Adults

North Glasgow College offers a wide variety of courses that are ideal for adults who want to improve their employment prospects or change career.

Although many of the course programmes such as NQ and HNC/D have entry requirement, mature students (over 21) may gain access through interview and with relevant work experience.

Access Courses Introduction NQ HNC/D Top-up Degree:

Scottish Wider Access Programme – SWAP

The Scottish Wider Access Programme (SWAP) offers you the chance to gain a place in a University after one year of study at this college. Access is all about going forward, forward to college, forward to university. That could also mean going forward to an exciting new career.

Access takes you places! Whether you are considering a career change, have been made redundant, or would just like to catch up where you left off at school, then Access could be made for you. You do not need any formal qualifications. 

Access courses are specially designed for those adults who have not completed a formal education. Selection is by informal interview and courses are based on SQA units, nationally recognised qualifications based on continuous assessment. That means that there are no exams to worry about!

All Access wants is your enthusiasm, energy and commitment. Spend 36 weeks at North Glasgow College on any of the listed Access Courses available and on the successful completion of your studies you will be guaranteed a place in higher education.

Introduction:

Most courses at an Introduction level require no entry qualifications.  These courses are ideal for individuals who have not gained the qualifications that are required for a higher level entry.  Successful completion of an Intro levelled course will allow the student to progress on to either an NQ or HN programme.

If you are interested in an Introduction to Childcare the minimum entry requirements are 3 standard grades at general or equivalent, including English.

National Qualification (NQ):

Most NQ courses require candidates to have gained relevant qualifications to gain access to their chosen NQ.  For example to gain access to an NQ Electrical Maintenance and Control you must have gained bands 2 – 4 in Standard grades but for an NQ Engineering Practice/Factory Maintenance requires 3 standard grades at level 3 or above.

Higher National Certificate/Diploma (HNC/D):

An HNC course requires that students have gained either an appropriate group of credit passes – depending on the subject chosen - or an NQ suitable for entry into their chosen course.

Top-up Degree

All candidates would be expected to have successfully completed an HND in Art or Jewellery and related areas and ideally, have gained an A/B grade in the second year graded unit or achieved at least four merit passes in second year or other national equivalencies. All candidates must show an entry level portfolio of their own work at interview and provide an academic referee. Higher English or communication higher level or communication 4 or national equivalent is also an entry requirement. For more information on the Top-up Degree courses offered at North Glasgow College got Jewellery Top-up Degree or Visual Art Top-up Degree.