Access To Business Studies

Students returning to education to complete a 1 year foundation programme giving access to university. Access to HE courses are intended for mature students who have been out of education for some time. This generally means that students should be at least 19 when they start the course. Universities and colleges expect Access to HE applicants to have acquired a certain amount of life experience before they start an Access to HE course, so applicants who have only recently left school may

Course content includes: * Study Skills * HRM * Law * Finance * Marketing * Management * Business Structures.

A variety of modes of delivery are used including: * lectures * group work and discussion * problem solving activities * presentations and seminars * individual practical work in class * independent study time * individual support and interviews.

There will be a variety of assessment methods for each unit in order to achieve credits, and there will be some time constrained tests or examinations in some of the units. Students must complete 60 credits to gain the Access to HE qualification. Of these credits, 45 credits are graded as pass, merit or distinction and 15 credits are ungraded.

Successful students can go on to study a BTEC Level 4 HNC/Level 5 HND in Business at Uxbridge College or a full or part-time degree at most UK universities.