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The Access to Higher Education (HE) Diploma is a qualification which prepares students for study as an undergraduate at university. It is designed for people who would like to study in higher education but who left school without the usual qualifications, such as A-Levels.

Many Access to HE students go on to succeed at university and beyond, with a large number pursuing new careers and seeing changes in their lives that they had never thought possible. Each year, around 20,000 Access to HE students apply to universities across the UK.

There are over 1,000 different courses leading to the Access to HE Diploma and courses are available in most further education colleges in England and Wales.

Access courses are generally tailored as pathways; that is, they prepare students with the necessary skills and imbue the appropriate knowledge required for a specific undergraduate career. For example, there are 'access to law', 'access to medicine' and 'access to nursing' pathways that prepare students to study law, medicine and nursing at undergraduate level, respectively.

The first access courses were established in the 1970s. Many of these courses were set up to encourage entry to teacher training by people with a wider range of backgrounds than the traditional types of students who were attracted to teaching. Over the years, the success of these early courses led to the development of courses in other areas.

In the 1987 white paper Higher Education: Meeting the Challenge, the government identified Access to HE as 'the third recognised route to higher education', and sought to extend Access to HE provision through a national framework for the recognition of Access to HE courses.

A national framework has been in existence since 1989. The Quality Assurance Agency (QAA), the Access to HE awarding body, has been responsible for this framework in England, Wales and Northern Ireland since it was established in 1997.

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-An '''Access to Higher Education Diploma''' is a course in the [[United Kingdom]] education system that on completion allows entry to [[university]]. They typically last for one year and are usually offered in [[further education]] colleges.
+The '''Access to Higher Education (HE) Diploma''' is a qualification which prepares students for study as an [[undergraduate]] at [[university]]. It is designed for people who would like to study in [[higher education]] but who left school without the usual qualifications, such as [[A-Levels]].
+Many Access to HE students go on to succeed at university and beyond, with a large number pursuing new careers and seeing changes in their lives that they had never thought possible. Each year, around 20,000 Access to HE students apply to universities across the UK.
+There are over 1,000 different courses leading to the Access to HE Diploma and courses are available in most [[further education colleges]] in England and Wales.
+Access courses are generally tailored as pathways; that is, they prepare students with the necessary skills and imbue the appropriate knowledge required for a specific undergraduate career. For example, there are 'access to law', 'access to medicine' and 'access to nursing' pathways that prepare students to study law, medicine and nursing at undergraduate level, respectively.
+The first access courses were established in the 1970s. Many of these courses were set up to encourage entry to teacher training by people with a wider range of backgrounds than the traditional types of students who were attracted to teaching. Over the years, the success of these early courses led to the development of courses in other areas.
+In the 1987 [[white paper]] ''Higher Education: Meeting the Challenge'', the government identified Access to HE as 'the third recognised route to higher education', and sought to extend Access to HE provision through a national framework for the recognition of Access to HE courses.
+A national framework has been in existence since 1989. The [[Quality Assurance Agency]] (QAA), the Access to HE awarding body, has been responsible for this framework in England, Wales and Northern Ireland since it was established in 1997.
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