Whether it be greed, passion, jealousy, or desperation, there can be any number of reasons why a person would commit a crime. This means the route to discovering the truth is often incredibly complex, interesting, and in many cases, highly unexpected.
If you often find yourself enthralled in a crime book or the latest criminal docu-series, you can turn your innate investigative skills into a highly rewarding and important career. From Police Officers to Criminologists and Crime Scene Investigators, there is a vast number of jobs that rely on the understanding of deviant behaviour.
This Access to Higher Education Diploma (Criminology) can help you get on track to fighting and preventing crime, by equipping you with the ideal foundation knowledge ahead of a criminology-related degree. Not only will you begin to understand the cause of a crime, you will also consider the social impact of it and the prevention methods that are in place to stop it from happening again.
Just some of the many interesting units you will explore include:
All of this, and the fact the qualification is a nationally recognised equivalent to A Levels, will help you get on your way to a crime-related degree programme within a year.
Stonebridge Associated Colleges is a leading UK distance learning provider, helping learners all over the UK achieve their life and career goals through convenient online education. This Access to Higher Education Diploma (Criminology) provides a nationally recognised Level 3 qualification that is regulated by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA).
Being an entirely online course, you can study it at home in your free time. You have 24 months to complete the learning materials, but the majority of our learners finish within 9-12 months due to the flexible nature of the study programme.
This helps you achieve your goal of reaching university quickly. What’s more, our Individual Learning Plan will help you stay on track throughout your studies, as you’ll have an outline of the submission deadlines for your assignments.
*Please note, as each university sets its own entry requirements, you will need to check your chosen institution accepts this qualification before you enrol.
On successful completion of the Skills Education Group Access to Higher Education Diploma (Criminology), you will receive a QAA-recognised Access to HE Diploma at Level 3 (QAA ref: 40013431).
You must hold Level 2 qualifications in both English and Maths, or be working towards them alongside studying your Access to Higher Education Diploma. You also need to have a UK address to enrol.
It must be reiterated that each university will set its own admission criteria. So, you must check with your desired institution if your Access to HE Diploma and other qualifications will be accepted.
In many cases, to get started on healthcare courses at university, you will need:
It is your responsibility to check that your Access to HE Diploma will be accepted as part of these entry requirements for your chosen degree. learndirect will not be held accountable if completing this Access to Higher Education Diploma doesn’t secure you a position with a higher education institution.
This course is ideally suited to those who have completed full-time education but have not achieved the grades required to get into university.
The average time it takes our learners to complete the course is 9-12 months.
A range of assessment methodologies are used, including: academic poster, academic report, case study analysis, essay, journal article, portfolio, presentation (video and audio recording), academic writing skills tasks
There are no exams included in the assessment of the course.
No membership is required to enrol on this course.
Learners must be actively studying for a minimum of six months before results can be ratified and certificates ordered. The six month period does not start until you have passed unit 2 of your course and you must be submitting assignments regularly (in line with the deadlines in your Individual Learning Plan) to meet this six month requirement. Certificates can only be issued once your course is paid for in full.
You can expect to receive your certificate 12-16 weeks from your final assignment being marked and graded, depending on the time of year. You will be provided with regular updates throughout the certification process so that you are fully informed of your individual timeframes.
All course fees, inclusive of all payment plans including our Premium Credit Limited option, must be settled before certification can be ordered.
*You will have access to the course for 24 months.
On completion of this course you will be eligible to join the following Professional Associations(s):
An access validating agency with a strong social purpose to recognise achievement, particularly for those who have benefited least from their previous educational experiences, Skills and Education Group Access supports the needs of learners, providers, businesses and communities.
You must hold Level 2 qualifications in both English and Maths, or be working towards them alongside studying your Access to Higher Education Diploma. You also need to have a UK address to enrol.
It must be reiterated that each university will set its own admission criteria. So, you must check with your desired institution if your Access to HE Diploma and other qualifications will be accepted.
In many cases, to get started on healthcare courses at university, you will need:
It is your responsibility to check that your Access to HE Diploma will be accepted as part of these entry requirements for your chosen degree. learndirect will not be held accountable if completing this Access to Higher Education Diploma doesn’t secure you a position with a higher education institution.
This course is ideally suited to those who have completed full-time education but have not achieved the grades required to get into university.
The average time it takes our learners to complete the course is 9-12 months.
A range of assessment methodologies are used, including: academic poster, academic report, case study analysis, essay, journal article, portfolio, presentation (video and audio recording), academic writing skills tasks
There are no exams included in the assessment of the course.
No membership is required to enrol on this course.
Learners must be actively studying for a minimum of six months before results can be ratified and certificates ordered. The six month period does not start until you have passed unit 2 of your course and you must be submitting assignments regularly (in line with the deadlines in your Individual Learning Plan) to meet this six month requirement. Certificates can only be issued once your course is paid for in full.
