1. ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY Cambridge
Roger Blick FHEA FSHAA
Senior Lecturer

2. Turning Ability into Employability
History
1858 – John Ruskin art school
2008 – 150th Anniversary
Currently student pop. 31,000
Distance learning specialists
Specialise in vocational subjects
Turning Ability into Employability

3. Chancellor Lord Ashcroft

4. Reflections and the Future
Foundation Degree Hearing aid Audiology
Certificate for Hearing Care Assistants

5. FDSc Audiology Validation and 1st Cohort Sept 2008
9 Graduated October 2010
Sept nd Cohort 24 new students +28 RHAD’s on “top up”
3rd Cohort January new, 27 RHAD’s and ISHAA
Sept 2010 – 29 students + 7 RHADs

6. Largest Course UK? CURRENTLY 154 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN ALL PATHWAYS
Includes NHS students

7. Main attractions Design born out of HAC ‘culture’
Earn & Learn with “Pre Reg” status after 2nd Semester practical exams
APCL for RHADs now standardised to 1st year.

8. FDSc Structure 1st Year 120 Credits @ Level 1
Learning Skills
Work sector / Work Based Learning
Basic Sciences (A&P)
Pathology
Audiometry 1
HAT 1

9. Clinical Skills examined to BSA stds end 2nd Semester
Audiometry + masking
Otoscopy & Impression taking
Case History
HAT & first fit
1st year accepted by HAC as Pre Reg

10. 2nd Year (RHAD’s_) 120 Credits @Level 2
Clinical Audiometry
Rehabilitation
HAT II
Work based Learning II
Specialised Professional Practice

11. Course development Virtual learning environments
Visiting Professor – David Baguley + Guest Clinical lecturers – Addenbrookes
ACTIVELY Recruiting Lecturer(s) to team

12. The Future
BSc
additional year
120 credits
2012?

13. Fees held for new course at £1500p.a.
Next Course September 2011
Fees held for new course at £1500p.a.

14. University Certificate for Hearing Care Assistants
Pathway leader
Roger Blick

15. HCA – Origins and role
Designed / commissioned in partnership with BSHAA

16. The HCA role A Hearing Care Assistant is defined as someone who :
 Has the attitudes, skills and knowledge base to provide safe and effective hearing care support to the Hearing Aid Dispenser working within a defined scope of practice and within defined levels of supervision.
BSHAA, Skills for Health (Jan2010)

17. University Role Fully distance Learning
University – Facilitate / Examine
Recognised qualification

18. BSHAA Role Educational support Entry to voluntary Register
Associate membership

19. HCA – Course Profile 3 modules = 60 credits
Learning & study skills (15) *Fd Credit
Understanding work sector (15) *Fd Credit
Clinical Procedures (30)

20. Examinations End Trimester 1
Learning and Study skills Workbook
Self assessment & Action plan
MCQ’s on module content and HPC

21. Examinations end Trimester 2
2 Online MCQ exams
Understanding Work Sector
Clinical Procedures
Clinical skills practical exam
Audiometry
Impressions
HAT
Case History

22. Demand? = min. 25 per course Up to 2 intakes p.a.
Currently September / January
Possibly September / May?

23. Next Course September 2011 Regional Roadshows - August
Fees held for next course at £750

24. Contact for info / application:

25. Roger Blick Anglia Ruskin University
Thank you!