0 in the UK, a set of classes that people take so they can get a qualification that can be used to get into university or college: --
She didn't have any formal qualifications but took an access course to get into university.
It does not include access courses, many of which currently receive a discretionary grant.
So the recent effort to organise a network of more localised access courses for higher education is of prime importance.
My institution works with over 20 local further education colleges which provide access courses and foundation courses for our own degrees.
We are introducing programmes to get universities and further education colleges to do more, with access courses and summer schools.
They include courses which lead to academic or vocational qualifications, access courses and basic skills courses.
I also ran access courses for people who had no formal qualifications but who then found their way into colleges and universities.
The question of access courses was referred to.
There are also access courses tailored to particular institutions.
