Studying the one-year land-based Access to HE Diploma at University Centre Reaseheath massively helped me prepare for degree level study and my chosen career.

Although you cover a variety of modules during this diploma, I chose this course as a route into veterinary nursing as I am passionate about becoming an equine vet.

Studying this diploma at University Centre Reaseheath was a great opportunity for me. I had been out of education for 15 years and did not have the A-Levels I needed for university so I wouldn’t have been able to study my degree without it.

There was so much that I enjoyed about studying at UCR; I loved that it focused heavily on practical animal experience and my lecturer was a vet nurse, so she was a great person to learn from.

When I started studying the Access to HE Diploma, my daughter was only 6 months old. Although this was challenging at times, by doing some work online I managed to succeed with my studies. The tutors were very supportive and offered extensions too, although I didn’t end up needing them.