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Community and Public Services

Course Code: UF6300, UX6301
  • Level: 5
  • Qualification: Foundation Degree
  • Course type: Full-time, Part-time
  • Duration: Two years (full-time), three years (part-time)
  • Time of day: Daytime
  • When you'll study: Mondays, 9.00am - 5.00pm (part-time)
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What's it all about?

Full Fee

Full-time £14,900 (£7,450 per year)
Part-time £11,100 (£3,700 per year)

Do you have a passion for, and a commitment to, community and public services and engagement with stakeholders? This Foundation Degree aims to develop knowledge and understanding of the wide and varied social, political and economic environments that community and public services operate within. You will have the opportunity to listen to, and network with, serving public service practitioners and members of other community and public service organisations through visits, volunteering, guest lectures and work-based delivery. In short, this course will enable you to develop your academic and professional skills so that you can seamlessly progress to your chosen top-up degree course or into the workplace.

For more information about this course please read the Programme Quality Handbook which contains programme specifications and module information.

Course information

We welcome applications from those who have all of the following:

  • 32 UCAS tariff points, to include a full level 3 qualification, or T Level pass in an appropriate subject area
  • five GCSEs at grades 4 (C) or above, to include English and maths. APEL may be considered for non-traditional applicants

or alternatively:

  • equivalent qualifications
  • relevant work experience.

Should entry requirements not be met then individual cases will be considered.

Assessment will be on a continuous basis through a range of assessment criteria including presentations, essays and in-class tasks.

Please note fees are quoted for one year only.

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