Further Information
Teaching
You will be taught through a combination of lectures, group tutorials and one to one session. Group Tutorials enable you to discuss and develop your understanding of topics covered in lectures in smaller groups; you will also have timetabled meetings with your personal tutor for one-to-one sessions.
You will have access to college library and ICT lab facilities throughout your course.
Pearson BTEC Level 5 Higher National Diploma in Healthcare Practice:
- Total Qualification Time (TQT) Higher National Diploma (HND) = 2,400 hours.
- Total Guided Learning (GL) Higher National Diploma (HND) = 960 hours.
Learning
The aims of the learning are to:
- Enable students to move from directed towards greater self-directed and autonomous learning, specifically encouraging a positive attitude towards independent learning.
- Articulate measured approaches to the delivery of learning which enables every student to develop, as independent learners, studying their chosen subject(s) in depth and enhancing their employability, as well as nurturing the growth of analytical, critical, and creative thinking skills.
- Ensure the provision of inclusive learning through promoting equality, diversity and equal opportunity.
- Ensure lecturers, internal verifiers and anyone involved in teaching or supporting student learning are appropriately qualified, supported and developed.
Overall workload
Each 15-credit unit approximates to a TQT (Total Qualification Time) of 150 hours which usually equates to 60 hours of Guided Learning
Academic support
The College ensures all academic provision including programmes, modules and units and underpinning resources (technical and physical) are up to date and fit for the purpose. Personal tutors comply with the College’s commitment to supporting greater opportunities for access to education for students who might otherwise not realise their full potential.
Our Academic Support Team provides help in the following areas:
- Study skills (including reading, note-taking, and presentation skills)
- Written English (including punctuation and grammatical accuracy)
- Academic writing (including how to reference)
- Research skills (in conjunction with the library)
- Critical thinking and understanding arguments
- Revision, assessment, and examination skills (including time management).
Our Student Support and Reasonable Adjustment Policy help students with additional needs.
Teaching staff
You will be taught by an experienced teaching team whose expertise and knowledge are closely matched to the content of the modules on the course. The team includes senior academics, professional practitioners with industry experience and technical officers.
ASSESSMENT AND FEEDBACK
ASSESSMENT
Pearson BTEC Higher Nationals in Healthcare Practice are assessed using a combination of internally assessed centre-devised internal assignments (which are set and marked by centres) and internally assessed Pearson-set assignments (which are set by Pearson and marked by centres). Pearson-set assignments are mandatory and target particular industry-specific skills. The number and value of these units are dependent on qualification size.
- For the HNC, one Core, 15 credit, unit at Level 4 will be assessed by a mandatory Pearson-set assignment targeted at particular skills.
- For the HND, two Core units: one Core, 15 credit, unit at Level 4 and one Core, 30 credit, unit at Level 5, will be assessed by a mandatory Pearson-set assignment targeted at particular skills.
All other units are assessed by centre-devised internal assignments. For internally assessed units, the format of assessment is an assignment taken after the content of the unit, or part of the unit if several assignments are used, has been fully delivered. An assignment may take a variety of forms, including practical and written types.
Grades awarded are Pass, Merit and Distinction.
The College has a Policy on the Recognition of Prior Learning, the aim of which is to assess whether learners can demonstrate that they can meet the assessment requirements for a unit through knowledge, understanding or skills they already possess and so do not need to develop through a discrete course of learning.
FEEDBACK
You will receive feedback on all practice assessments and on formal assessments. Feedback from markers should be provided within 4 weeks from the submission deadline and the feedback must be clear, legible, and constructive. It must also be linked to the learning outcomes and the assessment.
Guidance on Resubmission and Repeat
Resubmission opportunity
An assignment provides the final assessment for the relevant learning outcomes and is normally a final assessment decision. A student who, for the first assessment opportunity, has failed to achieve a Pass for that unit specification shall be expected to undertake a reassessment.
- Only one opportunity for reassessment of the unit will be permitted.
- Reassessment for course work, project- or portfolio-based assessments shall normally involve the reworking of the original task.
- For examinations, reassessment shall involve completion of a new task.
- A student who undertakes a reassessment will have their grade capped at a Pass for that unit.
- A student will not be entitled to be reassessed in any component of assessment for which a Pass grade or higher has already been awarded.
Repeat Units
A student who, for the first assessment opportunity and resubmission opportunity, still failed to achieve a Pass for that unit specification can:
- Repeat a unit if permission is granted with the centre’s discretion and at the Assessment Board
- Study the unit again with full attendance and payment of the unit fee
Achieve a result capped at a Pass for the overall unit grade for a successfully completed repeat assessment
Only repeat the assessment once.
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