The BTEC Higher National Diploma (HND) provides a fresh, alternativepathway to tertiary education. While serving the same interests as a traditional pathway it also differs in significant ways, with a strong focus on students being able to continuously demonstrate competencies, using assessments with a very strong practical, contemporary and vocational character.
While the shift in emphasis guarantees a graduate that can more effectively enter either industry or further study, it may pose challenges to learners who, up to this point, have internalised traditional teaching and learning and to whom this approach would require some adjustment. We believe that this adjustment, while not onerous, should be explicitly addressed very early. This course serves to re-orient students to a more flexible, immersive and enjoyable approach to learning.
- Teacher: Kayode James
- Teacher: Gerard Sampson