£138.33
per month *(
Price excludes upfront registration payment of £149.00)
* For 12 months.
Get your university place in any legal subject, and start your career in law.
Interested in studying law but don’t know where to start? This course can help you towards becoming a paralegal, legal secretary or even Police Officer – and also opens the door to a university place with careers as a Solicitor, Barrister and many more. Study this recognised course online with our expert support.
Start your career journey to become a solicitor, paralegal, Police Officer, Legal Secretary and many others.
Enhance your career if you’re already working in an area where law is relevant.
Help you work in a legal profession for the first time
Help you secure a University place in a law related course
Whatever your previous experience of studying, this course can be right for you.
Designed for adults to be easy to follow online, the course is broken up into a series of easy to understand units, which are provided to you like a “book” to work through at your own pace. You’ll complete a wide variety of activities, such as word searches, questions, problem-solving and case studies. Each unit will normally have links to videos, websites and presentations to help you learn. Completing the activities will help you understand the subject and complete each unit.
Completing a unit unlocks the next unit and so on until you’ve successfully completed every unit to achieve your Diploma. Along the way, you will have feedback from an expert assessor on each unit you submit.
The course covers subjects as interesting and diverse as the Judicial system; the Police; Homicide; Consumer Law and Understanding English Law.
Enrol on this course today and receive a 10% discount on course fees when you pay in full!
Payment options
Payment in Full:
Receive a 10% discount at the time of purchase when you pay in full.
Course fees: £1494.00
Registration fee: £149.00
Total Cost of the Course: £1643.00
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Monthly Payment Plan:
Initial deposit: £138.33
Registration fee: £149.00
Total at the time of purchase: £287.33
Followed by 11 monthly instalments of £138.33
Total Cost of the Course: £1809.00
How will my course work?
Moodle is a VLE, or virtual learning environment, that was created specifically for online courses, and is designed to be easy to use, interactive and helpful.
Once you’ve enrolled and received your log in, you’ll be able to access your Diploma course, which is easy to follow and designed so that you always know where you are, what you have to do and how you can progress through the course.
Each unit is presented as a book, you just ‘turn’ the pages as you work through the unit. Moodle gives us the opportunity to provide you with varied activities to help your learning in each unit, such as quizzes, crosswords and word searches. Resources like videos and presentations are embedded into units whenever possible, so you don’t have to leave the Moodle to view them and you don’t need to download lots of documents.
On Moodle, it’s easy to:
Complete unit activities
Check your answers to unit activities
Submit your assessments
Receive feedback from an assessor
Keep up to date with any news or announcements relevant to your Diploma
Send and receive messages
One thing you always need to keep in mind – you can’t break it!
How will my course progress?
The units have been written specifically for online learners, provided as ‘books’, for you to work through at your own pace.
There are activities throughout a unit for you to complete, such as:
word searches
crosswords
questions
problem solving
case studies
quizzes
Videos, presentations and web links are provided to broaden your understanding of a subject. These formative activities will help you to complete the assessment that you need to do for each unit, details of which are contained in the unit assessment brief.
You can view the full syllabus for the law course, which contains the units you need to study, click on the tab section relating to the Syllabus below.
How will I complete my units?
Each unit comes with an assessment brief. You will be able to access the assessment brief right at the beginning of a unit, so you can see what you are working towards. The assessment brief contains all the details you need about the assessment tasks that you must complete to achieve a unit.
Every assessment task is clearly mapped to the appropriate unit learning outcomes and assessment criteria.
The activities that you complete during your work on a unit have been developed so that you gain the knowledge, understanding and skills to complete the assessment.
The types of assessment are varied and interesting. The following are some examples, which can vary depending on which Diploma you’re studying:
research notes for a radio programme
e-presentation
leaflets
newspaper article
presentation paper with audio summary
report
diagrams
fact sheets
case studies
calculations
drawings
When you have finished your unit study, you submit your assessment tasks, which will be marked by an assessor. Once you have successfully completed a unit, you will be able to progress onto the next one.
How much time will I need?
An Aspire Access Diploma requires the achievement of 60 credits. Each unit in a Diploma carries a certain number of credits – these can be 3, 6 or 9.
The 60 credits comprise:
15 credits from ungraded units
45 credits from graded units (grades are pass, merit, distinction)
1 credit is estimated to take an "average" student up to 10 hours. These hours include all the activities needed to complete the credit, such as:
working through the unit
completing the activities provided
reading
your own research
preparing for the unit assessment
completing the unit assessment
What's the quickest time I could qualify?
Once enrolled you are given a total of 3 years to complete your diploma. You can complete the diploma within the 3 years, the actual completion time varies dependent on individual cicrumstances and how much time can be dedicated to working through and completing the diploma.
