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Foundation degree to top up year advice

Hello there
I am a mature student, in my early 50’s. 4 years ago I began a foundation degree at local college in Early Childhood Education. I deferred near to the end of year one due to extreme personal circumstance and repeated year 1 and finished the following year. My year two the extreme circumstances returned and my college suggested I deferred in the May and return to repeat year two the following year. Sadly, I myself suffered extreme ill health that year and did not complete year two 2025. My college group no longer teach at university level and I have just been told that I should apply for the top up year with the 120 credits I have from the first year of the foundation degree and 35 years of extensive childcare and education experience in a senior role. My college cannot give any guidance on what I should do next. Does anyone have any knowledge of this please? Many thanks. 🤩
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by emile1973
Hello there
I am a mature student, in my early 50’s. 4 years ago I began a foundation degree at local college in Early Childhood Education. I deferred near to the end of year one due to extreme personal circumstance and repeated year 1 and finished the following year. My year two the extreme circumstances returned and my college suggested I deferred in the May and return to repeat year two the following year. Sadly, I myself suffered extreme ill health that year and did not complete year two 2025. My college group no longer teach at university level and I have just been told that I should apply for the top up year with the 120 credits I have from the first year of the foundation degree and 35 years of extensive childcare and education experience in a senior role. My college cannot give any guidance on what I should do next. Does anyone have any knowledge of this please? Many thanks. 🤩


Phone or email the unis you would be interested in attending and ask if your are eligible to join their course. Once you have determined if a top-up year is possible, then you need to ask SFE about your eligibility for funding. You can do that on the following forum:

https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=910

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