Instead students at Halesowen College are enrolling onto new short courses that cano compliment their work experience. Lots of placements have been put on hold due to coronavirus. Instead students have been choosing alternative courses including social awareness, employability and self development, understanding stress, infection control and health and safety in the workplace. For each course they complete they will receive a certificate which will help them develop their CV. Sarah Partridge, Animal Care Work Placement Officer at Halesowen College, said: “Lots of work experience placements are not able to happen at the moment so we wanted to look at an alternative for our students.