*Each unit has a maximum allotted time of 3 months ( once unlocked ) to complete.
What's the longest I could take?
The longest you would be allowed to complete your course would be three years from the date you start the course.
How will you help me study?
An Aspire Diploma contains a number of ungraded study skills units, for example:
English for Academic Study
Producing a Written Assignment
Research and Referencing
These units have been designed so that you can improve and refine your study skills to help you maximise your potential on the course. It also means that you are developing a skills set to assist you in your progression from the Diploma, whether in higher education, employment or training. You’ll be able to prove that you have these essential skills to employers.
What help is available on the course?
Once you enrol, you will have access to your course units and will be provided with a student handbook. In addition, an expert assessor will provide feedback on all of your assessments.
Important
Courses are fully booked for 2020
Due to a high level of people wanting to study from home, our courses are now fully booked for 2020.
WORRIED ABOUT RETURNING TO STUDYING?
The whole purpose of an Aspire Online Course is to help people in your situation to be successful.
Many people are nervous when they start a course, particularly if they haven't been in a classroom for some time. At Aspire, we are aware of this and have taken it into account when designing all of our; you won't be thrown in at the deep end or tested on things that you forgot years ago. Our online courses are designed to be easy to understand and you’ll be supported in your learning.
Subjects Covered
Law Syllabus
No.
Subject Unit
Credit
Graded
1
1. The Powers of the Police
Police powers of arrest, search, detention, public order and rights of assembly. Remedies for police misconduct.
3
Graded
2
2. Understanding English Law
Sources of English law, delegated legislation and the principles of statutory interpretation. Individual rights and freedoms and how they are protected.
6
Graded
3
3. Consumer Law
Consumer protection legislation and its effectiveness. The function and effectiveness of regulatory bodies.
3
Graded
4
4. The Judicial System
Court structure, criminal and civil courts and their functions. Appeals processes and routes. Roles and functions of legal and lay personnel in the legal process. Methods of resolving legal disputes.
6
Graded
5
5. Homicide
Murder and different classes of manslaughter and the defences available. Sentencing murder and manslaughter, minimum life tariff.
3
Graded
Sociology Syllabus
No.
Subject Unit
Credit
Graded
1
1. Social Divisions
Implications of social diversity. Ethnicity, class, gender, physical ability, learning ability, age. Positive and negative impacts of diversity.
3
Ungraded
2
2. Equality and Diversity
Key equality and diversity policies and legislation, the issues of equality and diversity in relation to health/social care.
6
Graded
3
3. Welfare Policy
Sociological explanations for the distribution of wealth and income, the roles of statutory, private and voluntary sectors in welfare provision.
3
Graded
4
4. Sociology of the Family
Sociological explanations of the role of the family, historical changes to the family structure, roles within the family and sociological views on the significance of changes in those roles.
3
Graded
5
5. Ethical Issues in Social Policy
Ethics and ethical dilemmas. Legislation, policies and differing views relevant to an ethical dilemma.
3
Graded
Psychology Syllabus
No.
Subject Unit
Credit
Graded
1
1. Behaviourism
The work of Pavlov and Skinner in classical and operant conditioning and their practical application to human behaviour in an education setting.
3
Graded
2
2. Perceptual Processes
The cognitive or information processing approach as an explanation of mental activity. What do we mean by perception and what factors affect its development?
3
Graded
3
3. Conformity and Obedience
Psychological studies which seek to explain why people conform and Milgram’s studies of obedience. Ethical issues involved in research that uses human subjects.
3
Graded
Study Skills Syllabus
No.
Subject Unit
Credit
Graded
1
1. English for Academic Study
Critical reading and evaluation, different forms of writing and reflection on how to improve your writing skills.
3
Ungraded
2
2. Research and Referencing
Different research methods and forms of referencing. Copyright and issues of plagiarism.
3
Ungraded
3
3. Producing a Written Assignment
The purpose and value of controlled assessments, revision strategies. Preparing for, and reviewing performance in, a controlled assessment.
3
Ungraded
Career Opportunity Examples
Trade union official
£12,000 to £100,000
Trade union officials (Trade union officer) represent, train and advise union members, perform research and develop policy.
Trading standards officer
£12,000 to £100,000
Trading standards officers (TSO) protect consumers and businesses by promoting a safe and fair trading environment.
Legal secretary
£12,000 to £100,000
Legal secretaries provide administrative support for lawyers and legal executives.
Paralegal
£12,000 to £100,000
Paralegals (legal assistant, property assistant, contracts assistant) carry out research, prepare legal documents and give legal advice to clients.
Court usher
£12,000 to £100,000
Court ushers (Court administrative officer) make sure that everyone involved with a court case is present and that they know what to do.