KEY COURSE DETAILS

• Course Fee: £3,022
• Course length: 10 months
• Recommended study per week: 15 hours*
• Total number of units within the course: 19

* You should allow a total of around of around 15 study hours per week to complete the whole qualification, over 10 months. If you study more hours each week, you may finish the course more quickly.

Designed to offer a suitable alternative to traditional qualifications, the Access to HE Diploma is the perfect programme to prepare you for studying business at a higher level. With modules on business topics such as market structures, management, marketing, macro-economics and consumer legislation, the Access to HE Diploma (Business and Management) ensures you will be ready for any business degree. You will also complete units on research and study, which will refine your learning skills and equip you with the competencies you need for university-based study.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Learners must have a GCSE in maths and English (grade A* - C or Level 4 – 8’ or an equivalent) and aspire to study a business or management related degree at university.

Access to Higher Education Diplomas are widely accepted as an alternative to 'A Levels' for University admission. The programmes have a track record of success in helping students to gain admission to University.

Learners should, however, be aware that Universities each apply their own admissions criteria, and these vary broadly depending on the reputation and popularity of the university and of the degree programme that relates to your area of interest.

These ‘variable’ admission criteria may include but are not limited to:

• Achievement of a certain amount of Access to HE Diploma units at Merit or above.

• Successful completion of a face-to-face interview at the University

• Successful completion of literacy and numeracy assessments by the University.

• Completion of specific unpaid ‘work experience’ or a previous ‘job role’.

• Prior attainment of GCSE English and/or Maths Science – or equivalents, such as Functional/Key Skills at Level 2, NVQ Certificate in a related subject at Level 2 etc.

It is vitally important that each student investigates the entry requirements of a range of universities that they could practically attend to determine if the diploma and unit choices within meet each set of entry requirements.

Students should complete this exercise as early as possible so that they can plan for which establishment they will be applying to, and start to work towards it.

Whilst we have the fullest confidence that the Access to Higher Education Diplomas are compliant and perfectly sufficient to form part of a University application, East Sussex College will not be able to accept any liability for the inability of any Access to Higher Education learner to secure an offer from a Higher Education establishment due to the ‘variables’ involved.

DELIVERY STYLE

This online course differs to a classroom course, as you will not be taught. Instead, you will study independently following the online learning materials and completing assignments. Your dedicated unit assessor can be contacted through the message system on the VLE (Virtual Learning Environment). If you need any guidance, help, or wish to book in a phone or Teams video support call you can message your assessor or contact the admin team. We allow 10 months to work through the course, so it’s flexible in that you can study when you want eg the course platform is available 24/7 however you will have deadlines to meet to complete each unit assignment.

HOW WILL MY ACCESS TO HE DIPLOMA BE ASSESSED?

The Access to HE Diploma (Business and Management) is a nationally recognised QAA endorsed qualification. You will need to achieve a total of 60 credits to qualify and progress your studies. Of those 60, 45 of these credits will come from graded units on academic content, whilst the remaining 15 will be taken from ungraded units on study skills.