Access courses

Access courses usually last one year and offer relevant subject knowledge and study skills as preparation for entry to higher education.

These courses are normally for mature students of 21 and over, but in some cases students of 19+ are eligible. They are accredited by Open College Networks and thus carry nationally recognised certification.

Successful completion of an Access course is recognised by most universities as a qualification for entry to higher education. Your application for a London Metropolitan University undergraduate course will be considered sympathetically if you have successfully completed an Access course. Students who successfully complete the following Access courses at one of our partner colleges are guaranteed consideration for a place on an appropriate course at London Metropolitan University.

City and Islington College N4

Tel: 020 7700 9200 Course Information Unit
(Pre-Access course available)
Modular Access course
One year, daytime programme
Access to Business Studies
One year, daytime or evening
Access to Computing
One year, daytime programme
Access to Humanities and Social Sciences
One year, daytime

College of North East London N15

Tel: 020 8802 3111 Main Switchboard
Access to Humanities and
Mathematics and Computing
One year, daytime or evening
(Mathematics and Computing only)
Access to Teaching
One year, daytime
Tel: 020 8442 3841 Elaine White

Community College Hackney N1

Telephone: 020 7613 9123 Main Switchboard
(Pre-Access course available)
Access to Social Sciences
One year, daytime or evening

London Metropolitan University

Our access and preparatory courses are as follows:

London Met access and pre-degree courses

For more information on any of these, please contact the Admissions Office on 020 7133 4200 or email admissions@londonmet.ac.uk

Southwark College SE1

Tel: 020 7815 1500/1600
Access to Leisure and Tourism
Management and Business Studies
One year, daytime
Access to Teaching Studies,
Mathematics and Computing and Nursing
One year, daytime

Tower Hamlets College E1

(Pre-Access course available)
Access to Business Studies
One year, daytime or evening
Tel: 020 7510 7589 Tony Colvill
Access to Computer Studies
One year, daytime or evening
Tel: 020 7510 7589 Stephen Haigh
Access to Law, Social Science
and Humanities
One year, daytime or evening
Tel: 020 7536 5726 Georgie Wemyss

Waltham Forest College E17

Tel: 020 8501 8227 Victor Morgan
Access to Higher Education

Westminster Kingsway College WC1

Tel: 020 7306 5709 Blair Malcolm
(Pre-Access course available)
Modular Access course
in Humanities and Social Science
One year, daytime or evening
Access to Law
One year, daytime or evening

For a copy of The London Access Courses Directory, contact the London Open College Network (LOCN) directly on 020 7278 5511 or see www.locn.org.uk