Course code: UPZV003P
Subject area: A Carer’s Journey
Study level: Part Time
Course level: U
Course time:
3:00pm - 4:15pm
Days of week:
Monday
Course date:
8th Jan 2024 - 5th Feb 2024
Course location:
OnlineThis course is deliverd Online using Zoom.
Any unpaid carer who is looking after someone with a long-term illness, special need or impairment is invited to join this online course.
What the course will cover:
The programme aims to offer a variety of reflective techniques to bring an awareness of the importance of meaning in our life to wellbeing and health. The core concept of the course is to bring about eudaimonic wellbeing in our lives.
Some religious concepts from Far Eastern culture will be illustrated although Asian religion is not the foci. The course infers the tradition of eudaimonia from a variety of angles, with simple experimental exercises:
• Listening Skills – communicate with our body/feelings (simple hand reflexology)
• Life Cycle – reflection on who we are and birth story (simple breathing technique)
• Zen Concept – an invitation to the simple life and eastern diet (simple healthy snack idea)
• Feng Shui Concept – finding energy forces from surrounding environment (adding Feng Shui touch by your entrance)
• Chi Energy – Life energy runs our body (simple chi exercise)
Course Outcomes
By participating in this course participants will have the opportunity to:
• identify different experimental exercises influenced by Far Eastern philosophies
• explore different approaches to wellbeing through various Asian traditions
• participate in simple meditation techniques
Abingdon and Witney College is subject to Ofsted regulation and is required to work with all its students to make sure they understand Government initiatives around Safeguarding, Prevent and Fundamental British Values. Information on these matters will be shared with you during your course.
You will also be asked to complete monitoring paperwork, which helps us to deliver course content to the highest quality.
Courses can fill fast, so please enrol early to avoid disappointment. Decisions on whether a course is to run are made two weeks prior to the start date - an email will be sent to you should there be changes to your course or if it is cancelled. Please check your inbox leading up to your course, including the junk folders. For anyone without an email account, our Admissions team will phone you instead.
For the first week of the course you will need to bring a valid form of identification; this includes passport, driving licence, debit/credit card, Birth Certificate or National Insurance card.
Please note - you should be 19 years old or over at 31st August 2023 prior to starting the course.
Before starting a course, the College is required to check you meet conditions relating to that funding, e.g. age, residency status within the UK/EEA, prior qualification level and employment status. In some circumstances (such as with online enrolments), these checks can only be completed after you have enrolled and paid.
If you are unable to pay in full for this course at the time of enrolment, and the course tuition fee is £300 or more, an instalment plan is available. If this is your preference, please do not enrol online but rather call the Admissions Team on 01235 216400 to enrol.
Once enrolled, Admissions will take the first instalment payment from you and pass on your details to the Finance team who will email you to set-up your payment plan. Please return a fully completed instalment plan to Finance as failure to do so could result in being withdrawn from your course.
The rules on fee reduction are complicated, we would encourage you to talk to our Admissions Team on 01235 216400 to discuss these options. You can find more information on our Fees and Bursaries page - search "Fees and Bursaries" at the top of the page.
19+ Fee:
Tuition Fee: £0.00
Exam Fee: £0.00
Total Cost: £0.00
19+ Reduced Fee:
Tuition Fee: £0.00
Exam Fee: £0.00
Total Cost: £0.00
As this is a non-accredited course, there is no formal qualification. However, you will be required to measure your progress by completing a RARPA form which represents the Recognition and Recording of your Progress and Achievement.