Upcoming courses
Take a look at our longer courses we have coming up and apply now! All of our longer courses require you to stay 3 days, 2 nights each week. This means they are intensive and you can often achieve the course in much shorter time than elsewhere.
STARTING DATE: 25th September 2023
Access to Higher Education Diploma (Social Science and Humanities)
Our Access to Higher Education Diploma (Social Science and Humanities) is a great stepping-stone to university, especially if you are wanting to pursue a career in one of the following professions:
- Youth work
- Teaching
- Journalism
- Social Work
- Counselling
- Historian/Curatorship
- Politics/Government
- Psychology
- Research
- Media/Social Media
Former students have gone on to study degrees and professional qualifications in subjects such as history, social policy, politics, literature, journalism, creative writing, youth work, counselling and education.
STARTING DATE: 25th September 2023
Access to Higher Education Diploma (Social Science and Health)
Our Access to Higher Education Diploma (Social Science and Health) is a great stepping-stone to university, especially if you are wanting to pursue a career in one of the following professions:
- Nursing (Paediatric and Adult)
- Midwifery
- Mental Health Nursing
- Counselling
- Psychology
- Sociology
- Criminology
STARTING DATE: 29th January 2024
Academic and Career Skills Programme
This course is for you if you want to develop the academic skills you need to progress to further study or a future career. The course is well-suited if you are looking to move on to Level 3 career-focused or academic qualifications and particularly if you are hoping to eventually progress to our very successful Access to Higher Education Diplomas starting in September 2024. You will focus on the skills you need to achieve in higher levels of study or to move towards the career you are aiming for, developing your confidence and identifying the future pathway that is most meaningful to you.
STARTING DATE: 15th September 2023
Award in Education and Training
The Award in Education and Training provides valuable training for teachers, trainers and those in support roles, or seeking employment in those job roles, in a wide range of organisations in the lifelong learning sector such as further education, adult and community education, the voluntary and community sectors, the public sector and the private sector. The course offers you a combination of theoretical background and approaches alongside the development of practical skills. The Award in Education and Training (AET) has replaced PTLLS as the nationally recognised qualification at an introductory level.
STARTING DATE: 8th September 2023
ESOL Reading
This course will be particularly useful and interesting for you if you wish to develop your English language reading and writing skills.
The course will include videos, presentations and games to create a more interactive and enjoyable learning experience.
During this course you will learn about:
- writing emails
- formal and informal writing
STARTING DATE: 8th September 2023
Free Thinking
This very popular course is a regular at the college and is one of the reasons we have College of Sanctuary status, given to us by City of Sanctuary in 2021.
The programme includes:
- Sharing stories in a safe and supportive environment
- ESOL – taught separately and embedded in many of the lessons
- Employability skills and advice
- Your rights and responsibilities
- Wellbeing and confidence building skills
- IT and presentation skills development
Team building and problem solving skills
STARTING DATE: 15th September 2023
Mother Garden Bootcamp
Following the huge success of our first ever Mother Garden Bootcamp course, we will be offering another one for the Autumn term. Because the seasons are changing and it will be a different time of year, we will be exploring new and exciting methods of creating and maintaining gardens, and how to ensure they are sustainable all year round.
STARTING DATE: 8th September 2023
Skills for Aspiring Support Workers
If you wish to support people in the third or public sector by looking after their wellbeing in their day-to-day lives and offering social, emotional and practical assistance then this course is for you! Designed to provide you with a strong foundation of skills, this pre-employment course develops your awareness and knowledge to help you on your journey in becoming a support worker.
STARTING DATE: 2nd October 2023
ILM Level 3 Award in the Management of Volunteers
This course is ideal if you have experience of managing/supervising volunteers and you want to learn new skills and knowledge to get the very best out of your volunteer team!
If you have responsibility for organising volunteers or would like to move into volunteer management, this course is ideal. Get the knowledge and skills required to be able to effectively manage volunteers and ensure that your organisation makes the most of their valuable contribution. Gain the key management skills and knowledge necessary to give your organisation the edge and equip yourself with a range of transferable skills.
STARTING DATE: 17th November 2023
ILM Leadership and Management:
This course is for anyone who is currently in a job, or who has solid management experience and is hoping to progress into a new job. It is particularly suited to practising managers who would benefit from taking time out of the workplace to reflect on themselves as managers, learn new skills and apply them to their own work context.
People who are new to management also benefit from this course.
STARTING DATE: 11th September 2023
Level 3 Certificate in ICT Systems And Principles
This course is ideal if you have a keen interest in IT, Computing or programming and wish to work in the IT industry
This course is ideal if you have a keen interest in IT, computing or programming and you want to work preferably around the IT industry and you already have an IT based level 2 qualification. However, if you do not have an IT based Level 2 qualification you may still be enrolled onto the course depending on your experience and IT knowledge.
