Prospectus 2021 – 2022 3 Welcome to North Lindsey College
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PROSPECTUS 2021 – 2022 2 3 WELCOME TO WELCOME TO NORTH LINDSEY COLLEGE NORTH LINDSEY COLLEGE THIS IS OUR CAMPUS! Over recent years we WELCOME TO NORTH LINDSEY COLLEGE have invested £13.4m across DN Colleges WINNER OF BEST FURTHER EDUCATION COLLEGE Group to ensure your FOR TWO YEARS IN A ROW AT THE WHATUNI? College experience is STUDENT CHOICE AWARDS! the best it can be! North Lindsey College, part of DN Colleges Group, have won the award for two years but shortlisted for three years in a row. This is a particularly important award for DN Colleges Group as We really look forward it has been voted for by our students and reflects the positive to welcoming you in experience they have had studying with us. the coming year! Commenting on the results of this year’s WUSCAs, Simon Emmett, CEO at IDP Connect, said: “This year, high average review scores across all WUSCA categories demonstrate a widespread effort from UK institutions to both listen and respond to the needs of students. This is something the sector should be incredibly proud of achieving and these outstanding results would be welcomed in many other sectors during this difficult time.” WELCOME TO COLLEGE 4 5 CONTENTS WELCOME TO WELCOME TO COLLEGE CONTENTS COLLEGE WELCOME TO COLLEGE 5 APPRENTICESHIPS 34 WELCOME FROM MICK LOCHRAN 6 ACADEMIC STUDIES 42 WHY CHOOSE NORTH LINDSEY COLLEGE? 8 ANIMAL MANAGEMENT 46 BLENDED LEARNING AT NLC 10 BUSINESS, SALES & DIGITAL MARKETING 52 THERE ARE LOADS OF REASONS... 12 CATERING & HOSPITALITY 58 INFORMATION FOR PARENTS AND GUARDIANS 14 CHILDCARE & EDUCATION 62 STUDENT SUPPORT 15 CONSTRUCTION 68 INFORMATION, ADVICE & GUIDANCE 16 CREATIVE ARTS 78 TRAVELLING TO NORTH LINDSEY COLLEGE 18 DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES 82 ENRICHMENTS 20 ENGINEERING 88 SPORT ENRICHMENTS 22 ENGLISH FOR SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES (ESOL) 98 DUKE OF EDINBURGH’S AWARD 24 FOUNDATION STUDIES 102 DANCE COMPANY – NLDC 26 HAIRDRESSING AND BEAUTY THERAPY 106 North Lindsey College is the local FE provider for skills-led education STAGE READY 27 HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE 112 and training. We are nothing like school or other colleges, in that WORK EXPERIENCE 28 MOTOR VEHICLE 118 we deliver training to our students that meets the needs of industry, T-LEVELS 30 PERFORMING ARTS 126 alongside providing qualifications that enable our students to progress TECHNICAL SKILLS 32 SPORT AND UNIFORMED SERVICES 132 to university, an apprenticeship or straight into their chosen sector. TRAINEESHIPS 33 TRAVEL & TOURISM 138 UCNL 142 Our facilities are the best in this region. We are not like other colleges, our Our students benefit from access to investment in skills-led training means fantastic engineering, construction, our students access progression health, catering, and sport facilities opportunities to highly sought after FOLLOW US: alongside science laboratories, sports places at key institutions and employers. science labs, fully equipped gym and weights rooms, dance studio as well as In addition to your course you can expect an on campus air cabin. to gain key employability and technical NorthLindseyCollege @NorthLindsey North Lindsey College @NorthLindsey NorthLindseyCollege skills, delivered in partnership with industry, to help you work towards your dream career. [email protected] 01724 281111 www.northlindsey.ac.uk Kingsway, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, DN17 1AJ The College reserves the right to withdraw or change any programmes as appropriate. Further details are available on our website or programme leaflets. All information correct at time of printing. WELCOME FROM MICK LOCHRAN 6 7 WELCOME FROM MICK LOCHRAN FROM WELCOME MICK LOCHRAN Welcome to North Lindsey The prospectus shows the programmes Please take the opportunity to visit that we offer at the College and you the College and see for yourself the College, from Mick Lochran. will find lots of information on the wide substantial investment we have made range of support that’s available to help in our learning resources which are We are delighted that you are you to be successful in your chosen amongst the best in the region, if not the considering studying at North Lindsey career. Every curriculum area has well country. College and hope that our prospectus established employer links and we use helps you in selecting the programme of these links to provide guest lectures, site We are sure that you will find what you study that best meets your needs. visits and an industrial placement that are looking for at North Lindsey and we will help you to shape your future career. would like to take this opportunity to As part of your programme of study, wish you success and enjoyment in your North Lindsey College offers a wide We know choosing the career and course future with the College. range of opportunities for you to develop that is right for you can be a daunting the personal and technical skills that will task, so