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University degree
Counselling Studies
East Lancashire Learning Group
Qualification
Degree
Length
2 yrs
UK fees / yr
£9,535
Study
full-time
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About this course
Have you always had an urge to help those in need and make a positive difference in people’s lives? This programme can provide you with the theoretical framework needed to start you on your path to practising counsel work. You will learn how to help relieve clients of their suffering and enable you to support them in developing their self awareness, self-worth, and coping strategies to manage their lives more effectively.
Throughout the course, you will develop relevant transferable skills such as critical enquiry, analysis, and capacity for independent learning. Alongside this, you will also gain real-life work experience by working in placements and helping service users.
Could you get in?
The grades students arrived with
No past-entry data for this course.
How they qualified
90% got in with A-levels. The rest came in a mix of ways:
A-levels90%
other higher education5%
Other5%
Could I get in? Try your grades
120 UCAS pts Pay & prospects
70%
In work or further study after
95%
Continue past first year
86%
Student satisfaction
What graduates earn over time
£25,500
After 15 months
£20,000
3 years on
£23,000
5 years on
What graduates actually go on to do % of leavers
Welfare and housing associate professionalsHighly skilled55%
Administrative occupations10%
Caring personal services10%
Therapy professionalsHighly skilled10%
Business and public service associate professionalsHighly skilled10%
What students say National Student Survey
86%
of students are satisfied with the course overall
Teaching98%
Assessment & feedback92%
Academic support85%
Well organised77%
Learning resources77%
Student community89%
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Where this degree can lead
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