Anne Colgan
The course is great fun - whether it’s for a career or just to enjoy. Most people are nervous when you meet a bunch of new people, but everyone was there to learn and have fun!
Entry Requirements
Immediate entry to the one-year Level 3 Access to HE Diploma offers students who have already attained sufficient GCSE qualifications the quickest route to university. Usually this means students must have attained 4 GCSEs grade A-C/9-4, including English and Maths.
Level 2 equivalents may also be accepted in some circumstances.
Details
Our current, and redesigned, Business Management Level 3 Access to Higher Education course (incorporating units of Law) is the perfect route into many university degree courses and careers relating to Business, Management and Law – including International Business/Environmental/Intellectual Property/Employment/Contract Law, Finance, Business Management, Consultancy, Marketing, Advertising, Entrepreneurship, Organisational Psychology, Human Resources and many more.
You will be tutored by experienced lecturers, engage in a range of classroom and assessment activities, attend field trips and interact with visiting speakers. Study and other skills will be developed through the course from research methods and referencing to essay and report writing, to giving presentations and producing digital posters.
Assessment is modular – so you will be able to spread submissions over the year, usually completing three assignments every 6 or 7 weeks. Lots of support will be provided to help you find your way back into education if you have been away for a while – which a lot of our students have.
The course is divided into 3 modules - Business, Law and Management, and topics include:
Business modules:
- Business Ethics
- Introduction to Marketing
- Sustainability
Law modules:
- Precedent, Statue and Statutory Interpretation
- Negligence
- Property Offences
- Employment Law
Management modules:
- Business Management Structures
- Management Styles
- Managing Change
- Managing Conflict in the Workplace
The above modules encourage your engagement with a wide range of controversial issues - from the power of the courts and government to the responsibility of businesses to act ethically in relation to employees and climate change.
The Access programme requires attendance for 14 hours per week over 34 weeks. Level 3 students can, in some cases, combine evening with day time study depending on their chosen pathway.
Work Experience
There are no formal work experience requirements on this course.
Progression
The Access to HE Diploma offers students a way to gain the qualifications needed to enter Higher Education and gain a degree, helping them to enter their chosen career.
