Many people decide they would like to go back into education at a higher level, but find they do not have the necessary qualifications or lack confidence.
The college offers two Access to Higher Education programmes: Access to Higher Education Diploma and Access to Health and Social Care: Nursery and Midwifery. The courses have been developed to help adult learners open the door to Higher Education. Validated by the Open College Network East Midlands Region, the courses are nationally recognised and successful students may apply to any university or college in the country, and to Nursing or Midwifery training.
Large numbers of our students gain places on Higher Education courses in areas like nursing and teacher training, as well as general degree courses. Students on this course consistently achieve high pass rates.
Mark Clark
Having ambitions to earn money so he could travel, Mark decided to go straight into work after completing his GCSEs. After 6 months he decided to go to Ukraine to work with children in a summer camp for 2 weeks and then continued his work at a school for a few more months.
Access to Higher Education Diploma The subject areas/options offered are (you will need to choose 2): English Literature, History, Sociology, Psychology, Computing, Maths, Biology, Law and Business. Compulsory elements include Study Skills, English, Maths and Information Technology. Students intending to go into teacher training may also need to study an additional level 2 Science course, depending on previous qualifications.
Access to Health and Social Care The subject areas/options offered are: Biology plus either Psychology or Sociology. Compulsory elements include Study Skills, English, Maths (in a nursing context) and Information Technology.
Option Subject choices
Computing - units / subjects covered: Introduction to Programming, Control and Robotics, Computing Project, Programming in a Visual Environment, Systems Analysis and Design, Web Page Design and Production, Website Design using Photoshop© and Dreamweaver©.
“My experience in Ukraine inspired me so much that I developed a passion to teach and with a strong interest in religion, I liked the idea of teaching religious studies at secondary level.”
“I found out about the Access course and realised that is was the perfect route to get me into university. The programme is very flexible so there is the option to work as well as study and it is nice to work with other adult learners who have come back into education.”
Mark is due to finish his course at Boston College and has been accepted at one of the top 20 Universities in the UK, The University of Glasgow.
“Once I have finished university I plan to take a teaching qualification and eventually move abroad to teach, ideally somewhere warm.”
The information displayed here is currently being updated, due to the changes in the way the UK delivers Further Education with the introduction of the QCF. Please call the information Officer on 01205 313218 and request the latest Summary of Courses.
ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION FOR ADULTS
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