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News for 2024

New Medical Studies Access Programme

Dundee & Angus College have a new Access to Medical Studies SWAP course starting in August 2024.

This is in addition to the Access to Medical Studies course run by Edinburgh College.

NEW Online Courses

If you struggle to get to campus, you can study your SWAP Access course online:

Access to Nursing with UHI North, West and Hebrides

Access to Allied Health Professions with UHI North, West and Hebrides

Access to Applied Health and Life Sciences at UHI Perth

Access to Humanities at UHI Perth

General Information

All programmes are full-time, running from August/September to May/June.
Level is SCQF 6 (except Access to Medical Studies, which is SCQF 7)
SWAP 'profile grades' are based on continuous assessment, not final exam results.
The programme you do determines the courses you can progress to - see here for all progression routes.
Please read Is SWAP for me? to make sure you are eligible to be a SWAP student.

Read what students from previous years have to say about their experience on SWAP access programmes.

Click on the links below for more detailed information on SWAP access programmes in each subject area.

Programmes 2024/25

Borders College	Access to Nursing
Dundee and Angus College	Access to Social Sciences (Gardyne) Access to Life Sciences (Kingsway) Access to Nursing (Gardyne) Access to Nursing (Arbroath) Access to Medical Studies (Kingsway)
Edinburgh College	Access to Nursing Access to Arts, Humanitieis, Social Sciences and Primary Teaching (Milton Road) Access to Languages, Arts and Social Sciences (Sighthill) Access to Life Sciences (Sightill) Access to Physical Sciences (Sighthill) Access to Medical Studies (Sighthill) Access to Engineering (Midlothian) (Not running)
Fife College	Access to Health and Life Sciences (Dunfermline) Access to Arts, Humanities and Primary Education (Dunfermline) Access to Nursing (Dunfermline, Glenrothes, Kirkcaldy and Levenmouth) Access to Engineering (Glenrothes)
Forth Valley College	Access to Nursing
Newbattle Abbey College	Social Sciences: Access to Higher Education (SWAP)
North East Scotland College	Access to Social Sciences, Arts and Education Access to Medical and Life Sciences Access to Nursing Access to Allied Health Professions
UHI Inverness	Access to Nursing
UHI Moray	Access to Nursing Access to Nursing (2 year programme)
UHI North, West & Hebrides	Access to Nursing (Online) Access to Allied Health Professions (Online)
UHI Orkney	Access to Nursing
UHI Perth	Access to Humanities (Online) Access to Nursing Access to Science Access to Health and Life Sciences (Online)
UHI Shetland	Access to Nursing
West Lothian College	Access to Biological Sciences Access to Nursing Access to Social Sciences / Primary Teaching

How to Apply

To apply to any of our programmes, you should apply directly to the college at which you want to study via their online application system. Click on the programme link above to go straight to the college website.

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