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Yes, DistanceLearningCentre.com successfully piloted the Access to Medicine Diploma in 2020/21 and are a recognised provider for this qualification. Universities who offer medicine degrees will only accept applicants from centres that deliver the Access to HE Diploma in Medicine (which must adhere to the Subject Descriptors set out by QAA). There is a significant emphasis on the study of pure Chemistry units with a mathematical skills unit, and Professional Behaviours unit also mandatory to ensure that the medicine applicant who has studied a Medicine Diploma, is prepared for the demands of undergraduate study. Students must also be able to study practical biology and chemistry. There is a  YouTube Video: Access to Medicine  interview with one of our former Access to Medicine learners, who is now studying Medicine at St George’s (University of London).

The Medicine Diploma has been running since 2020. Students have been offered places to study Medicine at Exeter, Keele, Bristol, Edinburgh, Plymouth, Southampton, Aberdeen, Newcastle, Lancaster, Nottingham, Chester, Anglia Ruskin and St George's.

Students have also had interviews to study Medicine with  Hull York Medical School. 

In relation to subjects allied to Medicine, students have been offered places for Medical Sciences at De Monfort, Exeter, Bournemouth, Anglia Ruskin, Oxford Brookes and the University of Edinburgh.

For Biomedical Science at Bristol, Canterbury Christ Church, Keele, Kent and Manchester Metropolitan University.

For Physician Associate Studies at Canterbury Christ Church University and University of Central Lancashire.

For Neuroscience at Exeter University, The University of Aberdeen and Keele University.