Access to HE courses are designed for people who would like to study at university but who left school without the usual qualifications, such as A levels.

Do any of the following sound familiar? If so, an Access to HE course could be for you.

‘I left school at 15 years old with no qualifications’

‘As a teenager I was convinced that people like me couldn't go to university’

‘I'd always planned to go on to further study but with one thing or another life somehow just took over’

‘I was nervous about returning to education as an adult’

‘I was 31 years old, unemployed and felt I had no future’

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Access to HE success stories

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Successful careers

Yvonne Brissett – from community radio to broadcast journalist at the BBC>>
Dr Stuart Prior – from grave digger to lecturer in archaeological practice >>
Linda White – from cleaner to midwife >>
Albert Phipps – from warehouseman to Access lecturer >>
Ian Webber - from restaurant manager to teacher >>
Gabrielle Holmes - from housewife to midwife >>
Dr Erik Johansson Cox - from unemployed to research scientist >>
Nneka Akudolu - from waitress to criminal barrister >>
Susan Nelson - from sales coordinator to course coordinator >>
Scott Ellis - from coal miner to lecturer >>
Sue Long - from housing department to further education access officer >>

Current degree students

Mark Williams – first year degree student >>
Laura Lacey – first year degree student >>

Current Access to HE students

Simon Hatch – Access to HE student >>
Ranulf Corbett – Access to HE student >>
Nicola Power – Access to HE student >>

Listen to current Access to HE students talk about their experiences >>