Access to Higher Education (HE) courses are nationally recognised programmes of study designed to support adults (aged 19+) who have few qualifications or are changing career and don’t have the relevant entry criteria, but who are aspiring to study at university.
Access to HE Diploma (Social Sciences)
Course overview
Course information
This is a one-year course aims to prepare students
for university-level academic study.
During the course students will find out the answers
to question such as:
- Why do we forget
things? - How important are our childhood
experiences? - What causes mental illness?
- How does stress affect our health?
- Can criminals be reformed?
Social Science units to be
covered include:
- Youth
Justice - Trends in
Criminology - Introduction into Social
Work - Theories of Learning and
Safeguarding.
Start date
02-09-2025