Access to Higher Education
Become a... university graduate! These courses will help you to get the skills and qualifications you need to get into university.
Thinking about getting a degree but don’t have the qualifications to get you there? Mature student over 19? Access courses provide a nationally recognised, non A Level route to university or higher education for mature students without formal entry requirements. They can be studied full-time over one year or part-time over two years. Choose from Arts and Humanities, Business, Nursing and Health, Social Sciences or Teacher Training.
Why choose Guildford College?
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90% of students progress to university after completing the programme
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Expert guidance – university applications and careers advice
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Learning Resource Centre stacked with over 30,000 resources and including study zones and computers. Information is also accessible remotely and staff are on hand to help and give advice
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Subject-specialist teaching staff, providing an excellent standard of teaching
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Interactive teaching and learning facilities including interactive whiteboards
Day to day
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Discussing business objectives and strategy
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Debating controversial topics
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Finding out about crime and punishment, law and society in the UK today
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Reading, researching and writing
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Analysing books and films
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Teaching and/or helping others
Average salary
Once you have done your degree you could progress to professions including teaching, nursing, social work and many others. Teachers and nurses can earn between £20-35,000 depending on experience, rising to higher than this for more senior positions. Starting salaries for social workers are typically around £20,000, rising to between £26-40,000 in positions of more responsibility.
Moving on
The College offers a wide variety of Foundation Degrees, HNDs and Degrees or you could move on to a university of your choice. Our Access courses are designed to provide entry to a wide range of subject areas including teacher training, social work, law, nursing, English, business studies, history, philosophy, psychology, sociology, politics, or other subjects at university
Links
www.ucas.com| - UCAS is the central organisation that processes applications for full-time undergraduate courses at UK universities and colleges.
www.qaa.ac.uk/access| - The Quality Assurance Agency licenses authorised validating agencies to recognise Access to Higher Education programmes, and to award Access to Higher Education certificates to students.
www.aimhigher.ac.uk| - Aim Higher aims to widen participation in higher education by raising the awareness, aspirations and attainment of young people from under-represented groups.