Category: Graduate Stories

Sinead Timms, Class of 2025 graduate from the BA(Hons) Integrated Working with Children and Families Top up degree, shares some of her reflections of her journey through Higher Education to gain her dream job as a Family Support Worker. Before beginning the BA(Hons) in Integrated Working with Children and Families (IWCF), I completed the Early… Continue reading Graduate Stories: Sinead Timms, BA(Hons) IWCF Top up degree

In this graduate story, Jennie Hurdiss shares her journey through Higher Education with balancing work and family, having completed the BA(Hons) Integrated Working with Children and Families Top up degree. Starting university was not an easy decision, especially when considering the practicalities of being a working single parent with SEN children. However, one spontaneous choice… Continue reading Graduate Stories: Jennie Hurdiss, BA(Hons) IWCF Top up

In this graduate story, Caroline James shares her journey through Higher Education having completed the BA(Hons) Integrated Working with Children and Families Top up degree. The BA (Hons) in Integrated Working with Children and Families was never a path I had planned to take during my Early Years Foundation Degree, nor did I think it… Continue reading Graduate Stories: Caroline James, BA(Hons) IWCF Top up

Victoria McCormack, graduate from the BA (Hons) Integrated Working with Children and Families Top up degree, reflects on her higher education journey as a mature student at the University of Worcester. “As I sit and reflect on my graduate journey, I still find it hard to believe that a few months off turning 50 I… Continue reading Graduate Stories: Victoria McCormack, IWCF

Halimah Hussain shares her experiences of studying with the University of Worcester on the FdA Early Years and the BA(Hons) Integrated Working with Children and Families Top Up degree. “Upon finishing 6th form, I initially didn’t plan to attend university, believing it wasn’t for me. However, I eventually enrolled in a Foundation Degree course at… Continue reading Graduate Stories: Halimah Hussain, IWCF

Shelley Hooper, BA(Hons) Integrated Working with Children and Families Top up degree graduate, shares her Higher Education journey at the University of Worcester. From Foundation degree to Top up degree… “While the idea of attending university initially felt intimidating due to my academic performance in school, I have always been dedicated to my role running… Continue reading Graduate Stories: Shelley Hooper, IWCF

Recent graduate from the BA(Hons) Integrated Working with Children and Families Top up degree, Intesar Lashram, shares her experiences of studying at the University of Worcester alongside working in a setting. “Before starting my studies, I worked in early a years setting as a nursery practitioner for 5 years. Just before the Covid-19 outbreak I… Continue reading Graduate Stories: Intesar Lashram, IWCF

Lucy Burrage, 2024 graduate from the FdA Early Years (0-8 years) course shares her Higher Education journey at the University of Worcester. “My journey into my passion for working with children and young people began while working within a fostering agency as an administrator. I was able to see the difference practitioners were able to… Continue reading Graduate Stories: Lucy Burrage, FdA Early Years

BA (Hons) Integrated Working with Children and Families graduate, Lara Henderson-McCoy shares her Higher Education journey at the University of Worcester. “Having worked as a teaching assistant as my children grew up, I became increasingly interested in studying in higher education after being inspired by my husband who had gained a degree and master’s degree… Continue reading Graduate Stories: Lara Henderson-McCoy, BA (Hons) IWCF

Phoebe Howe, graduate of the BA (Hons) Integrated Working with Children and Families Top up degree shares her Higher Education journey at the University of Worcester. “My IWCF journey began following the completion of my four year part-time FdA in ‘Birth in Beyond’. I began my university journey when my daughter was a toddler, after… Continue reading Graduate Stories: Phoebe Howe, BA (Hons) IWCF