Foundation Degree Counselling: University of East London

About the programme

A professional counsellor training programme at undergraduate level, which reflects contemporary developments in counselling as the profession prepares for statutory regulation. The programme is designed to equip students with the skills and knowledge required for practice as a person-centred counsellor, to facilitate the necessary self awareness, personal and professional development and to enable progression to Year 3 of the BSC (Hons) Counselling.

Career opportunities

At present there is no statutory regulation of counsellors in the UK, but there are plans to introduce a register in 2011. They have done their best to design a programme which is a thorough and contemporary preparation for a career as a professional counsellor, and which will equip you with the skills, qualities, knowledge and development you need. The programme has been carefully designed around the best information available about what will be required for programmes leading to registration.

Admission requirments

For admission to the Foundation Degree in Counselling programme candidates will normally require:

• NQF Level 2 qualification in counselling skills and NQF Level 3 in counselling skills/studies
• They also accept people with Access, NVQ and a variety of other pre-University level qualiications including International and European Baccalaureate
• Students may also be admitted through Accreditation of Experiential Learning (AEL) or Acreditation of Certificated Learning (ACL) processes.
• In the case of applicants whose first language is not English, then IELTS 6 (or equivalent) is required. International qualifications will be checked for appropriate matriculation to UK Higher Education undergraduate programmes
• There is a minimum age limit of 21 (at the time of the start of the course).