One of the UK’s leading nanny, childcare and domestic placement provider works with OCN London to accredit its prestigious training courses for maternity nurses.
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For adults who want to get to university but don’t have the traditional entry requirements such as A levels, the Access to HE Diploma has proved its worth in spades as an alternative route. But whereas an A level course normally takes two years, the Access Diploma is an intensive one-year programme that is demanding and rigorous.
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People with disabilities such as dyslexia, hearing and sight impairment or autism face huge challenges if they want to become a student. One of these is taking notes. Find out how an organisation called the Learning Support Centre uses professional note takers, called ‘jotters’ to help disabled learners.
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A membership organisation for professionals and volunteers who provide activities for people in care homes, hospitals and day centres has developed its own person-centred approach to activity provision. OCN London has developed two bespoke awards for members with distance learning part of the mode of delivery and video used in assessment.
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Newham Sixth Form College is located in London’s East End in one of the most ethnically diverse communities in the country. Just take a look at the College’s website which has translations in over 100 different languages, from Africaans to Zulu, taking in Cebuano, Malagasy, Tajik and more. The area also has a high proportion of people from disadvantaged backgrounds.
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A charity that has pioneered leadership training for young people – the
JLGB – has created an innovative digital accreditation tool which is available online to all Jewish youth organisations. It has a sophisticated online system that maps and tracks learners’ training and enables them to submit coursework online.
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Traditional exams may be the norm in most mainstream education, but for many people this is not the best way to assess their abilities. At Kendal College many of the Access to HE Diploma learners, who were returning to learning after a gap, found exams a struggle.
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An innovative training programme for hospital administrative staff is having a positive impact on staff morale and patient communication. Using OCN London units in communications and customer care it leads to a Level 2 award in Delivering Excellent Patient Services.
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The challenges experienced by prisons have been in the spotlight recently with stories of overcrowding, low staff morale and stretched resources. But a charity called Fine Cell Work has been working with offenders in prisons. The results have been impressive.
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Access to Higher Education Diplomas provide a route into university for many ‘second chance’ learners. The courses are tough and the standards high. Hear how Kingston College has achieved outstanding results.
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Dealing with behaviour problems in the classroom – whether in schools or colleges - is one of the toughest challenges facing teachers today. Whilst many enter the profession with impressive academic qualifications and well-honed communication skills, when faced with learners who have conditions such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) the challenges seem insurmountable, both for experienced teachers as well as new recruits.
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SafeLives is a national charity dedicated to ending domestic abuse. Since 2005, they have found new ways to help victims at risk of murder or serious injury. The charity pioneered the use of the risk checklist, which all police forces now use to assess how much danger a victim is in.
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For more than 40 years Friends of the Earth has been an environmental campaigning organisation which encourages people to take better care of the planet. Issues are the forefront of their work at include climate change, the protection of bees, anti-fracking and environmental justice, just to name a few.
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