Dr Susan Oosthuizen

Associate Director & University Senior Lecturer,

University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing

Education

Dr Joan Walsh

Community Development Officer, NHS

Cambridgeshire Community Services

Institute of Continuing Education

Certificate and Diploma in Higher Education

Community Development (240 credits)

Cambridgeshire Community Services is responsible for providing a range of NHS and social care services in the Cambridgeshire area, commissioned by and accountable to Cambridgeshire Primary Care Trust

• Widening participation in higher education …

• … in locally-delivered, community-focused provision

• Open entry, part-time, modular, accredited …

• … learning which combines academic excellence with practical work-related experience …

• … undertaken through work-related micro-research projects

Institute of Continuing Education

Certificate and Diploma in Higher Education Community Development (240 credits)

Institute of Continuing Education

Learner profiles – core group

1. Mother of two young children, dyslexic. Community Development Worker. OCN qualification.

2. Single parent with five children. Community Development Worker. OCN qualification.

3. Advisor in the local NHS stop smoking service. No previous experience of HE study.

4. Secretary/administrator at the local Children’s Centre Nursery School. OCN qualification.

5. Migrant worker in a meat processing company. OCN qualification.

6. Disability Information Service advisor. Degree in social science.

7. Worker in third sector support for voluntary organisations. OCN qualification.