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Ken Curley was inspired to become a psychotherapist when he saw the “amazing” positive changes counselling brought to people. He has now found his true calling – and he’s continuing to learn and grow in the profession with the help of our University of Derby Online Learning courses.

Online student Mo Aledeh helps patients on their journey to recovery in a hospital psychiatric department in Vienna in Austria. For him, gaining a deeper understanding of his patient’s issues would help him in his role. That’s when he discovered our online counselling courses. He is now studying our Cognitive Behavioural Therapeutic Approaches (Top-Up) BSC (Hons).

Derby Business School is delivering carbon literacy training to health providers and business leaders, as well as its own staff and students. Find out more about what's been achieved so far.

Health psychology experts at the University of Derby have helped improve the treatment of pain – and quality of life – for patients with chronic medical conditions such as haemophilia and sickle cell disease. The work has been carried out by Professor James Elander, Professor David Sheffield, and Andrew Baird.

Online nursing student Phil Richardson set his sights on emigrating to Australia. Gaining a degree would help him to achieve his goal. Now armed with a First-Class Nursing Studies (Top-Up) BSc from University of Derby Online Learning, he is in the process of obtaining his visa, finding a place to live and moving there with his husband and two dogs.

For University of Derby Online Learning Ergonomics student Philippa Tredget, Ergonomics is about making her products just right for the end user. It’s about getting everything in the perfect place. And it’s about saving lives. Because Philippa designs tanks for the British Army.

Stephen Sadiku knew that he wanted to obtain his Nursing Studies BSc. He found he could study with the University of Derby Online Learning while continuing to work in his hospital role. Choosing our accelerated rate also meant he completed his top-up course within a year. And he developed new skills along the way that have helped him to become a better nurse and an inspiration to others.