Access to HE Diploma (Law)

Rules of Combination

Learners must complete 24 credits from the Mandatory Graded group, a maximum of 6 credits must be taken from the Graded Research group, and 12 credits from the Optional Graded unit group.

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Units

Intended learner groups

a) Adults who, because of social, educational or individual circumstances may have achieved few, if any, prior qualifications and wish to progress to HE
b) Adults who have gone straight into industry (perhaps following apprenticeship routes) who wish to progress to HE.
Learners who have followed these routes may not have studied law in the past, so they may need to develop their skills in specific areas as well as learning more about subjects in which they have an interest. If the learner has gone straight into employment, they may not have studied at Level 3 and so this Access Diploma will help them to build on existing skills and provide a good grounding for further academic study.

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How this diploma meets learners' needs

The Diploma will provide them with underpinning skills to support academic study and provide a level 3 qualification linked to their proposed HE study. A broad range of skills related to the legal system will be acquired, whilst the underpinning skills within the ungraded units will ensure that the learner is fully prepared for progression onto relevant degrees.

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What this diploma covers

The units will allow the learners to keep their options open until they have fully decided on their preferred route at degree level. The ungraded units have been chosen to support both progression into higher education and also to allow the learners to develop skills relevant to the subject area e.g. speaking and listening skills which are highly relevant to roles within the legal profession.

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Delivery methods

• Face to face
• Blended learning
• Work placements would also be beneficial.
Basic Principles of Criminal Law unit is delivered before Criminal Law. The mandatory units should be delivered before the optional units as the mandatory units form a good basis on which to build knowledge to underpin the optional unit choices.
Assessment methods include: Written questions and answer, reports, exam, literature review, SWOT analysis, projects, worksheets, case studies, annotated court diagram, presentation, poster, self-reflection.

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Successful completion criteria

Learners will require maths and English at GCSE level to progress onto a degree course. This is not a requirement of successful completion of the Diploma.

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Progression routes

Progression routes are into law degrees:
• Bachelor of Laws (Honours) (LLB)
• BA (Hons) Criminology and Law
• BSc (Hons) Psychology and Law
• Foundation Degree in Law/Law and Social Science
Law degrees may also be combined with such subjects as International Politics, Commercial Law, Environmental Law, European Law, Politics and International Relations.
There are also new apprenticeship standards for the legal profession and progression may be onto one of these standards. Relevant standards include:
• Level 7 Solicitor
• Level 6 Chartered Legal Executive.

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Provider approval criteria

No specific requirements.

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Funding information

There are now two main sources for funding information, a straightforward ESFA Qualification Search and the more detailed Find a Learning Aim website.

The new Find a learning aim (FALA) service provides a search tool that you can use to check the funding status of any qualification, framework, unit, standard or T Level:

View this qualification on the ESFA’s Find a learning aim website

The Education and Skills Funding Agency search provides funding information on qualifications. It does not provide funding information for units, non-regulated activity and work placements, for this information please use Find a learning aim (FALA).

View this qualification on the ESFA Qualification Funding Search

How to find a learning aim

If you’re not sure how to use the new find a learning aim website, we’ve created a handy walkthrough to help you:

How to Use: Find a learning Aim

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Additional funding information for Access to HE

• Access to HE is eligible for funding as part of the legal entitlement offer.
• Access to HE is eligible for funding via Advanced Learner Loans and appears on the Advanced Learner Loans catalogues published by the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA).
• Access to HE Diplomas are designed for adult learners aged 19+ and the ESFA only funds young people on these programmes by exception, as stated in paragraph 149, page 39 of the Funding guidance for young people 2020 to 2021.

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We have done our best to collate and summarise the key information, and wherever possible we alert our providers to changes in funding policy.

This funding information is provided in good faith and it is always advisable to check directly with the funding agencies before committing to delivery.

The following support materials will help you deliver this qualification.

Access to HE Quick Guides

Information for Access Centres

Access to HE Administration

Assignment briefs

Centres approved to deliver our Access to HE Diplomas can download assignment briefs for a selection of units in this Diploma. Assignment briefs can be downloaded by logging to Prism and locating the relevant unit. More assignment briefs are being added not all units currently have assignment briefs available.

The assignment briefs can be easily adapted to suit your needs. We recommend checking the rules of combination for the Diploma and adapting the brief accordingly.

To provide a flavour of what’s available, you can download the below samples for free:

• Assignment Brief – Preparation for Higher Education – QU007638
• Assignment Brief – Safeguarding Children Young People and-or Vulnerable Adults – QU025409

Log in to Prism to download more assignment briefs