Flexibility for work, play and study

Bernice Giggins from South Darenth, Kent
Personal Assistant to Senior Project Assistant
Studying Foundation Degree in Business & Management

I work for a construction company as a PA to the CE / Senior Project Assistant. I am a full time working mother and wife. I joined this course because I wanted to gain additional qualifications to assist me in my career progression and achieve a personal goal of obtaining a degree.

My studies are flexible and fit around my free time at work, lunch times and when I have time at home. I find that the amount of work I fit into this time allows me to not have to work on the course at the weekends leaving me time for my home and social life as well.

So far this course has improved my self confidence, it’s made me realise my strengths and weaknesses and helped me to improve on these. At work I have seen a marked improvement in my abilities and this has lead to more responsibilities.

I really enjoy the online seminars and discussion forum, Kaplan’s superior online platform is so easy to use and makes this course simple to navigate and flows really well. The tutor is approachable and provides a varied learning style. Any issues I have raised have been dealt with quickly and efficiently and Kaplan appears to genuinely want their students to succeed.