When everyone is talking about HND are they referring to the 2 year HND where year 1 is HNC? I always thought whichever HND you choose to do, on any subject, year 1 is always HNC and completing 2 years you would get an HND.

I believe you can go straight into a 2 year HND with no experience however you would not be able to go straight into the 2nd year.

I could be wrong though.
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It sounds like it's changed a lot since I did my HND in the mid-90's. I had already done A-levels, but did one year of the National Diploma before doing 2 years of the HND. We had loads of practical treatment training & experience, far more than what is now commonplace in NVQ's. We had 2 days a week where the college was opened as a salon & we did treatments under supervision for the whole day (when a full day was 9 to 5!), for two years, so by the time I qualified I could do all the treatments standing on my head.