please take the opportunity Mick Lochran give you an edge when you progress to to come to one of our open events or CEO, DN Colleges Group your next step in Higher Education, as an contact us to book an informal careers apprentice or into employment. meeting. We have dedicated teams of staff who are here to make sure that our We work closely with our students and students are successful in their chosen encourage them to become involved with course of study and eventually progress the wide and varied aspects of College into employment, an apprenticeship or life. We have also developed an exciting university. range of enrichment activities to ensure that you have the best possible personal development experiences during your time at the College and these include a range of sports teams, Duke of North Lindsey College and Doncaster College are part of the Edinburgh’s Award, international visits, gliding, skydiving and much more. WHY CHOOSE NORTH LINDSEY COLLEGE? 8 9 LABOUR MARKET INFORMATION By 2024 it is predicted there will be jobs in our region. FOR OUR REGION* 78,000 extra COLLEGE LINDSEY CHOOSE NORTH WHY WHY CHOOSE SECTORS SET TO GROW HEALTH AND PROFESSIONAL CONSTRUCTION INFORMATION TRANSPORT AND WHOLESALE AND SOCIAL WORK SERVICES TECHNOLOGY STORAGE RETAIL NORTH WHERE ARE THE MOST JOBS NOW? LINDSEY WHOLESALE AND HEALTH AND MANUFACTURING EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COLLEGE? RETAIL SOCIAL CARE LABOUR MARKET INFORMATION By 2024 it is predicted there will be FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM* 1,974,000 extra jobs across the UK. SECTORS SET TO GROW WHY CHOOSE NORTH LINDSEY COLLEGE LINDSEY CHOOSE NORTH WHY Preparing our students for Working closely with industry and Getting involved with industry as a business leaders enables us to identify student is a great way to hone your their future career is a strong these sought-after skills within our region critical and reflective thinking skills, FINANCIAL DIGITAL BIOTECHNOLOGY GAMING AND INFORMATION ENGINEERING HEALTHCARE focus of everything we do here and helps us transform your learning time management, networking and TECHNOLOGY MARKETING VIRTUAL REALITY TECHNOLOGY at North Lindsey College. experience from a classroom-based self-confidence along with other key activity into an experience that takes you employability and technical skills needed WHERE ARE THE MOST JOBS NOW? As many sectors are facing a skills gap into the real world. to succeed in the workplace today. and employers are struggling to recruit the right talent, it is important that as a We aim to offer our students excellent local provider we help to train local talent work experience opportunities, employer to progress into these local roles. insights and sector talks to help you make the connection between your programme of study and your career options. HEALTH AND WHOLESALE AND EDUCATION MANUFACTURING SCIENCE AND SOCIAL CARE RETAIL TECHNOLOGY *All LMI data obtained from the Office for National Statistics and GOV.UK in July 2019. BLENDED LEARNING AT NLC 10 11 BLENDED NLC AT LEARNING BLENDED LEARNING AT NLC BLENDED LEARNING AT NLC NLC AT BLENDED LEARNING COVID-19 has meant colleges have had to review their timetables During 2019/2020 academic year and subject delivery to adjust to the ‘new normal’. In preparation DN Colleges Group have delivered: for September 2020 North Lindsey College have developed a new delivery model that incorporates online learning with traditional in class and in workshop delivery. This is known as blended learning. 2.59 million Sent 462961 WHAT IS BLENDED LEARNING? Our new timetabling of lessons will mean video calls messages From September 2020 students can that you can expect to physically be on expect to access their subject sessions campus for a minimum of 2 days a week, through a combination of online classes, with at least one day a week delivered that can be accessed at home, to sessions online, which you will access at home. delivered on campus and in person. We will make sure that you have access to Held 13755 734400 minutes We’re lucky to have a large, well equipped laptops, as we appreciate that not every meetings online screen sharing campus, which means we can spread student will have the relevant technology our delivery of lessons and workshop at home to learn online. Your needs will sessions across the full week and deliver be discussed with you in private during to smaller class sizes. the enrolment process. Online learning is not new for us! The Over 550 laptops lockdown meant that our delivery provided to methods could be tested and not only did students in need our current students manage to access lessons, but they thrived! THERE ARE LOADS OF REASONS... 12 13 We’re nothing Our campus like school, we OF REASONS... ARETHERE LOADS Industry placements is a friendly, get you out of the – including delivery of welcoming place, traditional classroom T-Levels which require where you have THERE ARE LOADS setting and deliver the chance to students to commit to 315 our curriculum in hours out in industry a develop your skills bespoke facilities year.