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right to cut a long story short after finding out my mates arent any good and wont stand by me when needed i was seriously considering dropping out of college at the end of this year!

so anyway now ive calmed down ive decided i WILL stay and finish my a levels (biology, pe and psychology) but instead of going straight to uni to do physio i now want to go and do somethhing equine based ( equine management?!) with the view to doing that and then going to do human physio and then specialing in equine physio.

so what equine courses would people recommend ? i dont have my own horse so i feel slightly disadvantaged there but jsut wondered what people recommended?

I dont mind moving to do the course either

sorry its long but im jsut soo confused what to do now and just feel i want to go back to do something with horses and forget about everything else for a while (at the end of the day you can tell them anything and they dont judge you )
 
Your direction sounds a like confused and this may be due to having had a recent bad time and running on emotions.

I suggest you take a backward step, rebalance your life and have a real good think about the career path you wish to take. Working with horses, yes, lovely but hard work, can be poorly paid and no much career prospects.

If you are interested in physo as you state the path to a career is long. After your degree you have a few more years study until you can practice and then the rewards can be great. For the other subjects you mention there are opportunites, but a competitive market place to get a well paid job. Could you not think of tying up what you are currently studying to a career where you can make rapid progression and perhaps aim to become self employed where the earnings do not have a ceiling and you can progress.

I think you should give yourself time and more options and try and think along the long term implications of the study path you choose, see if the end result, the job would give you enjoyment, job satisfaction and good wages, all of these are important.

As for friends, throughout your life, some friends stay, some go, some move away. As you change as a person so do friends and who are the sort of people you want to be involved in your life. If the friends you have had, havent worked out, dont worry, move on. Think about the types of people you enjoy being with and seek new friendships away from the shallow types and find people that are solid, stable and loyal. Quite often people you over-look, but just perhaps looking at them and not making an effort to speak and get to know them can be the best sort of friends you could ever wish to meet.

Take care, I realise you are going through a hard time, just be patient with yourself and take each day as it comes and things will work out. You dont have to rush to make life changing decisions.
 
You know what I think, stay put and ignore them, there's a perfectly good equine college in our area and you have a horse to ride up here whenever you want!!!

((((hugs))))
 
Have you spoken to the Connexions people? The ones that speak to the kids I teach are quite good. They can help you come up with a whole range of ideas that you may like but haven't even considered, (or don't know about!). Good luck in finding the right thing for you.
 
I can't really help by telling you what to do but in two weeks time I sit my final physiotherapy exam and as of 3 weeks time will hopefully be a qualified physiotherapist so any questions about the course are welcome if that will help you decide? Just pm me lol.
 
If it was me, Id get my human physio done and out of the way then think about the equine world. I wish Id listened to my Mum when I wanted to give up nursing for the nags. I left and here I am with the nags, which I love, but do have regrets about not having a nursing diploma to fall back on. Lord, Im sounding like her now! Good luck with whatever you decide.M.
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Fiona_C will tell you that i often make rash decisions and usually things work out ok.

i jsut fancy doing something equine as a way of rebalancing myself and my life, i often turned to the horses i was riding for something when things got low so it jsut seems nautral to do and do something equine to regain the calm.

ive already chosen my top 10 unis for physio and intend to really work next year to get my grades so that i can eventually do it, at the moment i just dont feel ready to do it
 
The path to equine physio is definately a long one. I've been a qualified human physio for nearly 5 years now and had every intension of going to do my equine masters since qualifying, but life especially horses keeps getting in the way.
This is great as I have a lovely horse, a fab house, a great really rewarding job and I do intend to fulfill my dream at some time.

The point I'm trying to make is actually that whilst everything is great for me, and having a wonderfully rewarding job working in the NHS is great, the NHS at the moment is not the best place for new graduates to find work. Our NHS trust is not taking on any new staff and is actually making people redundant. The competition for new graduates is enormous. There are about half of last years graduates still without jobs, and the people graduating this year I believe are not finding jobs anywhere. A student who was with me recently said that only 2 people out of 120 in her year had jobs for when they graduate. The year I graduated we all had jobs lined up before we had sat our finals!!!
Whilst I love my job in the hospital, and the situation may change in a few years time for new graduates, I would not recomend for anyone to go into working for the NHS at the moment. I know that is not your ultimate goal but realistically not many people go straight into equine physio, and in fact you have to have 2 years experience as a human physio whilst/before you do your equine training.

My advice would be to do your general equine course and see where that takes you. There are lots of career options that open up when you do these courses and if I were to do it all over again I would probably do an equine science degree. I have a friend doing equine studies at hartpury (sp) college and is absolutely loving it. This is a longer course but there are lots of establishments offering a wise range of courses, from short courses to full blown degrees. Do your research on the net and visit a few places. A close friends brother just finished doing equine studies at Moreton Morrel (sp) and also had a fab time and gained a very useable qualification at the same time.

You are right in that the best thing you can do at the moment is work hard and get the best grades you can for your A-levels. I didn't and only just scraped into uni for my physio degree. I wouldn't get in now with the marks I get then as the places at uni are also very competative.

Good luck with whatever you chose and keep us informed.

Jo
 
thanks very much for that jo, i knew there is a struggle to get jobs but seeing as i want to travel/work abroad at some point physio would let me do this.
so personally you recommend i go and do the equine as something else to fall back onto ?
 
I think if you did an equine course of some description and still wanted to do physio then that would be fine. Then you'd really know if you wanted to be a physio or if some other career in the horsie world would actually be right for you. If you did go on to do a physio degree and then apply to do equine physio then the equine course you did first would only help you with that application, so it wouldn't be a waste of your time or effort.

I discussed the problem of staffing levels for newly qualified and in fact all physio jobs with some colleagues (sp) at work today and one of my friends made a good point. She noted that the problems with the staffing in the NHS at the moment were to do with money and nothing to do with lack of work. In fact we are so busy I spend my days charging around like an idiot trying to get all the work done and really could do with twice the number of staff. This means that once someone (Gordon Brown maybe) has sorted out the money problems, then there will be jobs springing up all over the place and new graduates will again have a choice of where to work.

Thinking about it if you do an equine course and then a physio degree then you wouldn't be looking for a job for 4 or 5 years. The overseas option is a good one. I know of loads of people getting work in Aus and NZ and Canada and the like. You have to do a portfolio to prove your competance for some of the countries so keep all your uni documentation safe cos you'll need it.

Whatever direction you chose good luck with it, and enjoy it. Being a physio is great, I just wish it paid more!!!!!
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Jo
 
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You know what I think, stay put and ignore them, there's a perfectly good equine college in our area and you have a horse to ride up here whenever you want!!!

((((hugs))))

[/ QUOTE ]ha ha ha jsut reread what you wrote and i read it as: You know what I think, there's a perfectly good equine college in our area and you have a horse to ride up here whenever you want!!!

((((hugs))))
 
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