Life in the Public Services can be challenging, rewarding, interesting, and
exciting and you will require a variety of skills, knowledge, and expertise to
succeed. This course/programme will help you develop all these qualities and
give you an introduction to careers within this sector, whilst providing you
with many other attributes such as communication and leadership skills,
teamworking skills and confidence, that are vitally important in all uniformed
public service roles.
Work placement and voluntary work opportunities are part of your programme
which will help transfer the skills you have gained into the working
environment.
Depending on the programme level you can expect you to learn through class
work, team activities and other practical’s, visits and outdoor activities.
Lectures, oral presentations, tutorials, individual research and group work will
help further develop your communication and team-working skills. You will attend
a residential towards the end of the academic year where you will be assessed in
challenging situations to demonstrate skills and qualities to allow you to meet
the higher grades on your course.
