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"},{"change_date":"20251110","change_title":"Progression routes and entry requirements ","change_description":"Added<\/strong>\r\n\r\nBSc (Hons) Global Infectious Disease- GCSE Mathematics at Grade C or Grade 4 or above (or equivalent).\r\nBSc (Hons) Games Development\r\nBSc (Hons) Cyber Security\r\nBA (Hons) Digital Marketing\r\nBSc (Hons) Criminal Justice and Psychology\r\nBSc (Hons) Policing and Criminal Justice\r\nBSc (Hons) Law and Criminal Justice\r\nBA (Hons) Criminology and Psychology\r\n\r\n\r\nEntry Requirements added\/ updated<\/strong>\r\n\r\nBA (Hons) Geography\r\nBSc (Hons) Geography\r\nBSc (Hons) Geology and Physical Geography\r\nFDSC Nursing Associate\r\nBSc (Hons) Information Technology Management for Business- REMOVED\r\nBA (Hons) Working and Teaching in the Early Years- REMOVED\r\nBA (Hons) Education and Mathematics- REMOVED\r\nBA (Hons) Children's Learning and Development-REMOVED\r\nBA (Hons) Primary Education with QTS (School-Based)-REMOVED.\r\nBSc (Hons) Nutrition and Health- REMOVED.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nRemoved<\/strong>\r\n\r\nBSc (Hons) Computing (Games Programming)\r\nBSc (Hons) Computing (Networks, Cyber Security and Forensics)\r\nBA (Hons) Graphic Design\r\nBSc (Hons) Genetics\r\nBSc (Hons) Plant Science\r\nBA (Hons) Secondary English Education with QTS\r\nBSc (Hons) Secondary Mathematics Education with QTS\r\nBA (Hons) Secondary Religious Education with QTS\r\nBA (Hons) Childhood & Youth Studies\r\nBA (Hons) Childhood & Youth Studies and Criminology\r\nBA (Hons) Physical Geography and Geology\r\nBA (Hons) Education and English\r\nBA (Hons) Education and Mathematics\r\nBA (Hons) Education and Religious Education\r\nBA (Hons) Education and Sociology\r\nBA (Hons) Secondary English Education\r\nBA (Hons) Secondary Mathematics Education\r\nBA (Hons) Secondary Religious Education\r\nBA (Hons) Creative Writing and English Literature\r\nBA (Hons) Working and Teaching in Education\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n"},{"change_date":"20251112","change_title":"Progression routes and entry requirements","change_description":"BA (Hons) Graphic Design and BSc (Hons) Nutrition & Health readded as progression routes, following clarification. \r\n\r\nDance progression entry criteria removed, following clarification. "},{"change_date":"20251127","change_title":"Progression route","change_description":"BSc (Hons) Nursing (child) no longer available as a Fastrack progression route. "}],"themes":"","selection_process":"","progression_criteria":"If you are offered a place on the Fastrack course, you will be classed as holding a conditional offer for the degree you wish to progress onto.\r\n\r\nProgression to all available routes will be conditional upon:\r\n