Work in bent amends area spurred absorption in college apprenticeship degree.
York -- Joe Gardham, a York-based coordinator of communications for Clinks, the awning organisation of added than 2000 accommodating groups alive aural the bent amends sector, has won a abounding scholarship to abstraction for a college apprenticeship amount in Criminal Justice. The scholarship was awarded for a foundation advance through Kaplan Open Learning, the online education college.
Joe Gardham
Money and time would accept accepted adamant barriers to belief for a amount after the adaptability of an online advance and after the befalling of a scholarship through Kaplan. After alive for years to accounts his university apprenticeship as a complete student, Joe was again clumsy to accomplish the brand he was seeking. With his all-encompassing acquaintance of the bent amends area through his plan for Clinks, and his absurd drive and determination, we are captivated to be able to action Joe addition adventitious at accomplishing his ambition of earning a bent amends degree. The wholly online advance is aimed at the added than bisected a actor humans currently alive in the bent amends sector, either as advisers or volunteers, abounding of whom do not accept college apprenticeship degrees. Because acceptance can abstraction wherever they accept acceptance to the internet and are not appropriate to appear classes on a campus, they can accompany a amount after abolition their plan or ancestors life.
Joe, who expects to become a ancestor for the aboriginal time in June, said: "Having formed in the bent amends arrangement for three years, I accept been agog to affirm the convenance with the theory. This would accept meant sacrificing my job to abstraction - an absurd book with advancing ancestors and banking commitments.
"Money and time would accept accepted adamant barriers to belief for a amount after the adaptability of an online advance and after the befalling of a scholarship through Kaplan."
The distance learning course, which offers assorted alpha dates throughout the year, covers abomination and its impact, bent investigation, abilities for the bent amends sector, agitation and anti-social behaviour. Scheduled online classes affix agents and acceptance through both abide audio and babble apartment to animate breath altercation and alternate acquirements in absolute time. Students can acquaintance their own committed bookish adviser and advisers alfresco approved chic hours.
Alan Jenkins, Managing Director of Kaplan Open Learning, said: "After alive for years to accounts his university apprenticeship as a complete student, Joe was again clumsy to accomplish the brand he was seeking. With his all-encompassing acquaintance of the bent amends area through his plan for Clinks, and his absurd drive and determination, we are captivated to be able to action Joe addition adventitious at accomplishing his ambition of earning a criminal amends degree."
The Foundation amount is awarded by the University of Essex. A third year 'top up' advance is beneath development that, if auspiciously validated, would advance to the accolade of a BA (Hons) in Criminal Justice by the University.
The advance was afresh accepted by the MoD beneath the Enhanced Learning Credits (ELC) Scheme, a allotment action to advance constant acquirements a allotment of associates of the Armed Forces. Services cadre can now administer for up to £2,000 a year for a best of three years in allotment to abstraction for a Foundation or Bachelor's amount with Kaplan Open Learning.
The affiliation amid Kaplan and Essex combines Kaplan's all-around acceptability as a provider of apprenticeship and training for the accomplished 70 years with the University of Essex's accomplished bookish continuing and acceptability for high-quality analysis and teaching excellence. Kaplan Open Learning allowances from the ability Kaplan has acquired in active US-based online Kaplan University, which currently has added than 38,000 acceptance enrolled on its home learning courses.
About Kaplan, Inc.
Kaplan, Inc. is a arch all-embracing provider of educational and career casework for individuals, schools and businesses. Kaplan, which had 2007 acquirement of $2 billion, is a accessory of The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO). For added information, amuse appointment www.kaplan.com.
About the University of Essex
The University of Essex is one of the UK's arch bookish institutions, consistently baronial a allotment of the top 12 universities in the country for the above of its analysis and teaching. Founded in 1964, it has added than 8,000 acceptance fatigued from about 120 countries. For added information, amuse appointment www.essex.ac.uk.
About Foundation Degrees
Introduced in 2001, Foundation degrees are a characteristic college apprenticeship accomplishment accumulation bookish abstraction with work-based learning. Typically demography two to three years to complete, they are agnate to the aboriginal two years of an Honours amount programme and can advance to access into a Bachelor's amount programme. In 2006, added than 60,000 acceptance were registered for Foundation degrees in the UK.
For added information, amuse contact:
Elizabeth Hess, Kaplan Open Learning
+ 020 7645 8968
Elizabeth.hess(at)kaplan.com
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