For many armed forces personnel, resettling into civilian life comes with the challenge of finding new career paths and developing skills that align with the job market. The Enhanced Learning Credits scheme (ELC) is designed to support lifelong learning and upskilling, making it easier to gain new qualifications and open doors to exciting career opportunities. If you’re looking to enhance …
What can you do with a master’s in public health promotion?
28th February 2025
If you’re passionate about improving healthcare and making a lasting impact on communities, a master’s in public health promotion could be the ideal next step in your career. But what can you actually do with a master’s in public health promotion? This degree opens doors to a range of job roles across different sectors, from community health initiatives to policymaking. …
22 motivational quotes for students for distance learning success
18th June 2024
Studying a degree requires hard work, nobody disputes that, but if you put in the study time the rewards are there for the taking. Rewards such as recognition at work, career advancement, personal satisfaction, renewed professional confidence, and increased skills. With some undergraduate and postgraduate online degrees taking years to complete, it can often feel like the rewards are far …
What Can I Do with A Psychology Degree?
29th August 2023
If you’ve ever considered studying psychology, you might be interested to know that there are a large variety of skills that can be applied to psychology degree jobs, giving you a wide range of career options. ARU’s Applied and Clinical Psychology BSc course is accredited by the British Psychological Society, and will capture your curiosity for the human mind, and …
5 Employability Skills to Develop This Summer To Achieve Your Dreams
11th July 2023
For many, the summer time is usually a great period of reflection. With the warmer weather drawing in, it’s a great time to begin assessing your goals, hopes and dreams for the future. A distance learning degree can offer you a skill-rich stepping stone into the role or industry of your dreams. We understand that finding the right degree to …
5 Mental Health Jobs That Make a Difference
15th May 2023
With 1 in 8 adults receiving treatment for their mental health condition, it is hardly surprising there is a rising demand for mental health jobs. NHS England have reported a need to grow the mental health workforce by 27,000. A look at popular jobsite Indeed showed a total of 24,649 mental health job vacancies in the UK*, 15,057 of those …
4 Reasons Why Early Years Jobs are Ideal for Your Next Career Move
4th April 2023
If you’ve ever wanted a career in working with children, working in early years jobs could be for you. These rewarding career paths allow you to shape the lives of young people at one of the more important developmental stages, meaning that the care and education that you give will help to shape them into the people that they grow …
How to Choose a Degree: 5 Tips for Finding the Perfect Course for You
10th March 2023
If you’re focused on advancing your existing career with specialist knowledge, choosing courses at university can help to achieve your potential and shape the career path you’ve always dreamed of. However, if you’re torn between a shortlist of favourites, or wondering which degree you will enjoy the most, some research can help you a long way towards deciding which path …
Armed Forces Education and Returning to Civilian Life: The Guide
13th January 2023
Returning to civvy street is a transition that requires patience, not only from yourself, but from your loved ones too, but change can be an incredibly positive thing. So with a little determination, and some forward planning, your military resettlement can become a rewarding new adventure. Planning ahead will help to keep you focused for your return to civvy street. …
Are You Ready for Online Learning? Our Guide To Get You Started
17th November 2022
Although online learning has increased in popularity in recent years, distance learning has been around since 1840, when Sir Isaac Pitman pioneered the mailing of assignments from his students back and forth to him for marking. Since then, the rise in computer technology has made online learning the ultimate convenient way to achieve a degree. If you’re interested in finding …
4 Reasons to Study Leadership & Management in Health & Social Care
21st September 2022
The fields of health and social care are crucial in contemporary society, and work together to protect the most vulnerable. And yet, to some it may appear that there is a crisis of leadership. 99% of healthcare leaders surveyed by the NHS Confederation said they felt their local social care workforce faced a serious shortage, whilst concerns about delivery of …
Dispelling 5 Common Myths About Distance Learning
19th August 2022
For distance learning students at ARU, an online degree is an opportunity to learn flexibly in accordance with your own commitments. It provides for many an alternative to the typical barriers of education – for mid-life career changers, parents and carers, armed forces personnel and many more, it is a chance to continue your academic and career progression in the …