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Do any of the following sound familiar? If so, an Access to HE course could be for you.

'The tutors were very supportive and I could cope with the demands of the course without compromising my health'

'The courses looked fantastic, but I had nowhere near the required A-Level results to be accepted.'

'In my teens I didn’t understand the importance of education and the empowerment it bestows.'

‘I left school at 15 years old with no qualifications’

‘As a teenager I was convinced that people like me couldn't go to university’

‘I'd always planned to go on to further study but with one thing or another life somehow just took over’

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Access to HE success stories

Click on a case study and read more about how Access to HE has helped change lives forever.

Successful careers

Elizabeth Christian - from civil servant to teacher of English Literature >>
Yvonne Brissett – from community radio to broadcast journalist at the BBC>>
Mark Field – from chief petty officer to doctoral researcher >>
Trudy Ing – from part-time childminder to student advisor >>
Dr Stuart Prior – from grave digger to lecturer in archaeological practice >>
Linda White – from cleaner to midwife >>
Albert Phipps – from warehouseman to Access lecturer >>
Ian Webber - from restaurant manager to teacher >>
Gabrielle Holmes - from housewife to midwife >>
Dr Erik Johansson Cox - from unemployed to research scientist >>
Nneka Akudolu - from waitress to criminal barrister >>
Susan Nelson - from sales coordinator to course coordinator >>
Scott Ellis - from coal miner to lecturer >>
Sue Long - from housing department to further education access officer >>
Belinda Robinson – from homebound carer to professional counsellor >>

Current degree students

Sarah Kate Bennett - current master's student >>
Laurie Pycroft - second year degree student >>
Alexander Walker – from travelling musician to undergraduate at UCL >>
Chris Healey – from retired policeman to master's degree student >>
Mark Williams – first year degree student >>
Laura Lacey – first year degree student >>
Nicola Power – current degree student >>

Current Access to HE students

Simon Hatch – Access to HE student >>
Ranulf Corbett – Access to HE student >>
Simon Wheatcroft – Access to HE student >>

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