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A day in the life of an Occupational Therapy student on placement.


Occupational Therapy BSc (Hons) student, Inge, shares her typical day as a work placement student at a Northamptonshire hospital. Work placements can boost your employability and are available on many…

11 March 2024

International Student POV: Physiotherapy Work Placement


Gina shares her Care Home placement experience as an International Student, studying Physiotherapy (pre-registration) MSc.

25 April 2023

My care home placement experience as a Physiotherapy master’s student


Bronwyn, in her first year of a master’s programme for physiotherapy, details what her placement year has been like and what she has learnt.

4 April 2023

Helen Bolton: my Occupational Therapy experience in Finland


Helen shares her experiences and the highlights of an Occupational Therapy journey of a lifetime through an exchange with the University of Applied Sciences (JAMK), Jyväskylä, Finland.

28 March 2023

Is Watching Football an Occupation?


While eager eyes across the planet monitor the action from the World Cup, how useful and valuable is watching football? Senior Lecturer in Occupational Therapy Nicola Cumbleton blogs about whether…

7 December 2022

Lift Up Your Everyday: Developing Yourself as an Occupational Therapist


For Occupational Therapy Week 2022, this blog looks at how research and continuing professional development, such as UON’s MSc degree, can benefit members of the public and OT professionals.

7 November 2022

All Roads Lead to OT: An Occupational Therapy Academic in the Making


Breanna Wagner blogs about why OT is something that has always been a part of her life, in one form or another.

5 October 2022