{"id":14878,"date":"2017-05-03T10:57:09","date_gmt":"2017-05-03T09:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stonebridge-blog.positive-dedicated.net\/?p=14878"},"modified":"2020-11-26T16:52:57","modified_gmt":"2020-11-26T16:52:57","slug":"get-to-uni-without-alevels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/blog\/access-to-higher-education-diplomas\/get-to-uni-without-alevels\/","title":{"rendered":"How to get to uni without A-Levels and start a business degree"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Business impacts upon almost every area of our lives and in a rapidly changing world, it&#8217;s a fascinating topic that encompasses many employment sectors.&nbsp;A&nbsp;qualification in business&nbsp;has the potential to&nbsp;open doors, with&nbsp;numerous high-powered positions up for grabs.&nbsp;It&#8217;s common to be&nbsp;passionate about building a corporate career, but&nbsp;fall at the first hurdle&nbsp;when trying to apply&nbsp;to&nbsp;university&nbsp;without A-Levels. At Stonebridge College, we&#8217;re committed to supporting the managers and leaders of tomorrow.&nbsp;Our Access to Higher Education Diploma (Business &amp; Management) is&nbsp;a flexible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">online course<\/a> that will help you to make the step up to degree-level learning.<\/p>\n<h2>Why study business at university?<\/h2>\n<p>Business&nbsp;programmes&nbsp;offer a balance between practical work and theory,&nbsp;while&nbsp;focusing on&nbsp;subjects including&nbsp;organisational structure and day-to-day managerial tasks. Using real-life scenarios and examples ensures that students gain a broad understanding of different&nbsp;workplaces and current affairs. Ideal for&nbsp;networking, the courses also connect&nbsp;undergraduates with companies and influential people. You may have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/student\/into-university\/whats-it-like-to-study-business-8125552.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">the chance to complete placements<\/a> with local&nbsp;or national firms,&nbsp;making contacts that will lay the&nbsp;foundation for future roles.<\/p>\n<p>Universities put their students in touch with opportunities around the world and many&nbsp;business degrees incorporate&nbsp;a year abroad.&nbsp;Frequently courses are combined&nbsp;with another subject, including management, computer science, marketing, modern languages&nbsp;or&nbsp;law.&nbsp;A varied syllabus&nbsp;will position&nbsp;graduates at the forefront of multiple industries and&nbsp;there&#8217;s plenty of scope to select modules that reflect personal interests. You can either&nbsp;narrow your focus, or demonstrate your competence in a number of disciplines.<\/p>\n<p>Business graduates are in high demand, coming equipped with problem-solving abilities, experience of working&nbsp;in a team and&nbsp;data analysis skills. University courses improve critical thinking and communication, alongside exploring business strategy, operations and project management.&nbsp;Adding a business degree to your&nbsp;CV is&nbsp;an&nbsp;investment in your future that will continue to pay dividends.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14919 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/pexels-photo-66363.jpeg\" alt=\"Find out more about business uni courses without A-Levels.\" width=\"690\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/pexels-photo-66363.jpeg 690w, https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/pexels-photo-66363-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>How can you apply&nbsp;for university without A-Levels?<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/category\/he-access\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Access to Higher Education Diploma (Business&nbsp;&amp; Management)<\/a>&nbsp;is a digital&nbsp;alternative to A-Levels that&nbsp;will fast-track your path to university. You&#8217;ll&nbsp;complete your qualification from home, with the support of a dedicated personal tutor via phone, email and Skype.&nbsp;PEARL, our state-of-the-art&nbsp;virtual learning environment (VLE)&nbsp;provides a hub of resources and&nbsp;social features that encourage&nbsp;communication with likeminded students.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to learn more about management practices in a business setting, or broaden your employment horizons, this is the course for you. The syllabus covers law, HR management and&nbsp;how to make informed decisions.&nbsp;Discover&nbsp;how to allocate&nbsp;resources, collaborate with colleagues and plan ahead.&nbsp;The programme is designed to increase your confidence, so you&#8217;re ready to hit the ground running at university.&nbsp;Find out&nbsp;how to prepare&nbsp;assignments and carry out independent research, ensuring that you have the know-how to get a degree without A-Levels.<\/p>\n<p>Access to Higher Education Diplomas make it simple to fit studying around family life. You aren&#8217;t restricted by term dates and will have up to&nbsp;two years to finish your qualification. With no classes to attend and modules that can be continued on-the-go, it&#8217;s easy to work through your course without giving up your full-time job.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14916 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/P3HOQ0NV1C.jpg\" alt=\"Achieve your business degree without A-Levels \" width=\"690\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/P3HOQ0NV1C.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/P3HOQ0NV1C-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Where can you take your career?<\/h2>\n<p>Once your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/category\/he-access\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Access to Higher Education Diploma (Business &amp; Management)<\/a>&nbsp;is complete, you can apply to university courses without A-Levels. Many&nbsp;institutions accept this&nbsp;qualification as entry criteria, but we recommend checking requirements for your preferred courses.<\/p>\n<p>As a graduate, you can take your career in many different directions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You may decide to go down a more traditional&nbsp;route and&nbsp;consider&nbsp;a&nbsp;role&nbsp;in finance&nbsp;or accounting. Alternatively, business degree courses provide the tools needed to specialise in many areas and you could pursue <a href=\"https:\/\/www.topuniversities.com\/student-info\/careers-advice\/what-can-you-do-business-degree\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">a variety of rewarding career paths<\/a>, including sales, HR, consultancy and marketing.&nbsp;Companies often look for graduates&nbsp;that have a business background, alongside&nbsp;another area of&nbsp;knowledge.<\/li>\n<li>Some graduates choose to continue their learning through a master&#8217;s degree in subjects such as administration, economics or international marketing, which&nbsp;can lead to higher starting salaries.&nbsp;Many&nbsp;companies also fund part-time courses for their employees, to&nbsp;update their skills.<\/li>\n<li>A business degree&nbsp;can enable you to climb&nbsp;the&nbsp;ladder faster and take on jobs in management.&nbsp;If more corporate&nbsp;work&nbsp;settings aren&#8217;t for you, then leaders are required throughout the creative industries or even in the voluntary sector. With a respected qualification behind you, the possibilities for advancing in&nbsp;your career are endless.<\/li>\n<li>Another popular choice for business graduates is to go on&nbsp;to set up&nbsp;a business. Being self-employed will give you the chance to&nbsp;devise a work-life balance that suits you and get behind a product or service that you believe in.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Wherever you want your&nbsp;new skills to take you, the future for business graduates has never looked brighter. Achieve your potential through&nbsp;an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/category\/he-access\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Access to Higher Education Diploma (Business &amp; Management)<\/a>.<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/distance-learning-courses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7249\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/a-z-courses.png\" alt=\"A-Z book of courses\" width=\"690\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/a-z-courses.png 690w, https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/a-z-courses-300x52.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business impacts upon almost every area of our lives and in a rapidly changing world, it&#8217;s a fascinating topic that encompasses many employment sectors.&nbsp;A&nbsp;qualification in business&nbsp;has the potential to&nbsp;open doors, with&nbsp;numerous high-powered positions up for grabs.&nbsp;It&#8217;s common to be&nbsp;passionate about building a corporate career, but&nbsp;fall at the first hurdle&nbsp;when trying to apply&nbsp;to&nbsp;university&nbsp;without A-Levels. 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