Supporting the Health and Social Care Sector through Access to HE

A new report has found that around 8% of job roles in care are vacant, which equates to more than 220,000 vacancies in the health and social care sector. Together we have a responsibility to encourage people to take the first step into a career in health and social care and to build their skill base to fill these important roles.

Being an Access Validating Agency (AVA) for 45 years, we’ve used our expertise to create a robust portfolio of Health and Social Care Diplomas including the following titles:

  • Allied Health Professions
  • Counselling & Psychology
  • Health & Social Care
  • Health Sciences & Well-being
  • Medicine
  • Nursing & Midwifery
  • Paramedic Science
  • Physio & Sports Therapy
  • Radiography

Why Choose Ascentis?

Blended Learning – We offer various online units which are accompanied by interactive resources and workbooks to aid blended delivery, providing flexibility to you and your learners. The online subject sets are:

• Biology

• Professional Health Care Practices

• Social Issues in Health Care

• Psychology

• Study Skills

*We are currently developing online content, resources and workbooks for other subjects, which will be available in the new year.

Moderation Model – We offer a bespoke Quality Assurance Model, which allows us to tailor our resources and support to your Centre’s individual requirements.

Tailored Diplomas – Our subjects have a range of units to choose from making it simple for you to individualise Diplomas to your learners’ needs and career aspirations.

Recruitment of Learners – We understand that recruiting learners for your Access to HE courses is a time-consuming process and can be difficult alongside teaching full-time. Taking this into consideration, we provide a range of Marketing Materials to help you and your admissions teams to advertise your Access to HE courses and recruit learners.

Continuous Development – At Ascentis we are advocates of Lifelong Learning and are constantly seeking feedback from Centres and industry experts on our Access to HE Diplomas. We do this to refine and enhance our Diplomas to ensure they meet the needs of tutors, learners, HE providers and employers.

Find Out More

To view our full Access to HE provision please click here. If you would like to discuss Access to HE in more detail with us please click here to arrange a virtual meeting. We are always happy to help.

*Statistic taken from Migration Advisory Committee 2020

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“We are very pleased that we made the move to Ascentis for all our ESOL exams. The exams are appropriate for our learners, and lecturers find the marking manageable. As an organisation, Ascentis is a pleasure to work with. Our queries are always dealt with quickly and we are extremely well supported by our verifier.”

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“We have thoroughly enjoyed our first year with Ascentis. There has been support of a high quality throughout the academic year. Support has been provided through a variety of roles including the quality managers, lead EQA’s and subject moderators.”

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“We have been delighted with the impact Ascentis Extended Awards in Mathematical Skills (Stepping Stones) have had on our student’s progression towards their functional skills mathematics as well as preparing them for the completion of their GCSE. It has taught them the essential skills in mathematics which enabled them to deal with the practical problems and challenges of life – at home, in education and at work. These skills are valued by employers and further education, and are a platform on which to build other employability skills. We are also very impressed with the level of service and commitment shown by the staff of Ascentis, they are always available to help whenever help is needed.”

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