You can expect to receive your certificate 12-16 weeks from your final assignment being marked and graded, depending on the time of year. You will be provided with regular updates throughout the certification process so that you are fully informed of your individual timeframes.
All course fees, inclusive of all payment plans including our Premium Credit Limited option, must be settled before certification can be ordered.
*You will have access to the course for 24 months.
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You will be tested through a range of end-of-unit assignments which are designed to give you the opportunity to check up on your knowledge and advance. After each assignment, your tutor will offer feedback to help you not only progress further but also improve your skills. This Access to HE Diploma is a Level 3 Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) regulated qualification.
To successfully achieve your qualification, you will need a total of 60 credits. Of these, 45 will come from graded units of academic content, while the following 15 will be drawn from ungraded units concerning study skills.
Whether it be greed, passion, jealousy, or desperation, there can be any number of reasons why a person would commit a crime. This means the route to discovering the truth is often incredibly complex, interesting, and in many cases, highly unexpected.
If you often find yourself enthralled in a crime book or the latest criminal docu-series, you can turn your innate investigative skills into a highly rewarding and important career. From Police Officers to Criminologists and Crime Scene Investigators, there is a vast number of jobs that rely on the understanding of deviant behaviour.
This Access to Higher Education Diploma (Criminology) can help you get on track to fighting and preventing crime, by equipping you with the ideal foundation knowledge ahead of a criminology-related degree. Not only will you begin to understand the cause of a crime, you will also consider the social impact of it and the prevention methods that are in place to stop it from happening again.
Just some of the many interesting units you will explore include:
All of this, and the fact the qualification is a nationally recognised equivalent to A Levels, will help you get on your way to a crime-related degree programme within a year.
Stonebridge Associated Colleges is a leading UK distance learning provider, helping learners all over the UK achieve their life and career goals through convenient online education. This Access to Higher Education Diploma (Criminology) provides a nationally recognised Level 3 qualification that is regulated by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA).
Being an entirely online course, you can study it at home in your free time. You have 24 months to complete the learning materials, but the majority of our learners finish within 9-12 months due to the flexible nature of the study programme.
This helps you achieve your goal of reaching university quickly. What’s more, our Individual Learning Plan will help you stay on track throughout your studies, as you’ll have an outline of the submission deadlines for your assignments.
*Please note, as each university sets its own entry requirements, you will need to check your chosen institution accepts this qualification before you enrol.
On successful completion of the Skills Education Group Access to Higher Education Diploma (Criminology), you will receive a QAA-recognised Access to HE Diploma at Level 3 (QAA ref: 40013431).
You must hold Level 2 qualifications in both English and Maths, or be working towards them alongside studying your Access to Higher Education Diploma. You also need to have a UK address to enrol.
It must be reiterated that each university will set its own admission criteria. So, you must check with your desired institution if your Access to HE Diploma and other qualifications will be accepted.
In many cases, to get started on healthcare courses at university, you will need:
It is your responsibility to check that your Access to HE Diploma will be accepted as part of these entry requirements for your chosen degree. learndirect will not be held accountable if completing this Access to Higher Education Diploma doesn’t secure you a position with a higher education institution.
This course is ideally suited to those who have completed full-time education but have not achieved the grades required to get into university.
The average time it takes our learners to complete the course is 9-12 months.
A range of assessment methodologies are used, including: academic poster, academic report, case study analysis, essay, journal article, portfolio, presentation (video and audio recording), academic writing skills tasks
There are no exams included in the assessment of the course.
No membership is required to enrol on this course.
Learners must be actively studying for a minimum of six months before results can be ratified and certificates ordered. The six month period does not start until you have passed unit 2 of your course and you must be submitting assignments regularly (in line with the deadlines in your Individual Learning Plan) to meet this six month requirement. Certificates can only be issued once your course is paid for in full.
You can expect to receive your certificate 12-16 weeks from your final assignment being marked and graded, depending on the time of year. You will be provided with regular updates throughout the certification process so that you are fully informed of your individual timeframes.
All course fees, inclusive of all payment plans including our Premium Credit Limited option, must be settled before certification can be ordered.
*You will have access to the course for 24 months.
On completion of this course you will be eligible to join the following Professional Associations(s):
An access validating agency with a strong social purpose to recognise achievement, particularly for those who have benefited least from their previous educational experiences, Skills and Education Group Access supports the needs of learners, providers, businesses and communities.
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You will be tested through a range of end-of-unit assignments which are designed to give you the opportunity to check up on your knowledge and advance. After each assignment, your tutor will offer feedback to help you not only progress further but also improve your skills. This Access to HE Diploma is a Level 3 Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) regulated qualification.
To successfully achieve your qualification, you will need a total of 60 credits. Of these, 45 will come from graded units of academic content, while the following 15 will be drawn from ungraded units concerning study skills.
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