Higher National Certificate , HNC (abbreviation)

HE is the academic equivalent of the more vocational Higher National Certificate, awarded following further education and training courses.

The higher national certificates and diplomas have a strong work related emphasis and cover a variety of areas including computing, business, media production and construction.

Cleveland County Council's open learning unit has achieved a first validation for five Higher National Certificate courses at the same time.

Students from states of the European Community accepted on to full-time undergraduate courses (excluding foundation certificates and higher national certificates) may apply for a mandatory award.

In 1978, he was promoted to Corporal and attained a Higher National Certificate in Mechanical Engineering.

This is usually a Higher National Certificate, Higher National Diploma or an undergraduate degree.

Experimental officers were either university graduates or people who had qualifications such as the Higher National Certificate, and were support staff for Scientific Officers.

Higher National Certificates (HNCs) in Building and Civil Engineering were offered part-time.

Successive courses of study at Higher National Certificate (HNC) level and above without a break of one year or more.

The college offers a range of Higher National Certificates and Diplomas, as well as foundation degrees in the fields of sports, health and construction management.

In 1989, she gained a Public Administration Higher National Certificate from Anglia Higher Education College.

Higher National Certificates(HNC)

Higher National Certificate(HNCs)

If appropriate the catalogue also shows the articulation between Higher National Certificates, Higher National Diplomas and Degrees.

After the pilot period, the first year of the new style Higher National Certificate and Higher National Diploma courses attracted 8,587 candidates in 151 courses.

A range of qualifications are offered including Higher National Certificates, Higher National Diplomas and Foundation Degrees.

After doing various jobs, I took an HNC (Higher National Certificate) in computing at the University of Bournemouth.

A Higher National Certificate (HNC) is a higher education/further education qualification in the United Kingdom.

She received a Higher National Certificate in theatre arts and a degree in drama from Queen Margaret College in Edinburgh.

Colleges offer National Certificates, Higher National Certificates and Higher National Diplomas.

The college offers a variety of higher education qualifications including Higher National Certificates, Higher National Diplomas and Foundation Degrees.

These include proposals for new Higher National Diplomas, Higher National Certificates and Higher National Units.

An HND takes two years of full-time study, or one year full-time following successful completion of a Higher National Certificate; part-time study takes longer.

They are typically used to progress on to a Higher National Certificate or similar degree course, although a National Certificate is still a recognised qualification on its own.

They offer a wide range of vocational qualifications to young people and older adults, including SVQs, Higher National Certificates and Higher National Diplomas.