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FULL-TIME COURSES 2020/21 Apply Online b Search NPTC Group www.nptcgroup.ac.uk Your College Your Choice 1 Afan College Margam, Port Talbot, SA13 2AL Contents Tel: 01639 648200 Award Winning Facilities ...................................3 Brecon Beacons College Penlan, Brecon, LD3 9SR Award Winning Teaching ...................................5 Tel: 01686 614400 Your Application .................................................6 Llandarcy Academy of Sport Career Coach ......................................................7 Llandarcy Park, Skewen, Neath, SA10 6JD Tel: 01792 815545 Apprenticeships ..................................................8 Agriculture & Farming .................................... 10 Llandrindod Wells Campus Spa Road, Llandrindod Wells, LD1 5ES Art, Design & Creative Media ........................ 12 Tel: 01686 614300 Automotive Engineering ................................. 14 Maesteg Construction Centre Unit 7, Spelter Industrial Estate, Maesteg, CF34 0TY Applied Therapies including Beauty Therapy .. 16 Tel: 01639 648180 Business & Management ............................... 18 Neath College Computing, Website & Game Design ........... 20 Dŵr-y-Felin Road, Neath, SA10 7RF Tel: 01639 648000 Construction & Built Environment ................ 23 Newtown College Engineering ...................................................... 25 Llanidloes Road, Newtown, SY16 4HU Foundation Studies ......................................... 27 Tel: 01686 614200 Gardening & Horticulture ............................... 29 Pontardawe College Tawe House, Alloy Industrial Estate, Pontardawe, SA8 4EZ Hairdressing ..................................................... 30 Tel: 01639 648100/6 Health, Social & Childcare ............................. 32 Swansea Construction Centre Performing Arts ............................................... 34 St David’s Close, Swansea Enterprise Zone, Llansamlet, Swansea, SA6 8QL Plumbing and Electrical Installation ............. 35 Tel: 01639 648120 Professional Cookery, Culinary Arts, Hospitality & Restaurant ................................ 37 This publication is printed using environmentally Public Services ................................................ 39 friendly vegetable mineral oil-based inks on FSC® Certified paper from Sport ................................................................. 41 sustainable sources. College Life ...................................................... 44 This prospectus gives details on all full-time, academic and vocational programmes at our Student Union .................................................. 44 North Campuses. For details on all other courses Serious about Sport ........................................ 45 offered by NPTC Group of Colleges, please check out our website: Centerprise ....................................................... 46 www.nptcgroup.ac.uk www.nptcgroup.ac.uk b Information contained within this prospectus was correct at the Welsh at the College....................................... 46 time of production. NPTC Group of Colleges reserves the right to alter or cancel courses where circumstances demand. Every Gain a Degree on your Doorstep .................. 47 student is guaranteed equality of opportunity and access to programmes appropriate to their needs. Apply Online 1 Welcome to our Award-Winning College NPTC Group of Colleges can promise you an excellent learning experience within a dynamic, supportive college with superb industry standard facilities and resources. In the past year alone the College has been recognised as the top training provider in Wales for teaching and fifth in the whole of the UK by the School Leaver Awards. The awards celebrate the top employers and training providers for school leavers on apprenticeship programmes. It is the largest ranking of employers that offer the best apprenticeship and school leaver opportunities in the UK, and, crucially, helps young people and their influencers make key decisions about their career. NPTC Group of Colleges took the top place in Wales for all categories and out of the whole of the UK it was ranked as second for teaching; fourth for the learning experience; fifth in providing personal support and 10th for assessments and feedback. Students at Newtown and Brecon Colleges (part of NPTC Group of Colleges) are celebrating after achieving top results in their BTEC Extended National Diplomas. Many have secured places at university and got the qualifications to land their dream jobs after successfully getting the grades they needed. The Level 3 BTECs are equivalent to three A Levels and are the chosen route for many students who prefer a more hands-on way of learning but still want to go to university or pursue a career. These