Access to Success is an activity-based website for prospective Open University students, which allows them to check they have the skills needed to do a course before applying. It contains activities to help them check their English language skills, whether they have enough free time to study and that they have a sufficient level of computing ability.

Users can save their progress along the way and at the end of the activities they are provided with feedback and suggestions about whether they are ready to apply and if not, what they should do to bring their skills up to the required level.