Access to Higher Education Health (Nursing)

You are required to have 4 GCSE’S at 4/C or above, including English and Maths (or a Level 2 equivalent) in order to apply for this course. If you do not have these qualifications, please contact a member of the Access team who can support you in gaining the required qualifications.

On this course you will experience a combination of teaching and learning styles as follows:
- Classroom lectures
- Workshop/study sessions
- Directed work with other students
- Directed private study

The knowledge gained through these sessions will allow you to produce a variety of assignments, such as essays, reports, presentations and leaflets, ect. You will also have the opportunity to use the amazing technology facilities at our Bede campus, such as the immersive igloo.

This a course that is delivered on-campus face to face. There is a high focus on attendance as this leads to high achievements in grades. On the course, you will have a tutor who will assist you in achieving the high expectations in attendance.

You have the option of days or evening.
The days are two days a week - Wednesday and Thursday 9:30am to 2:30pm with a half hour lunchbreak.
The evenings are Tuesday and Thursday 5pm - 9pm.

Sunderland College follow the holidays set by Sunderland Council and this supports students achieving the high expectations of attendance as these are published on the college website and will also be provide to students in induction to help them plan their academic journey.

On the Access to HE Health (Nursing) Diploma there are a specific set of modules which are covered which have been devised to support both your academic writing and advance your knowledge needed for your chosen degree.

- English Language Writing Skills - Level 2 - this aims to refresh your academic writing skills.
- English Language Comprehension - Level 2 - this aims to support your comprehension of research material needed to achieve the higher grades in your Access diploma.
- Study Skills - Level 2 - this aims to support your studies both in academic writing and managing the demands of a level 3 academic course.
- Mathematics - Level 3 - the aims of this module to assist in the necessary skills needed in the health field.
- Professional Skills in Healthcare - Level 3 - this module aims to promote the need for professionalism needed in the field as well as the guidance and legislations practitioners need to adhere to.
- Contemporary Issues in Healthcare – Level 3 – In this module, students are to research an area of their choosing will assists in providing an insight into the current issues faced in healthcare fields.
- Health Promotion -Level 3 – this allows students to critically analyse the impact of current health promotion activities in the field as we as devise a health promotion activity for an area of their choosing.
- Psychology – Level 3 – this module allows students to gain an understanding of different psychological perspectives which underpin all healthcare as well as analyse psychological research.
- Biology of Human Health and Illness – Level 3 – in this module students will gain an understanding of the different working of the human body as well as different factors that can affect human health.

On this course you will receive 60 credits, which are then converted into UCAS points. Your UCAS points will depend on the grades received in graded units; the higher grades generate more UCAS points. Whilst on the course, there is a dedicated tutor who can support students with calculating their UCAS credits throughout the academic year as and when needed.