Bridging Course

Gain the knowledge and skills needed to access higher education

  • 12 weeks
  • Bishop Otter Campus (Chichester)
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Overview

Gain the knowledge and skills needed to access higher education

This is a 12-week course that provides you with the knowledge and skills you will need to access higher education.

It is designed to use your professional and personal experience to develop your academic skills.

The course is delivered flexibly to make sure that it fits easily around your work and family life. You will be led by a team of inspirational and experienced lecturers who will work with you to ensure that on completion of the course, you have the qualification necessary to apply for one of the highly respected degree courses at the University of Chichester.

From Adversity to University

A pioneering project created by senior lecturer Becky Edwards aims to give those with a history of homelessness access to Higher Education.

On this course you will:

  • Develop personal, professional and academic skills that enable you to progress to further qualifications within higher education.
  • Understand the needs of individual learners are different.
  • Learn on a course that is flexible and caters for all learners.
  • Open up study routes that are relevant to a large variety of subject areas.
  • Notice real change in your personal confidence and professional effectiveness.

We are an approved learning provider for the Ministry of Defence’s Enhanced Learning Credits (ELC) Scheme:

The Course

Develop your professional and personal skills

This course has only one module which will introduce a range of professional, personal, academic and employment-related skills.

It will provide you with:

  • Personal skills: develop resilience and self-efficacy, reflective practice, academic writing and research skills.
  • Professional skills: communication skills, managing personal and professional conflicts, setting professional boundaries and team working.
  • Employability: self-presentation, interview technique and discussion skills.
  • Sector or organisation specific knowledge and skills: access topics relevant to specific employed/voluntary roles and academic progression routes.

This list is indicative and subject to change.

How the Bridging course started

Bridging course co-founder and Senior Lecturer Becky explains how the Bridging course started, the partnership between the University and local homeless charity Stonepillow and how the course has helped shape other University degrees.

Experience

Discover facilities that help support your learning experience

Bishop Otter campus

Click to watch our virtual tour of our historic Bishop Otter campus in the heart of Chichester.

Close community

Our commitment to a friendly and close-knit student community contributes to a high degree of success for our graduates.

Learning Resource Centre

The Learning Resource Centre (LRC) contains the library, a café, IT/teaching rooms and the Support and Information Zone (SIZ).

Library

Our campus library holds more than 200,000 books and over 500,000 eBooks.

Expert staff

Our teaching staff are all experts in their fields and at the forefront of modern research within the study of Politics.

Subject specific librarians

If you have difficulty finding material for an essay, seminar or project, subject librarians will be happy to provide assistance.

Kurt

Bridging Course graduate

Before this, I’d only ever studied bus timetables. Now I’m reading Aristotle and loving it! This course has changed my life.

Lucy

Bridging Course graduate

I left school at 12, now I’m getting ready for a Fine Art degree.

Saul

Bridging Course graduate

It’s made me realise that I can do something with my life.

Annette

Bridging Course graduate

It built my confidence and made me realise that I do have staying power.

Course Costs

Please contact Becky Edwards for more information on fees for this course.

Entry Requirements

There are no entry requirements as this programme is a non-traditional route into Higher Education.

It has been designed to build your academic skills and confidence so that you can undertake a degree at the University of Chichester.