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Further and specialist vocational qualifications

Enhance your expertise with vocational and specialized qualifications.
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Further vocational qualifications

With a further vocational qualification, you can gain and deepen your professional skills. Students are often required to have basic professional skills in their field, acquired either through studies towards an initial vocational qualification or work experience.

Completing a further vocational qualification, generally, makes eligible for further studies, allowing you to apply to higher education institutions and universities.

Specialist vocational qualifications

Specialist vocational qualifications are perfect for experienced professionals who wish to update their skills. Students who have completed a specialist vocational qualification can handle even the most demanding work responsibilities in their field of work. Students earn their qualification by giving a demonstration of their professional competence.

Completing a specialist vocational qualification makes you generally eligible for further studies, allowing you to apply to higher education institutions and universities.