Foundation Degrees and HNCs @ Highbury

Highbury’s Foundation Degrees and Higher National Certificates provide you with a flexible route into higher education, as well as equipping you with the knowledge, skills and understanding that employers need.

Foundation Degrees 

Foundation Degrees are a mix of academic study and practical workplace experience that give you the knowledge and skills employers need.

They are usually taught at Colleges like Highbury, but are validated by a partner university, who ensure that the quality of teaching and learning is of an appropriate standard.

Foundation Degrees are roughly equivalent to the first two years of an Honours Degree. They offer a route into higher education and provide you with work-specific skills, relevant to a particular sector of industry.

Foundation Degrees are designed to be flexible. You will learn in a way that suits you. This could combine distance learning, learning in the workplace and classroom based study.

After completing a Foundation Degree you can move on to employment or top up to an Honours Degree.

Is a Foundation Degree for me?

Yes, if you:

• Want to study locally
• Want to enhance your job prospects
• Want to gain a work-related qualification
• Want a complete career change

Highbury offers Foundation Degrees in

• Business Management awaiting university validation
• Business with Marketing Management awaiting university validation
• Business with Retail Management awaiting university validation
• Computer Networking validated by the University of Sussex
• Construction & Surveying validated by the University of Westminster
• Construction Management validated by the University of Westminster
• Hospitality Management awaiting university validation
• Professional Media Production validated by the University of Surrey
• Travel & Tourism Management awaiting university validation

Higher National Certificates 

Higher National Certificates (HNCs) are highly valued by employers. Highbury’s HNCs are based on Edexcel BTEC specifications and are designed to develop your practical and theoretical skills and knowledge. Most people study on day-release from relevant employment.

Highbury offers HNCs in

• Business
• Engineering (Electrical/Electronic)
• Engineering (Mechanical Manufacture)