What career with English and Psychology A levels?

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And BTEC in biolog. Predicted A, B and distiction. My niece is having a tpugh time as shes applied for nursing and has interviews but doesnt know if its what she really wants to do. Ive advised her to do her best at the interviews and then reassess. Shes just realised the course is very long hours on the wards and she wont have time to get a partime job never mind enjoy student life. Shes also shocked at the salary. Unfortunately working in the nhs is never hoing to bring in big bucks. Shes not business minded but is a good organiser and great with peopke . Would she beable to go into clearing on results day and look at both nursing and non nursing couses? What woukd you do with those A Levels that would give upu a good work life balance and pay quite well?

Yay! Someone whose typing is as bad as mine!

I really think, at 18, you shouldn't be motivated by good worklife balance! And working in the NHS is about the people , not the money. But I have nevre been motivated by money, so can't graps this mindste very easily. It does sound already that she may not be the most dedicated nurse if she is alreday put off by commitment wrokload.

Did she just apply for that becuase it was all she could think of with her qualifications? Has she had any sort of careers interview or guidance, or any work experience?

Thso A levels coudl lead to anything. Perhaps she should do a more general degree (eg psychology) rather than a vocational one? If not, she could think of socail work/social policy/ occupational therapy/ speech therapy : all NHS/ SS linked but not nursing, as such. With English A Level and sciences, Speech Therapy does rather suggest itself to me.

And, yes, in clearing you can apply for anything.

I left my typos in for solidarity

Would that get her into a psychology degree or does she need 3 A levels?

Educational Psychology? She'll need to be fairly good at maths, a Psych degree is lots of stats.

I've been told that with psych degrees your maths doesn't actually have to be that great as there are programmes that do it for you. Not sure how true this is but it did deter me from doing psych degree 20 years ago!

Educational psychology is very well paid and there aren’t enough of them at the moment so has good prospects.

It’s a very research based/academic role though-you’d need a 2.1 minimum in your degree (3y), or to follow it with a masters, and then probably a year minimum working in education, then a 3-4 year doctorate. It’s a long old slog!

DS2 is a nurse. He graduated with a first last Summer. He had a part time job for the whole of the course, as did the vast majority of his friendship group, and he had a social life. He obviously wasn't out on the town every night or weekend but neither were his housemates who weren't doing nursing degrees.

If shes not 100% sure about it i wouldn't recommend it though

Ed Psych : I have never met anyone under 40! As a PP said, you need other experiences first. Plus, they can be a dying breed.

You would need 3 A levels or equivalent for a psychology degree shopping, usually. The BTec counts for this.

Psychology degree, then HR.

I really think, at 18, you shouldn't be motivated by good worklife balance! And working in the NHS is about the people , not the money. But I have nevre been motivated by money, so can't graps this mindste very easily

Actually I think 18 is the perfect time to consider if you want to work long hours and shifts for shit pay in difficult conditions for the rest of your life.

And if not, choose something else!

Even if you think you can hack if for 10 years, then change jobs. Those 10 years you could have been progressing in a better/easier field.

My ipad sticks its not my typing honest. Im a nurse and i think a some kind of role model to her but since we all visit the unis shes started asking what time i start and finish work!

And every single nurse and doctor at work is discouraging their children.

I did English Lit, Biology and Psychology A levels, albeit in 1999. I went to uni and did a hotel management degree. I now work in the head office of a large high street retailer, in Marketing, and have been here for 11 years 😂
Not sure that’s the best answer your niece may want, but I have a good work life balance.

Its really hard to explain that your degree doesnt always lead to a job in that field, isnt it?

I have English and psychology Alevels.
Did a degree is psychology and now teach maths in a college.

How about a gap year.

Great for exploring a couple of career options, volunteering, travel, meeting people from different backgrounds with different careers.

I know it is but unfortunately its not really in our WC culture to fund trips abroad. Right from school none of the kids do it. Very sad but my sister panics about money and niece is eager to get to uni.

I have to be honest, I dodn't think your niece sounds all that eager to get to uni : or at least not to study. But it may just be because you have been selective with your information.

I'm currently doing a degree in psychology and I have appalling math skills. I've tired and failed twice to get my maths gcse but luckily got accepted on to my degree with out it.
A pp is correct psychology is very statistics based, however, we use programmes that do it all for us so even with limited maths skills like my own it isnt too difficult to overcome I've just had to really concentrate and work a lot harder on the stats side of things
Is psychology something your dn maybe interested in?