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Prospectus 2021/22 Unleash your innercareerhero withus. OF KEY WORKERS THE NEXTGENERATION JOIN FE collegeoftheyear Shortlisted 2020 fe awards OLDHAM.AC.UK ❘ 1 FULL-TIME ❘ PART-TIME ❘ ADULT COURSES ❘ APPRENTICESHIPS ❘ HIGHER EDUCATION 2 ❘ OLDHAM COLLEGE ❘ PROSPECTUS 21/22 OLDHAM.AC.UK ❘ 3 Whether you’re leaving school or an adult looking for exciting new opportunities, we’ve got the SAVE right course for YOU. Let Oldham College and University THE DATE Campus Oldham unlock your ì Meet our tutors brilliance. We offer you the… ì Tour the campus ì BEST range of choices ì Enrol on a course ì BEST facilities ì BEST place to learn and work Open Days 2020/21: Saturday, November 28th, 2020 www.oldham.ac.uk Saturday, January 30th, 2021 th www.uco.oldham.ac.uk Saturday, April 24 , 2021 Saturday, July 3rd, 2021 *All times are 10am - 1pm AWARDS & ACCOLADES Check our website for details of these and other events taking place throughout the fe awards 2020 year #OCOpenDay YOUR FUTURE Shortlisted FE college of the year IS READY TO BE OLDHAM.AC.UK/OPEN-DAY or follow us on: UNLEASHED @OLDHAMCOLLEGE 4 ❘ OLDHAM COLLEGE ❘ PROSPECTUS 21/22 OLDHAM.AC.UK ❘ 5 CONTENTS WHY CHOOSE HOW CAN WE FANTASTIC COLLEGE LIFE OLDHAM COLLEGE? HELP YOU? FACILITIES 6 8 10 12 A PROFESSIONAL ALUMNI - OUR CURRENT STUDENTS’ APPRENTICESHIPS ENVIRONMENT BEST UNLEASHED VOICE OLDHAM AND PROUD 14 16 18 20 Getting to Oldham College Use Our Pass to make your Oldham T LEVELS YOUR NEXT STEPS UNIVERSITY CAMPUS Oldham College is easily accessible whether you’re College experience even better. OLDHAM travelling by foot, car, bicycle or Metrolink. This gives 16-18 year olds across Greater WELCOME We are less than a five minute walk from either Oldham Manchester the freedom to travel, work TO THE bus station or the Oldham King Street Metrolink stop. and learn. NEX Car parking is available near campus and you can also For a one-off £10 administration fee, you reach us via a number of traffic-free cycle routes and use can travel for free on buses right across the 22 72 74 one of our free cycle racks. region - as well as access to half-price, off- peak one day and weekend travelcards on Metrolink - and much more. COURSE CONTENTS Visit www.ourpass.co.uk for more information and apply. Access to Higher Education 26 Construction and The Built Caring Professions Retail and Commercial Pathway Provision 28 Environment Health and Social Care 48 Hair and Barbering 60 We take great pride in our location and playing a big part Construct Your Future 34 Early Years and Education 50 Beauty and Make-Up 62 Skills for Life and Work 29 in Oldham and Greater Manchester’s future – a thriving Construction 36 Applied Science 52 Travel & Tourism 64 Supported Internship 30 and diverse region. Plumbing & Electrical 38 ESOL Performing Arts and Music 66 GCSE Resits Motor Vehicle 40 English for Speakers of Sport and Public Services We’re ideally placed to provide you with an outstanding English 32 Digital and Creative Other Languages 54 Sport 68 technical and professional education – and real-life Maths 33 Digital Design and Media 42 Finance and Professional Public Services 70 Science 33 work experience. Digital Technologies 44 Business & Accounting 56 Art, Design and Fashion 46 Legal Services 58 6 ❘ OLDHAM COLLEGE ❘ PROSPECTUS 21/22 OLDHAM.AC.UK ❘ 7 APPRENTICESHIPS AND EMPLOYERS We’ve got links with Working together we’ll 100s of great employers equip you with high skills across all sectors and our to be ‘work ready’ and apprenticeships excel. get ahead. EXCELLENT TEACHING We’re ranked second in WHY CHOOSE Greater Manchester for Our super skilled and achievement rates and supportive tutors 4 93 per cent for employer are dedicated to satisfaction. releasing your inner career superhero and equipping you with all the knowledge and PROVIDING T LEVELS IN 2021 expertise needed OLDHAM COLLEGE? 5 to succeed. IF YOU need to improve your skills – or want to join the next generation of Key Workers – then Oldham NEW £9M CONSTRUCTION College is the right place for you. CENTRE OPENING IN 2021 We will be delivering an exciting choice after GCSEs from September 2021. T-Levels, a two-year Whether you are aged 16-18 or an adult learner, ‘OSCAR’ NOMINATED qualification, will offer a mix of world class technical whether you are a beginner or want to study education through classroom-based learning and ‘on the job’ experience down Digital, Construction, through to degree level, or anywhere in-between, we Education and Childcare, and Health and will have the right course or apprenticeship to fulfil Science routes. your ambitions. 