Highbury College’s university level courses include Foundation Degrees, Higher National Certificates/Diplomas and professional qualifications such as NVQs. Our university level courses are ideal for anyone who wants to gain a degree level qualification and progress onto university or enhance their career prospects.

Flexibility and choice

At Highbury you can choose from a range of university level courses including Foundation Degrees, National Vocational Qualifications (NVQ), Higher National Certificates (HNC), BTEC Diplomas and fast-track courses. All offer progression routes to university.

Highbury’s university level courses offer flexible entry and exit points depending on your qualifications and work experience – whatever your situation, we provide a route into higher education.

And most courses can be studied part-time, allowing you to work and learn at the same time.

Highbury has an excellent regional, national and international reputation. For instance, our fast-track journalism course was ranked top in the country by the NCTJ in 2007/8, while our provision for both Hospitality & Catering and Information & Communications Technology were judged to be outstanding in the College’s most recent Ofsted report.

Studying at Highbury offers excellent value for money. Our tuition fees for university level courses are less than half what you would pay for equivalent courses at most universities.

Taking a degree level qualification at Highbury enables you to achieve your ambitions and benefit from a supportive environment with small class sizes, a friendly atmosphere and 21st-century facilities.

Foundation Degrees and HNCs
These work-based qualifications may be studied full- or part-time and can lead on to a full Honours Degree. 

Professional courses
Enhance your career prospects, increase your effectiveness at work and gain qualifications for skills you already have. 

Find out more about Highbury’s university level courses in

• Automotive
• Business
• Computing
• Construction & Built Environment
• Education
• Engineering
• Health Care
• Health & Safety
• Hospitality, Travel & Tourism
• Media & Journalism