Are you interested in returning or starting to learn about education but lack the entry requirements? This is where our Foundation Year, Fast-Track to Higher Education and Access programmes come in.

These routes prepare you for degree-level study. They’re perfect if you haven’t got the qualifications you need to go straight into an undergraduate course, or if you need to boost your skills in a particular area. Higher Education changes lives, it is an important route to more fulfilling and rewarding employment; increasing understanding, enhancing knowledge and developing new skills.

The foundation year is the first year of a four-year degree, offering an excellent grounding in the fundamentals of a subject alongside study skills development. It's designed to prepare you for degree-level study.

Fast Track into HE and Fast Track into Nursing are short courses that give you a vital foundation for building a better career by giving you the academic and professional skills you need to move into a degree level course.

Access courses are delivered via Bolton College, part of the University of Bolton Group. For more information or to apply please visit boltoncollege.ac.uk/courses/access-he for the courses available.