces instead of full stops. Although how you can do midwifery as distance learning escapes me, surely it's the epitome of a hands-on job?

An Access course is an academic course that will prepare a student to be able to study a subject like Midwifery. It's likely to include subjects like Human Biology, Sociology and Psychology as opposed to the actual delivery of babies.:)

agrinnall

Apologies, I missed the crucial word Access when I quickly read the OP.

flea72

most Unis want at least 35 credits in science based subjects to even get an interview, of which at least 15 have to be at distinction and the rest at merit.

Tbh ive yet to meet anyone who can work more than 16hrs a week and maintain those level of grades. I dont know what support you get via the distance learning route, but most people on my access course would struggle without constant input from their tutors and peers

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MusicalLawyer

OP. I did an Access course in Law and was able to work 25 - 30 hours per week whilst maintaining top grades and was at a college, where I had to travel 1.5 hours there, and 1.5 hours back, which took 3 hours off my study time. Law is just as intense as Nursing etc.

Doing it Distance Learning is easier for times, as you can sit and do your reading etc, when kids are in bed if you have them etc. Or if you work 9 - 5, you can do it after work in the evenings.

I'm doing distance learning A Level, and a full time Law degree and manage to maintain 15 hours self study, 18 hours working and 10 hours volunteering and 3 hour band practice every week... yet still manage to get top grades. It just depends if you're willing to put in the work as to whether you can get the good grades.

flea72

An access course requires about 30hrs study a week. Im not disputing that it isnt possible, but you cannot compare law to sciences, as reading is a very small part of the syllabus. As already said, to really get an understanding of sciences, you need to be doing the practical stuff, and that usually isnt part of a distance learning course

As someone who is currently doing an Access to Health Course, i can honestly say that no-one on the course is working f/t. Even those without family commitments, or who are young enough to not have been out of the learning environment for too long (so its not such a shock) have still not been able to maintain their f/t jobs, as they originally envisaged they would

Also due to the rise in tuition fees, there has been an increase in the number of people applying for NHS funded courses, by people who normally wouldnt have considered health their career path. This has resulted in courses being way oversubscribed, in the case of midwifery there are about 100 people applying for every place. Most people on my course who originally wanted to do midwifery have now applied for mental health nursing as the entry requirements are lower and the competition not so high.

I suppose the main problem with following a health based access course is it is limiting in what fields you can progress to. If you dont get offered a Uni place after interview, there is usually very little you can apply for via clearing, as the subjects you have learnt are not transferable. Unlike subjects like law, history, english, which can be used as a base for alot of other career paths

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Dunroamin

The amount of time you'll need to spend on an Access course will also depend on things like your existing qualifications and your experience of recent study. Someone who did GCSEs 20 years ago may well need to put more time in than someone who dropped out of A levels a couple of years before starting the course.

helphelphelphelp

Depending on what entry requirements your the university you are applying to accepts, but I am on a child nursing degree course and instead of doing a full time access course, I took my level 2 numeracy and literacy exams and also the open university course K101 (An Introduction to Health and Social Care) so I was able to carry on working