This Diploma contains a subject descriptor compliant pathway which meets the requirements of the QAA approved subject descriptor for Nursing and Health Professions. Please see the Diploma specification for full details.
Access to HE Diploma Health and Human Sciences
Key details
- Qualification aim number: 40015002
- Credit value: 60
- Guided learning hours: 450-600
About this qualification
The Access to HE Diploma is a Level 3 qualification which prepares people without traditional qualifications for study at university.
The qualification gives you the relevant academic subject knowledge needed for higher education study and the opportunity to develop study skills to help you to succeed.
It is well established and widely accepted by universities, qualifying for UCAS tariff points that are comparable to the tariff points for three A levels.
Learners primarily progress to Higher Education study in areas related to Health and Human Sciences. These may include some of the following areas of Degree level study:
- Biomedical Sciences
- Dietetics and Nutrition
- Midwifery
- Nursing
- Occupational Therapy
- Osteopathy
- Physiotherapy
- Psychology
- Radiography
- Speech and Language Therapy
- Sports Science
QAA approved subject descriptor for Nursing and Health Professions
The Access to HE Diploma (Health and Human Sciences) has been designed to meet the requirements of the QAA subject descriptor for Nursing and Health Professions, offering learners progressing onto Nursing, a subject descriptor compliant pathway which meets the essential and recommended requirements of the subject descriptor.
The purpose of the subject descriptor is to serve as a guide and reference point for the design, delivery, validation, and review of Access to HE Diplomas aimed at progressing learners to higher-level studies in health professions, including those regulated by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and all fields of nursing.
The aim is to give clarity to prospective learners and their advisers about minimum Diploma requirements, by supporting informed decision-making and ensuring that learners meet entry standards for nursing and health professions. It also provides reassurance to higher education admissions staff that all learners completing a compliant Diploma have covered a consistent minimum level of subject content.
Full details of the subject descriptor compliant pathway can be found in the Diploma specification.
For further information on the subject descriptor, please read  QAA Access to Higher Education Diploma Subject Descriptor for Nursing and Health Professions.
Information for learners
You can find out more about the Access to HE Diploma in our Learner Flyer and Learner Area.
Information for centres
How can we deliver this qualification?
You can enquire about becoming an approved centre for delivering Access to HE Diplomas by completing the Centre Approval Enquiry Form.
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Where can you study this Access to HE Diploma?
Access to HE Diplomas are delivered by OCN London centres including Further Education Colleges, and Adult and Community Education Centres. The following centres are approved to deliver this qualification:
- Barking & Dagenham College
- Capital City College Group
- City of Portsmouth College
- CU Coventry
- CU Scarborough
- Gloucestershire College
- HRUC – Uxbridge College
- Kendal College
- Morley College London
- NESCOT
- Richmond & Hillcroft Adult Community College
- Ruskin College
- South Bank Colleges
- Wiltshire College
You can find out more about these centres and the Diplomas that they offer by visiting their pages in our Access to HE Course Directory and by contacting them directly.
You can also study for an Access to HE Diploma in Health and Social Care, Counselling, Midwifery, Nursing, Social Work and Youth and Community Work.
