Health, Social Care & Wellbeing - Access to Higher Education - Healthcare Professions Pathway

Heart of Yorkshire Education Group

Margaret Street, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF1 2DH

Access to Higher Education

Level 3

Available start dates

Friday, 01 September 2023

Wakefield College

1 Year(s)

Full time

Daytime/working hours

These fees relate to 2022/23 Course costs for students aged 19 or over - £3,384.00 If you are aged between 19 to 23 and you have not already achieved a full level 3 (or above) qualification, then your course may be free. If you are aged over 19 and have achieved a full level 3 qualification or are aged over 24 you are probably eligible for an Advanced Learner Loan from the government to cover your tuition fees. The good news is that you will not have to repay this loan if you complete an Access course and then an HE/ degree course in any subject specialism. Different fees apply to international/overseas students.

Course Summary

This course offers exciting opportunities for a range of degrees and subsequent careers in the health sector such as nursing, midwifery or other NHS related degree courses.

Our students often find that health education and social care degrees offer the best opportunity to work in the community and on successful completion of this course, you can automatically progress on to the Foundation Degree in Health and Wellbeing at Wakefield College. Choosing this course may help you gain the voluntary or professional experience in a health related environment which must be achieved prior to your UCAS application being sent in the following autumn term.

Course Details

You will study compulsory units in:

Study Skills

Healthcare Research Methods

Psycho-Social aspects of Health

Core Biology

Human Biology

Safeguarding

Assistive Technologies

How will it be delivered and assessed?

Assessment takes place through course assignments and examinations. Each six or three credit unit at Level 3 will be graded Pass, Merit or Distinction. Healthcare Research Methods and Study Skills are ungraded units but you must achieve a pass in these units to gain the Access to HE Diploma qualification.

Entry requirements

You require GCSE English Language, Mathematics and Science at grade A*-C, prior to starting the course in September.

You will be expected to bring maturity and good organisational skills to the course. All applicants who meet the entry requirements will be interviewed following a written assessment.

Your next steps...

The majority of students progress to a degree courses, including the competitively-priced Higher Education programmes offered at Wakefield College. Students have progressed to a variety of universities, including Leeds, Leeds Trinity, Huddersfield, Sheffield, Sheffield Hallam, York, Bradford, Hull and Lancaster.

With further education and training, successful completion of this Access to Higher Education programme can open up routes to careers in Adult Nursing, Paediatric Nursing, Mental Health Nursing, and Midwifery.

Additional information

https://courses.wakefield.ac.uk/PSWebEnrolment/webenrolment.aspx?page=~/webcontrols/coursedisplay.ascx&CourseInformationID=4517

To book please visit: https://www.wakefield.ac.uk/study-with-us/how-to-apply

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