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 Higher Education: Criminolgy, Social Sciences and Education

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