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Access to Higher Education

We offer a wide range of Access to Higher Education Diplomas designed to fit around your lifestyle. The Diploma is a one year long course designed for adults aged 19+ who wish to return to education, retrain or progress to undergraduate study.  

Access courses are one year, full or part time and are nationally recognised Level 3 qualifications, validated by OCN (Open College Network). Applicants may be required to sit separate GCSEs in English Language and Mathematics alongside their course if they do not already have these qualifications at grade C/4 or above.

Upon successful completion you can apply to undergraduate courses offered by universities and colleges including the South Thames Colleges Group. There are many reasons to continue your studies with us, notably our undergraduate courses offer lower tuition fees providing excellent value and our class sizes are smaller.

"The course has given me bucketloads of knowledge about the sciences that will help me in my Palaeontology degree at university, with all sorts of knowledge that I'll need to rely on at uni. " BERENGAR NEEDHAM, ACCESS TO SCIENCE