Paramedic Practice/Science-2012 Entry

Mine is on the 5th too does any one know what the dexterity test involves?

Yes, I have . Got interviews everywhere I applied to and had an offer from Worcester and Swansea on my Access course Qualifications. I know a lot of people on my course now who have also been accped on an Access Qualification, so it's worth doing if you don't want to do the A Level route. Just make sure it's siency based.

Mike.

i still havent heard anything either. ive emailed them too and all i got back was sorry for the delay, everyone will be informed in the next two weeks :s

I phoned on Friday and was told the man who deals with it all is away til the 10th. I have to wait until he's back to get more information, but they are still working their way through the applications.

So I assume first round of interviews 5th and hopefully another batch afterwards.

fingers crossed then! its abit mean of them if they dont let us know even if we didnt make it. there not leaving us hardly any time at all if they dont interview us till after the 10th and were expected to start the next month

I think one of the main problems with BCU is going to be with getting jobs at the end as everywhere recruits for people to start in September when the Sept start courses finish. This will now finish to late for that making it difficult to get a job at the end.

Are you sure that BCU are with GWAS because private company ERS are advertising for it:

http://www.ersgroup.co.uk/training/index.php?name=Higher_Education_Courses&page_id=53

BCU also rang me today asking why I hadn't attended..... although I did let them know.

Are you sure that BCU are with GWAS because private company ERS are advertising for it:

http://www.ersgroup.co.uk/training/index.php?name=Higher_Education_Courses&page_id=53

Wait, so from reading that it suggests that BCU students undertake their placements with this private company, oppose to the Ambulance Service.. Where is the experience to be a competent paramedic going to come from then..? Or have I read into it wrong?

No it's advertising a partnership with the university for those that want to work for ERS and do their training. You still get the experience to be a competent paramedic as ERS have NHS ambulance contracts throughout the country for A&E, meaning that they do accident and emergency work for them the same as the NHS paramedics and ECAs. I've been seeing em about for years. I worked privately before, but was made redundant twice in 2 years due to the companies going into administration. I personally wouldn't train privately for this reason. I don't know the full details of it as obv I'm not looking for a student place, but it has to be worth a further look for anyone who's thinking about doing their training.


This was sent from TSR's iPhone app, as I couldn't be arsed to turn on the laptop.