Abstract
Government agendas seek to widen participation in university education. Reforms of the National Health Service incorporate a commitment to increase the number of occupational therapists being educated. As a result, the nature of recruitment is changing, with an increasing number of students commencing occupational therapy pre-registration programmes with non-traditional entry qualifications.
In response to the apparent difficulty with meeting academic requirements experienced by some of these students, the School of Health Professions and Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Southampton developed an innovative short course known as ‘Summer School’, aimed at easing the transition into higher education. The evaluation of participant feedback gathered through questionnaires at two points during their first year indicates the potential of the course for preparing students with non-traditional entry qualifications for study at undergraduate level.
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