Open Day - May 2022

Title

Open Day - May 2022

When

Wednesday 18 May 2022

18:00 to 20:00

Where

HDS offices, 142 West Nile Street, Glasgow G1 2RQ

Click here for information about how to find us

Who’s it for?

Prospective students looking to enrol for our professional training.

We offer training courses for professionals working particularly in the NHS, social services, education, private practice and voluntary sector, for example.

Summary

Join us for our in-person* Open Day this May. We are delighted to welcome visitors to our Glasgow offices where our Training Suite and the HDS library are located.

The Open Day is an opportunity for prospective students to find out more and speak to our teaching staff about our academic courses.

Our academic courses:

We hope you will join us and we look forward to meeting you.

*Please note that whilst this is an in-person event, pre-registration is required as we continue to ensure that the health of visitors and staff is our priority. HDS follows the Scottish Government COVID-19 guidelines and we ask that visitors follow the guidelines accordingly.

Open Day programme

Anytime before the Open Day, watch our video presentations (pre-recorded by our teaching staff) who introduce our training courses.

Hear from Course Lead, Joanne Young, about the TWCYP and CAP course. This video was recorded for our virtual Open Day.

Hear from Course Lead, Liz Cairns, about the HRC programme. This video was recorded for our virtual Open Day.

18:00 Open Day begins

Pre-book a 15-minute Question and Answer (Q&A) meeting with our teaching staff. An ideal opportunity to ask questions unique to your circumstances to help you decide on whether to pursue professional training with HDS. Limited spaces so please book early using the booking form below.
Pre-book a short student support services talk which includes a tour of the HDS library. The Jock Sutherland Library is available to all our students during the course of their studies. When booking your Q&A meeting, you will be asked if you would like to book this talk and tour (which takes place after your Q&A meeting).

20:00 Open Day finishes

Whilst the Open Day officially ends, you can watch the video presentations on our website. If you have more questions for our teaching staff, you can still contact us.

Keeping our visitors and staff COVID-19 safe

Whilst this is an in-person event, we continue to ensure that the health of visitors and staff is our priority. HDS follows the Scottish Government COVID-19 guidelines and we ask that visitors follow the guidelines accordingly.

To keep this event COVID-19 safe, we will take the following steps:

Pre-registration is required to attend the Open Day so we can monitor the number of people attending our indoor event.
Q&A meetings and the student support services talk and library tour will take place in a ventilated office where windows will be open.
Our offices provide hand sanitiser and we respect those who choose to wear face coverings (some of our staff may choose to do this).

If you have any concerns about attending the event, please contact us before registering.

Book a Question and Answer (Q&A) meeting with our teaching staff

Use the booking form below to book a 15-minute Q&A meeting with our teaching staff.

If there isn’t a meeting time that suits you or all the meeting times have been booked, you can still complete a course enquiry form on our website if you have any questions about our training courses.

The Open Day has now passed.

Keep an eye out for more Open Days later this year.

Thank you.

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