6 7 fe awards COMMUNITY MINDED Here are just 10 of the many reasons why Oldham 2020 We’re more than a college. We’re an ‘anchor’ College is The Best Place to Learn – and the right institution with a commitment and history of Shortlisted producing good citizens and building strong choice for you. partnerships locally and beyond. We work FE college of the year across every sector to improve people’s lives and raise awareness of important social issues. Widely seen as the ‘Oscars’ of the FE world, we 8 showcased our excellence in providing a high-quality curriculum with excellent STUDENT EXPERIENCE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS OLDHAM outcomes for our students. Alun Francis ❘ Principal & Chief Executive HITS THE MARK The higher education facility of Oldham College provides 1 excellent degree level courses closer to QUALITY TECHNICAL EDUCATION home. Our courses SO MUCH are validated by leading UK universities CHOICE and institutions with the highest quality standards, approved As the town’s main by the QAA (Quality provider of post-16 2 Assurance Agency for education and training we Higher Education). have the widest range of We want you to get Student Quarter, or our Post-16 education is changing in-demand courses, especially opportunities for you. We 9involved in campus life and huge range of enrichment and we’re the provider that’s as an alternative to A-Level tailor our programmes and meet new friends whilst activities or bursary support. ahead of the curve. Technical and BTECs. We will equip apprenticeships to meet all building on your personal There’s so much on offer qualifications are the future you with the knowledge and backgrounds and abilities, development. We’ve got that to help maximise your and we are at the leading practical skills you need to step whilst also working with covered - whether that’s experience with us. edge of providing those into the career you want. over 700 employers. 3 through our Student Union, 10 8 ❘ OLDHAM COLLEGE ❘ PROSPECTUS 21/22 OLDHAM.AC.UK ❘ 9 SEND LEARNERS SKILLS FOR LIFE AND WORK SUPPORTED INTERNSHIPS HOW CAN WE HELP YOU? If you have special educational needs and/or a disability A one-year employment-based course to help young (SEND) and would like to be more independent then people with Education, Health and Care plans (EHCPs) these courses can help you to unlock your potential and into paid work, apprenticeships or volunteering Oldham College is here to help YOU get ahead. thrive (Page 29). (Pages 30-1). We’ve got courses for beginners to intermediate and on to degrees with a huge range of choices – and each designed ENGLISH FOR SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES (ESOL) with your future career in mind. ESOL COURSES Look at what’s on offer, visit the suggested pages to see Our specialist team and courses will help improve your They can help you progress to higher levels of study where each option could take you in the future, and then English writing, reading, speaking and listening skills – as through an apprenticeship or a job. Part time courses well as enhancing your maths and business knowledge. are available for all ages – and you may qualify for a fee apply in six simple steps (Pages 72-3) remission (Pages 54-5). AGED 16-18 ADULTS FULL TIME COURSES T LEVELS GCSE RESITS FULL TIME GCSE RESITS ì Construction (Pages 36-7). A new two-year post-GCSE Core GCSEs are crucial to your Adults can apply to any of the Full Time courses It’s never too late! You can resit any of four important ì Plumbing and Electrical (Pages 38-9). qualification combining the progression into apprenticeships, available across our faculties (Pages 36-75). GCSE subjects with us (Pages 32-3). benefits of practical and theory- higher education and employment ì Motor Vehicle (Pages 40-1). based learning. 80 per cent – and we can help (Pages 32-3). PART TIME ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION ì Digital Design and Media (Pages 42-3). classroom-based with 20 per Our courses transform the prospects of many adult Fast track routes for adults who meet GCSE entry ì Digital Technologies (Pages 44-5). cent ‘on the job’ in the workplace PATHWAY PROVISION learners. Choose from a variety of courses that will criteria, but don’t yet have a Level 3 qualification. Get (Pages 22-5). ì Art Design and Fashion (Pages 46-7). If you’re aged 16-19, undecided help you to get a recognised qualification, learn new the skills and experience you need to make competitive about your future and would skills, make new friends and connections, enhance your applications to university (Pages 26-7). ì Health and Social Care (Pages 48-9). APPRENTICESHIPS benefit from an extra year CV and get a new job. We also have courses to help ì Early Years and Education (Pages 50-1). Earn while you learn across a huge improving your English, maths improve your maths and English skills which are free ì Applied Science (Pages 52-3).