Focus on Careers Learning Resources - Routes to Higher Education

A well-known route to Higher Education looks like this:

1. Achieve A Levels
2. Go to university and study for an honours degree

However , this is only one of many routes available to learners and only one of the qualifications available within higher education.

This section explores routes to higher education involving all types of qualifications, with case studies of local young people, offering a glimpse into how it can different routes to HE can work in real life.

Before using this Routes to Higher Education section, please look at these links:

• Brief Overview of Current Qualifications
• Qualification Level Equivalences
• Progression Diagram

Lesson plans and
accompanying resources

• HE1 - Routes to Higher Education lesson plan 1
• HE2 - Routes to Higher Education lesson plan 2

*All text-only versions will be available for download soon.