Public Services FdA

**Note: Due to the course delivery location and visa restrictions, this course is NOT available to international students requiring a Student Visa**.<br/><br/>**Location**: This is an award of Teesside University delivered in partnership with **Hartlepool College** (campus code 5, call 01429 295000).<br/><br/>**Course overview**: <br/>This is a Teesside University award delivered in partnership with Hartlepool College of Further Education. Employment prospects in public services are vast and varied whether in the uniformed or non-uniformed area. This programme integrates work-related experience and the academic knowledge required for a career in public services.<br/><br/>This programme, studied at a local FE college, provides you with a recognised qualification which enhances your opportunities for potential employment within the police and fire services, the armed forces, local government, civil service, education, prison service and ambulance services. The course develops your knowledge and understanding of the relationship between theory and practice in the public services sector, and introduces a variety of analytical approaches and current issues.<br/><br/>**Top reasons to study this course**<br/>1. Whilst studying this course at your local FE college, you are also a student of Teesside University, with access to many extra-curricular facilities at the Middlesbrough campus.<br/>2. You develop your problem-solving and analytical skills to explore and identify solutions to issues.<br/>3. You are encouraged to appreciate alternative views and beliefs.<br/>4. You develop an appreciation of investigation in the real world.<br/><br/>**After the course**: <br/>This programme will appeal to anyone who is either considering a career in the uniformed public services or who aspires to being involved in a management role in a public services-related career.