qualifications require commitment and dedication and are based around practical experience and course work. Across the Group, 74 students achieved triple distinction grades in the Extended National Diploma qualifications, with 30 students achieving the highest possible grade profile of D*D*D*. With interest for apprenticeships on the rise, we have worked with employers to develop a programme of work-based learning within a number of trades. Work-based learning gives you the option to gain recognised qualifications whilst gaining valuable work experience and the opportunity to earn money. We want to prepare you for the next step in your journey to employment or university - with this in mind, we will encourage you to have high aspirations.We will also support you to become versatile individuals. As well as academic support, we can provide you with many employment skills, developed through the range of additional activities we provide. These include enterprise opportunities, sports academies and performing arts, so whether you choose to study a career-focused vocational course or an apprenticeship, make NPTC Group of Colleges Your College, Your Choice Mark Dacey Chief Executive Officer NPTC Group of Colleges Apply Online b Brecon Beacons College 9 October 2019 Open Evenings 27 November 2019 15 January 2020 b b View the College 11 March 2020 www.nptcgroup.ac.uk 24 June 2020 b Meet the staff b Newtown College 10 October 2019 b Discuss your needs 28 November 2019 16 January 2020 12 March 2020 25 June 2020 2 Award-Winning Facilities Newtown: Top-of-the-range engineering equipment Newtown & Brecon: Newtown: State-of-the-art High quality science labs catering facilities Newtown: Brand new Newtown: A classy training Newtown & Brecon: Award-winning motor vehicle extention restaurant - Themes construction department www.nptcgroup.ac.uk b Apply Online Newtown: Exceptional performing Brecon & Newtown: Exciting arts studios and more Lee Stafford Hairdressing Academy 3 Newtown: Unique College owned farm. Newtown: World Class Theatre and Conference Areas. Newtown: Industry standard engineering facilities. Brecon: State-of-the-art sport equipment. Newtown: Excellent sport facilities. Brecon Beacons College is Coming to Town! NPTC Group of Colleges has recently taken over the Apply Online lease on the Brecon Visitor Centre in the town. The future plan is to relocate the College and integrate it into the community. The Visitor Centre is the first step in the project and will become the hub. It will provide a b comfortable environment for prospective students to look www.nptcgroup.ac.uk at courses and speak with staff to discuss their needs. There will also be the ability to video conference and provide higher education long-distance learning via the same technology. 4 Award-Winning Teaching Here at NPTC Group of Colleges you will be The awards celebrate the top employers and training taught by experts with a wealth of industry providers for school leavers on apprenticeship programmes. specific knowledge plus firm links with the It is the largest ranking of employers that offer the best best employers, giving you the highest apprenticeship and school leaver opportunities in the UK, and, crucially, helps young people and their influencers make quality of teaching and learning. In fact, key decisions about their careers. our teaching is so good that we have been named the best college in Wales for The majority of the shortlists are generated by the teaching and second in the whole of the UK* feedback gathered from apprentices currently working at an organisation. The nominations include high profile We pride ourselves on giving every student the individual names from the banking and finance world, real estate and support they need to succeed, whether that be progressing property giants, trailblazers in IT and tech, and leaders of onto top universities, apprenticeships or into your dream the legal sector and engineering. All have been nominated career with the best employers. due to their ground-breaking work in developing and running At whatever level you join us, we will be with you every step school leaver opportunities: Intermediate Apprenticeships, of the way to support your educational journey, and promise Advanced Apprenticeships, Higher Apprenticeships, Degree that whenever you decide to leave us, you will leave with the Apprenticeships and school leaver programmes. skills and qualifications needed to flourish. NPTC Group of Colleges took the top place in Wales for all Within each subject area there is a regular programme of categories and out of the whole of the UK it was ranked as assessment and support. You will be involved in planning second for teaching; fourth for the learning experience; fifth your individual learning and setting targets for improvement