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First Steps into Access to HE
Overview
Do you want to gain more confidence, knowledge and skills before joining one of our Access to HE courses? Then this course is just for you!
This course is the ‘first steps’ to getting onto an Access to HE course and will provide you with the opportunity to acquire and develop the knowledge and skills needed to progress onto an Access to HE course in Healthcare, Science or Social Science. It will enable you to become confident in what is required of a successful Access to HE learner and will also support in developing those all important social skills essential for university life.
Access to HE courses are specifically designed for adults who have been out of formal education for some time but want to re-engage with education or make a career change. This preparatory course will give you an insight to see if it this is definitely the progression route for you.
What will I study?
- Study skills
- Psychology
- Sociology
- Biology
- Maths
- English.
- Entry requirements
Ideally you will need to have at least GCSE English Language or Maths at grade 4-9. However, if you do not have any of these you can still join us, but your progression after the 'First Steps' course will be different to other students. Please see below:
- If you already have GCSE English Language or Maths at grade 4-9 you can join ‘First steps'. You then may be able to progress onto the one-year Access to HE Dilpoma course from September, where you will study both the Access to HE Dilploma and the other required GCSE together. This route may be subject to an assessment whilst on the 'First Steps' course.
- If you do not have either GCSE English Language and Maths at grade 4-9 – you can still join 'First Steps', byt you will progress onto a two-year programme studying the Access to HE Diploma alongside both GCSEs together.
- If you have already have both GCSE English Language and GCSE Maths at grade 4-9 - you can join 'First Steps' and progress onto the one-year Access to HE Dilpoma course from September.
- Assessment
Assessed through regularly set assignments completed in your own time.
- Progression
- Access to HE Diploma (Healthcare Professions) – Level 3
- Access to HE Diploma (Sciences) – Level 3
- Access to HE Diploma (Social Sciences) Level 3
- Online - Access to HE Diploma (Nursing) - Level 3
- Online - Access to HE Diploma (Humanities and Social Sciences) - Level 3
- Online - Access to HE Diploma (Business) - Level 3.
- Careers
- Funding options
The course is FREE for anyone aged 19 or over, and will start in January 2025.
Disclaimer
Whilst every effort is made to ensure the information on the website is correct, some details may be subject to change. West Nottinghamshire College reserves the right to make amendments to the courses, dates, fees or other details, and to make cancellations or changes if numbers are insufficient. In the unfortunate situation that we have to cancel a course we will refund your fees in full, but we regret we are not able to offer any refund if you withdraw from your course or fail to start, and you will be liable to pay any outstanding fees that may be due.