Posts tagged with "learner story"
Eirini: "The VHS helped me to realise what I can do with my life"
"Hello, my name is Eirini and I have been now for over a year at VHS Bochum. I originally came from Greece and have lived in Germany since 2015. In the past, I never had good experiences with schools and that is why I dropped out of school. But si...
Zainab: "I wanted to take a chance on something everyone around me advised me not to do"
"Hello my name is Zainab. I visit the VHS Bochum, because I wanted to catch up on my degree. I wanted to take a chance on something everyone around me advised me not to do. Everyone told me it was going to be too difficult and fast for me, but thi...
Katharina: "I learned a lot about myself and about life in general"
"Hello, my name is Katharina. I came to VHS Bochum through my grandmother. She encouraged me that I would have good opportunities there to catch up on my degrees. And she was right!
Only if it doesn’t work out somewhere else, that doesn’t...
Hendryk: "Through the VHS I found joy in learning again"
"To the VHS Bochum I came through my father. I knew he caught up on a degree there. That is why I have taken the initiative to do the same. Through the VHS I found joy in learning again. Here, you can be just the way you are and the teachers are s...
Fakhra: "When I first started my ESOL course at Oldham Council’s Lifelong Learning Service, I couldn’t speak English"
Fakhra, 35, Social Care Worker
Fakhra spoke no English when she moved to the UK in 2010 and lacked the confidence to explore beyond her home environment. When her husband died shortly after she gave birth to her third child, adult lea...
Jason: "Learning has also made me feel like a man again, and because of this my sons have got their dad back."
Jason, 48, Caretaker at Together Housing
Jason was recovering from severe brain damage and years of homelessness when he found training opportunities and a new sense of direction through Newground Together. Jason’s success in lea...
Rebecca: "A picture of myself at my graduation ceremony with my children by my side now hangs on my office wall and brings a smile to my face every time I look at it."
Rebecca, 39, Senior Project Manager at Serco
Rebecca enrolled on the Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship while working as a prison officer at HMP Dovegate. For her apprenticeship project, she successfully pitched to invite a...
Svitlana: "The knowledge gained at the education centres allows me to tell the difference between psychology and coaching, and to compare the two branches."
Svitlana, 37, self-employed, studying to gain a professional coach certification
Svitlana attended a series of courses based on ALEC "Centers Educatio" in Lviv, in particular, "The practical psychology', "Mental health", "Art-therapy", "Acco...
Oleksandra: "After the first learning experience, I don't understand how I lived without it before"
Oleksandra 42, former kindergarten teacher, entrepreneur, current home pastry chef, and vocational trainer
Previously Oleksandra took a series of culinary workshops on the base of ALEC "Pershyi" (the center is located in the temporarily occu...
Korina: "All the courses of the program were pleasant and easy to learn"
Korina, 40
"Greece has a lot to offer concerning the adult's education. Apart from the Universities, there are also Institutions and Academies where adults can participate in professional training programs for upskilling and reskilling. Comp...