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Foundation Year Health, Sport and Social Care Foundation
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Course summary
Develop your personal and professional skills in readiness for degree-level study.
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member1080181
2nd March 23
Foundation Year Health, Sport and Social Care, Foundation FullTime
The course has a variety of modules and you learn new things that is related to the courses which is good.
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What you will need to do
Apply by 29 Jan
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Audition for a Place
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Points of entry for Foundation Year Health, Sport and Social Care Foundation
Foundation
Entry requirements for Health Professions and Health Sciences at Sheffield Hallam University
Entry requirements are the formal requirements students need to meet to be considered for a place on a university course. But, each year many universities accept students with lower grades. The bar chart below shows the actual UCAS tariff points of students currently on this course.
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Required subjects for Foundation Year Health, Sport and Social Care Foundation at Sheffield Hallam University
This must include at least 24 (Grade D) from one A level or equivalent BTEC National qualifications. For example:
DDE at A Level.
MPP in BTEC Extended Diploma.
Pass overall from a T level qualification with D or E from core.
A combination of qualifications, which may include AS levels and EPQ.
UCAS points for current students on Health Professions and Health Sciences at Sheffield Hallam University
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64 UCAS Tariff points
English language requirements
6.0
Additional details
If English is not your first language, you will need an IELTS score of 6.0 or above, with a minimum score of 5.5 in each skill.
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