Access to Higher Education | Prepare for university
Our courses
An Access course is a way of preparing you for studying at Higher Education level and an alternative to the traditional route into undergraduate study. Our focus at the College is to encourage you to adopt the necessary academic skills to prepare you for the journey ahead.
Available courses
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BrightonAccess To Higher Education | Diploma in Applied Sciences | Level 3
This access course will prepare you for entry into Higher Education and the Access Diploma is a recognised qualification that universities accept as an entry route in to degree courses.
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BrightonAccess To Higher Education | Diploma in Business | Level 3
This Access to HE course will prepare you for entry into Higher Education and our students go on to study a range of university-level courses including law, marketing and economics.
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BrightonAccess to Higher Education | Diploma in Computing | Level 3
This access course will prepare you for entry into Higher Education and our students go on to study a range of university-level courses including computing science, artificial intelligence, games development, software engineering, cybersecurity and n...
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BrightonAccess to Higher Education | Diploma in Humanities & Social Science | LASER Level 3
This access course will prepare you for entry into Higher Education and our students go on to study a range of university-level courses including politics, international development, philosophy, history, English, Japanese studies, psychology, sociolo...
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BrightonAccess to Higher Education | Diploma in Medicine and Dentistry | Level 3
This Access to HE course will prepare you for entry into Higher Education. Our students go on to study a range of university-level courses for medicine and dentistry.
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BrightonAccess to Higher Education | Diploma in Nursing & Healthcare Professions | Level 3
This Access to HE course will prepare you for entry into Higher Education. Our students go on to study a range of university-level courses including adult nursing, mental health nursing, child nursing, midwifery, paramedic practice and occupational t...
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WorthingAccess to Higher Education | Diploma in Nursing & Healthcare Professions | Level 3
This Access to HE course will prepare you for entry into Higher Education. Our students go on to study a range of university-level courses including adult nursing, mental health nursing, child nursing, midwifery, paramedic practice and occupational t...
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BrightonAccess to Higher Education | Diploma in Psychology and Counselling | Level 3
This Access to HE course will prepare you for entry into Higher Education. Our students go on to study a range of university-level courses including counselling, criminology, social work.
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WorthingAccess to Higher Education | Diploma in Social Sciences | LASER Level 3
The Northbrook College Access to Social Sciences course is a one-year course that prepares you for entry into Higher Education for a range of professions, such as Primary teaching, Social Work, Psychology and Criminology.
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BrightonPre-Access | Award in Skills for Professions in Health and Social Care
This course is designed to enable your progression onto higher levels of study, such as our Access to Higher Education Diploma, which in turn will enable you to move into degree-level education.
Financial assistance
If you are aged 19 – 23 and studying your first full Level 3 qualification you will not need to pay the course fee.
If this does not apply to you, the course is eligible for an Advanced Learner Loan, a new government loan for learners aged 19+. Applicants who take out the Advanced Learner Loan need pay nothing upfront, and the loan is only repaid when you are earning £21,000 or more per year.
If you go on to complete a Higher Education course following your Access to HE course, any remaining balance is written off. Read more about Advanced Leaner Loans here.

- Email: access.admissions@gbmc.ac.uk
- Call: 01273 667788