Part-time route to postgraduate teaching

Part-time route to postgraduate teaching

Dr Kirsty KiezebrinkDr Kirsty Kiezebrink, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition, tells us about the part time route for all MSc programmes offered in Applied Health Sciences in order to allow working students to complete their studies.

Many students are required to work during their studies at university in order to financially support themselves (and in some cases also support family members). This makes it very difficult for some groups in society to attend higher education and in particular postgraduate education. Historically, we had many students who were attempting to study full time, work part time and manage all the other aspects of their lives. In many case this was resulting in students suffering stress and anxiety, being unable to afford to eat properly and, in some cases, requiring previously independent adults to return to living in parental homes.