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Mature study and retraining

Talk to other Mumsnetters who are considering a career change or are mature students.

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Has anyone retrained as a midwife or something else medical in their 40s?

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BrutusMcDogface · 10/02/2024 11:55

I’m a teacher who is desperate to retrain.

I have four kids who might make retraining difficult!

Any experiences to share?

thank you 😊

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CoffeeWithCheese · 10/04/2024 12:15

BrutusMcDogface · 18/02/2024 16:03

@ClawdeenWolf would you mind telling me what you’re doing? I’ve signed up to allied health professional emails from the nhs.

pp who mentioned speech therapy; that definitely interests me and works with my current experience, but I can’t afford the degree as I’m not able to get another student loan.

I switched from primary teaching to SALT - love it.

And yes, it's an allied health professions degree so you're eligible for a second student finance package and also the training bursary.

Thought initially I'd want to go into paediatrics but I actually work in adult LD and love it.

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BrutusMcDogface · 16/05/2024 19:35

Hi! I’ve dredged this back up as the applications are open for the access course and I’m still undecided! Thank you for the replies; it’s great to hear others’ experiences!

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BrutusMcDogface · 16/05/2024 19:36

Oh, and I have officially finished teaching! 🙌

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Rocknrollstar · 16/05/2024 20:21

Soccermumamir · 12/02/2024 08:56

I'm thinking that I would quite like to work in the charity sector. Not sure about the role as yet, but I am interested in the business side of things. I work in admin at the moment in FE, and although the holidays are lovely, the stress of the job has become too much. There's two of us and we line manage over 70 staff. It can be very draining.

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DD works in the charity sector and has just been awarded a long service award. She loves her job, likes her colleagues, enjoys feeling she is making a difference and the job is near home.What they don’t give you is a good salary. She earns half of what her cousin earns in the private sector doing pretty much the same job.

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