What is Additional and Specialist Learning?
The Additional and Specialist Learning (ASL) component of a Diploma allows students to choose qualifications to either specialise in a particular area within their line of learning (e.g. a student could use GCSE Art and Design as part of a Foundation or Higher Diploma in Creative and Media), or to broaden their study according to their own interests (for instance by taking a GCSE in a Modern Foreign Language). ASL is a significant component of a Diploma – at Foundation it is has 120 minimum guided learning hours (GLH), at Higher it has 180 minimum GLH, and at Higher it has 360 minimum GLH.
