Castle Hill Hospital hold nursing apprenticeship drop-in session
A hospital is hosting a drop-in session for people interested in nursing apprenticeships.The event will be held at Castle Hill Hospital, in Cottingham, on Wednesday.According to NHS Humber Health Partnership, which also runs hospitals in Hull, Scunthorpe, Grimsby and Goole, apprenticeships are not just for the young.Anne Burdis, widening participation manager, said: "Crucially, we'll have a number of current apprentices joining us [at the event] to share their own personal experiences, hints and tips with those who might be thinking of starting off on this path."
Ms Burdis said a similar event last year proved popular.She said: "We had queues of people looking to chat with us about how apprenticeships work and how they could benefit, so we felt we just had to do it again."This Wednesday, we'll have lots of people available to help, including current nursing staff, members of our own education team and those of the learning providers we work with."
Catherine Stafford, who started a speech and language therapy apprenticeship at Goole and District Hospital in 2024, recommended the career path.She said: "Studying through an apprenticeship was much more accessible to me, and much more achievable as a mum."I had been out of education for a few years so I was slightly nervous about starting, especially as I wouldn't be in a traditional classroom setting, but there was a vast amount of support available."
Apprenticeships for all
Katherine Bosanquet, the partnership's training and apprentice manager, added: "There has long been a perception that apprenticeships are just for school leavers, or that they're a second choice to university, but nothing could be further from the truth. "In actual fact, people take on apprenticeships at all stages of life; they're not just for young people or for people at the very start of learning a trade or profession."Listen to highlights from Hull and East Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
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