bantersaurusrex
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I did my midwifery training in South Wales and it was very clear that you needed your GCSE’s separately and then either an access course or 3 a levels, I already had my GCSE’s but I know the people who didn’t had to sit them before being accepted onto the access course. I think with midwifery being such a hard degree to get on, the requirements are different from most other courses and even nursing. There were only 28 midwifery students in each year at my uni but over 200 nursing students, for example.
I also think what she said about being young is true. I was the second youngest in my cohort and I honestly wish I had waited a few years to start my training! I think it’s good she’s got a plan and ambition and isn’t afraid to take her time to get there, hopefully she enjoys it and can stick it out after all this time though- it was the most challenging thing I have ever done in my life!
Maybe it’s different across the uk then because they accepted functional skills at kings college, and I think they over in take incase people drop off which some do. They also test you at your interview for maths and English and if you can’t pass it you don’t get in.
yeah agree it’s great she has a plan, I kind of wish I’d started sooner but the course goes so quickly I’m nearly there now! Can’t believe they class you as a mature student age 21+ though, lol. Just think she should have gone straight for the gcse if that’s what she needed because FS maths first and then gcse doesn’t make sense and is so much more costly!