The access course was written in house but is external accredited each year by OxCON (Oxfordshire Open College Network) and is recognised by the majority of universities as an admission standard to undergraduate courses. The course however is due for major restructuring with preliminary structure for the new course outline offering students' a greater opportunity for choice.
Assessment of the access course is conducted through members of the assessment board. The assessment board consists of the course tutors, the teaching team and OxCON moderator. Students are expected to complete 28 units, with each academic subject carrying a weighting of 6 units each (maximum of 3 academic subjects from one of the above boxes; Figure 1) with students making up the extra unit requirements from Key Skill units. However students can pass the course with 20 units with at least 15 units at level 3. The course awards three types of marks, fail, level2 (lower level) and level 3 (higher).
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