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STUDENT BATTLES ADVERSITY TO TAKE ONLINE DEGREE
TOP: UDOL students celebrate their success
Sheree Hat on
the University of Derby’s Kedleston Road site, where she and her fellow students gathered for a week of practical work. The former Crossley Heath Grammar School
student, who has now reached the end of her second year with UDOL, said: “Once I completed my GCSEs I became a young carer for my mum. I also had to work full-time and once I’d got into a job and was set led I decided to teach myself my A-Levels out of a book. I later sat them as a private candidate at one of my local schools in Halifax. “I think I probably had more motivation to complete
these courses as I was doing them off my own back. So after get ing my results I thought, I’ve done my A-Levels, why don’t I try a degree? “I had always had an interest in psychology so I had
A University of Derby Online Learning (UDOL) student has talked of how she has bat led adversity to give herself a real chance of a rewarding career.
Sheree Hat on, 24, from Halifax, left school after completing her GCSEs to become a carer for her mother at home. But, such was her desire to become a forensic psychologist, Sheree taught herself A-Levels in psychology and law whilst also working in a full- time position. Juggling caring for her mother, working in a full-
time job and studying for her A-Levels did not stop her achieving a C grade for each course and she is now studying a BSc degree in Psychology online from home with UDOL, as well as expecting a baby. Sheree told her story whilst on a residential week at
a look around to see what was available online as I couldn’t aff ord to give up working and physically go to university. I was in a very secure relationship with my now husband and it was just not feasible for me to go and live away and work part-time. “I researched course providers with the British
Psychology Society as I wanted an aff ordable, accredited degree and the course off ered by Derby was a perfect fi t alongside my day job – it was my fi rst choice. I also realised it is only a couple of hours away on the train if I needed to go there.” During the residential week, students came from as
far as Brazil and Kenya to take part in this important stage of their course. They worked in a group as part of a data collection project. The students were also given lectures on statistics and data research. Sheree added: “I initially wanted to work in a job
within the forensic psychology fi eld after I graduate, but currently I'm happy studying alongside my current employment. I will fi nish this course then look at studying a Master's degree and see where it takes me.” ET
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