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Health, Medicine and Social Care

The large and growing social work and care sector offers a wide range of career opportunities, each offering the satisfying rewards of fulfilling an important and vital role in people's lives. Expertise in health is also sought across the public services, voluntary and commercial sectors, with a range of new career pathways available in health promotion and education, healthcare research and evaluation, health information technology, community-based projects, health-related commercial organisations. Counselling, too, offers good career opportunities.

If you want to get into medicine and are a mature student, the Access to Medicine programmes offered at City College and College of West Anglia could be your best starting point - just as they have been already for many people from all kinds of backgrounds. More details on their websites or from the Learning Shop.

Health, Medicine and Social CareColour coded keyThe table refers to general subject areas only. There may be a range of actual courses and subject combinations available. Check with the Learning Shop or individual institutions for the latest information.

Useful web sites for this sector include: www.socialworkcareers.co.uk www.socialcarecareers.co.uk www.nmas.ac.uk (nursing & midwifery) www.bacp.co.uk (counselling) www.nhscareers.nhs.uk www.prospects.ac.uk www.ucas.com

£4,000 Bursaries for Social Work at UEA: The government is keen to support social work training so there is considerable financial assistance available, including a nonmeans tested bursary at UEA. Go to www.gscc.org.uk for more information.