Full-Time & A Level Courses

Access to HE (Health & Social Care) Level 3

Level 3

Course code: H11D114
Type: Full Time, A Level & T Level > Full Time
Duration: 1 Year
Subject area: Health & Social Care,Nursing
Location: Hereford
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Hereford – Access to HE Dip

About the course

This Level3 Access to HE Diploma is regulated by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) and isdesigned to prepare learners without traditional qualifications for entry into Higher Education (HE). The Diplomaprovides an opportunity for learners to acquire and develop knowledge and skills needed to progress to highereducation study and enables learners to develop social and emotional skills such as communication and confidence.

What qualification will I gain?

Level 3 Diploma in Access to HE (Health & Social Care).

Why choose us

There is a wide range of employment and development opportuinities within the health and social care sector. You could be working with many dfiferent people and you have the potential to make a big difference to a person’s life. This makes health and social care a rewarding career choice.

What you could do next

On the successful completion of this course. Students could progress to employment within a healthcare environment or apply for university courses in a range of fields within the healthcare sector.

Popular modules

  • Academic Study Techniques WNI853

  • Developing Critical Thinking WNI855

  • Professional Behaviours – Nursing and Health Professions WNI875

  • Progressing to HE WNI866

  • Extended Essay WNI870 Research

  • Understanding Mental Health WNI116

  • A Medical Condition WNI084

  • Understanding Eating Disorders WNI115

  • Equality and Diversity in HealthCare

  • Care Planning WNI087

  • WNI095

  • Behaviourism WNI118

  • Cognitive Developmental Psychology WNI119

  • Early Social Development WNI121

  • Inequalities in Health and Social Care WNI155

  • Youth and Popular Culture in Britain WNI176

  • Crime and Deviance WNI150

  • Anatomy WN1063

Key facts

Assessment methods

Essay writing, reports, presentations, practical academic displays, discussions, reflection,role play,research projects field work time-constrainedassessment.

The assessment strategy for this Diploma will be designed to ensure that a student’s confidence and skills are sufficiently developed so thatthey are prepared for the rigorous assessment regimes that they will encounterwhen they progress onto programmes of study in higher education. The provider must ensure that appropriatequality assurance mechanisms are in place, for example,internal moderation, team meetings, standardisation andstudent representation.

Entry requirements

There is no formal entry requirements for students applying for the AIM Qulifications and Assessment Group Acess to HE Diplomas.

Learners admitted onto the Diploma should possess the necessary skills and personal qualities to cope with the demands of the course.

Candidates should normally operate at least at Level 2 in English and Level 2 in mathematics before being accepted onto a course leading to the Diploma.

This is a demanding course and prospective students must show appropriate levels of commitment and motivation.