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Access to Higher Education: Criminolgy, Social Sciences and Education

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Course overview

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.

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.