Course Description
NCC Home Learning are delighted to be able to offer students the opportunity to enrol onto the Access to HE Diploma and will be offering course titles in our particular area of expertise - Health and Social Care. Students are required to choose a combination of subjects including 1 Level 2 course and 2 Level 3 courses to suit their area of interest and study at home at their own pace. The course by its very nature will be challenging but there will be plenty of support by experienced tutors to ensure students achieve.
Students will also be required to complete a mandatory HE Toolkit and mandatory Study Techniques in order to complete the Diploma.
CREDIT VALUE 60 CREDITS contributing to the Access to HE Diploma pathway.
RATIONALE
The Access to HE Diploma is aimed at anyone who would like to progress to University but does not have the relevant qualifications to enter. Usually these are people who have had a break in education and would like to return and achieve a qualification.
The purpose of this subject syllabus is to provide such learners, with an opportunity to study the principles and applications of their chosen subject areas at Levels 2 and 3 with sufficient focus and detail to develop the transferable skills, knowledge and understanding necessary for progression towards related programmes at a higher level and /or Higher Education.
The award of an Ascentis Access to HE Diploma is subject to satisfactory completion of all the requirements set out in the rules of combination for the named Access to HE Diploma. Satisfactory completion of this subject results in the award of 60 credits at Levels 2 and 3 of the Access to HE Diploma.
The award of an Ascentis Access to HE Diploma is subject to satisfactory completion of all the requirements set out in the rules of combination for the named Access to HE Diploma.
TARGET GROUP
Access to HE courses should be targeted at those learners who have the ability to benefit from the course and progress to HE but who have previously not had the opportunity to do so and have few, if any, prior qualifications.
INTENDED PROGRESSION
This Level 3 subject is included in the following Full QAA Access to HE Diploma Pathways:
- Health and Social Care Professions.
Learners are now required to read the full course details for each Access to HE course and choose ONE Level 2 course and TWO Level 3 courses that they wish to study to progress to the full Diploma course and gain the 60 credits required.
Please enter the THREE chosen courses in the comments box during the checkout procedure.
Previous Knowledge Required
The good news is that no prior learning knowledge or experience is essential to take this course. This course is openly available to anyone wishing to progress in to Higher Education and do not have the relevant credits in order to do so.
Support
The course by its very nature will be challenging but there will be plenty of support by experienced tutors to ensure students achieve.
Assessment
NCC programme modules have been gathered into Units of Assessment with credit values attached.
To gain the credits for the units at both Level 2 and Level 3 you are required to complete:
- The workbook assessment activities
- The independant research assignment
In addition, you are required to complete:
- Level 2 Study Techniques Assignment
- Level 3 HE Toolkit - mini portfolio.
Once credits have been achieved, the Level 3 programmes will be graded.
Modules
- Please choose 1 Level 2 Course and 2 Level 3 Courses from the following list in order to make up your Diploma
- Level 2 Courses
- Introduction to Safe Handling of Medicines
- Introduction to Equality and Diversity
- Introduction to Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults
- Introduction to Understanding Mental Health
- Level 3 Courses
- Palliative Care
- Responding to Substance Misuse
- Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD)
- Positive Dementia Care
Awarding Body
Ascentis is a Qualifications & Curriculum Authority (QCA) approved national awarding body that designs user-friendly qualifications and supports these with the highest possible standard of customer service. Ascentis is therefore able to offer a comprehensive ladder of opportunities to centres and their learners, starting at Pre-Entry programmes and progressing to QAA-recognised Access to HE qualifications or professional Further Education Teaching Certificates.
For more information about Awarding Bodies click here
Download Information
The following are documents that are available to download for this course:
Access to HE Diploma
