HNC Care and Administrative practice (HNC CAP) in August? :D

We have been told that we are starting the 29th August. However I'm not sure if this is induction or not.
I have been told that we will be in Monday's and Tuesday's 9-4 and that our placements won't start until October sometime. This is at Aurshire college at Kilwinning campus tho x

Hey Pam myself and Karen who is starting the course was at a childcare information session last week and they told us we won't get the timetables until 1/2 weeks prior to the course they said their aim is to get draft copies July ending but that is not a definite yet and even if we get our timetables early there could also be some changes after we start. He said the days will probably be the same but the rooms might change.

Hope that helps. X


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I'm guessing then it many be different due to which district you study in or stay in possibly. Im assuming you will fall under Greater Glasgow & Clyde and I will be under Ayrshire & Arran. It's all very different to when I studied last time.
Will you be in 5 full days?x

Hello gutted theres no-one on here that seems to be applying for this course at Cumbernauld college. Got my interview tomorrow don't think i've ever been this nervous!!

Hello gutted theres no-one on here that seems to be applying for this course at Cumbernauld college. Got my interview tomorrow don't think i've ever been this nervous!!

I'm guessing then it many be different due to which district you study in or stay in possibly. Im assuming you will fall under Greater Glasgow & Clyde and I will be under Ayrshire & Arran. It's all very different to when I studied last time.
Will you be in 5 full days?x

Hi kimbostrach, I had an interview there in May and was offered an unconditional. There was a basic numeracy and literacy test, there wasn't much to the interview at all, they just asked why I applied for the course and they told me at the time they were offering me a place so that was nice! They seem to be really nice there and they have a good success rate too. Good luck!

Hey thank you so much, calmed my nerves a bit haha. Are you going to study in Cumbernauld then?

Hi,

I am just looking through the forum I have a group assessment next week at Dundee & Angus college for HNC Cap, the letter says that I will be asked to do a written piece, so I contacted the college to check incase I needed to research something beforehand, so I have been told that it will be a written piece is a series of 3 questions asked during the group assessment, so now panicking even more. Has anyone got any ideas what they questions might be??

I'm starting this course at North East Scotland College in Aberdeen next Monday I'm quite scared as I have experience in mental health and this seems more clinical based but I am excited for placements

Hi folks, I was just looking if anyone knows any information about the HNC CAP evening classes at either the Cardonald campus or the city of Glasgow evening class? It's more the placement side of things. I obviously work days, so unsure how the college fits or try's to fit placements around this. I've called both colleges with little information feedback. I can't study the HNC full time due to funding, but I like many plan to do the HNC to apply for 2nd year adult nurse entry. If anyone could even point me in some directions I'd appriciate this too 👍😄👍😄👍

I'm unsure of the evening classes to be honest.

I'm currently studying it full time. I was working 37.5hrs before I started this course and I was told at interview that I would be looking to drop my hours drastically. Which I didn't because I didn't think it would be that big a deal as the course was only 2 days per week, however, now I'm doing the course it's actually a lot of work and requires a lot of research and self directed learning. 📚
I dropped to 30 hours and now with placement I've had to drop my hours further to accommodate placement which is a vital part of the course.
I attended GCU student day and I was told that UNI will NOT work around your current employment and you will be expected to do placement days/nights/weekends/holidays whilst at UNI.
We are not allowed to chose our placements on this course nor are we allowed to choose our hours or which days we attend placement and we MUST complete all hours that are required. I have to do 2 12shifts per week as I have a hospital placement first block that's on top of the the 2 days we are in college and we have exams and at least 3 essays due too. I'm now on bank for the NHS because I can't work on a rota anymore.😢

The course is great and I'm loving it but it's a lot of work and you do have to be prepared to drop some hours to accommodate it. I'm sure the evening class will be the same if your due to gain the same HNC as those studying during the day. The only difference would be that your classes are night I would presume (obviously)😂

Hope this helps.
Best of Luck

Ps when your on placement you will be with your mentor and you can not be there without them. Your mentor is a current nurse which has undergone training to supervise you. If they work shifts then you'll work shifts too. X