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Starting your qualifications at school
Did you know you can study a college course as part of your timetable while you are still at school?
All of our courses are designed to help you develop skills needed for both higher education and employment, and allow you to be an independent, self-motivated and creative critical thinker.
School College Partnership
You don’ t have to wait until you finish school to start thinking about what you want to do afterwards. You may be able to start your pathway to a degree at school through Higher National Certificate( HNC) courses which are sometimes offered through our School College Partnership and are the equivalent of year 1 of a university degree.
In many cases, it means you can study on campus where you’ ll experience college life and learn new skills in our stateof-the-art facilities.
All our courses are chosen to allow you to move on to a degree course either at Fife College or with one of our university partners so you get the skills you really need for your future career.
To find out which courses are available at your school visit fife. ac. uk / schools
Did you know?
In place of Higher qualifications, you could progress on to an HNC qualification with Fife College, from a Foundation Apprenticeship in the same subject area.
Find out more about Foundation Apprenticeships at fife. ac. uk / foundation
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