02 Mar 2021
Key Facts
Why choose this qualification?
This Diploma is currently being revalidated for 2018/19. Should you wish to offer this Diploma or would like further information please contact our Business Development Team on 01206 911240 or on DevelopmentGroup@gatewayqualifications.org.uk.
Within the Access to Higher Education Diploma in Psychology and Sociology, learners will cover a range of disciplines such as;
- Law and Crime
- Poverty and Inequality
- Psychology
- Research
- Social Behaviour
- Sociology
- The Media
Following successful completion of this Diploma, learners will be able to progress to University to study a number of pathways, including psychology, sociology, social sciences, social studies and others.
Rules of Combination
The Access to HE Diploma is a nationally recognised qualification with common requirements relating to the description of student achievement.
The Diploma is a credit-based, graded qualification, and requirements relate to both the award of credit and to the award of grades. Details of the credit framework and requirements relating to the award of credit are provided, with the general specifications for the qualification, in The Access to Higher Education Diploma and credit specifications.
Individual named Diplomas are identified by separate titles and are validated at local level by Access Validating Agencies (AVAs).
The Diploma has its own approved set of units of assessment, governed by rules of combination, which are appropriate to the subject of the Diploma. Common grading requirements apply to all individual Diplomas.
Units
Students must achieve all credits from this group.
Introduction to Sociology
Students must achieve all credits from this group.
Research Project - Methodology
Students must achieve all credits from this group.
Examination Skills
Introduction to Psychology
Preparation for Higher Education
Sociological Perspectives and Methods
Study Skills - Academic Skills
Students must achieve 27 credits from this group.
Child Development
Crime and Deviance
Health Psychology
Household and Family Structures
Individual Differences
Media Representation
Poverty
Psychology and Law
Sociology of Health
The Psychology of Offender Profiling
Understanding Counselling Theories
Funding information
Learning Aims Search
The Hub provides a Learning Aims Search which you can use to check the funding status of any qualification or unit.
View this qualification on the ESFA’s Hub website
From 1st July 2021, the Hub will be replaced by a new Find a learning aim (FALA) service. This service is currently in BETA so if you experience any issues with finding funding details, please double check on the Hub above, or contact your account manager.
View this qualification on the ESFA’s Find a learning aim website
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
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.
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 to deliver this qualification.