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Take one of our 360° Virtual Tours Don’t just take our word for it! Check out our 360° virtual reality tours and immerse yourself in the North Kent College world. Our 360° tours showcase all of our facilities at both Campuses and you can tour round all curriculum areas to see where you could be learning. Just scan the code below to get started or find a code on each course information page. Like what you see? Believe us, the real thing is even better! 1 Welcome to North Kent College I am delighted to introduce the 2019-20 Further Education prospectus for North Kent College. Choosing which college or school to attend is one of the most exciting and important decisions you will make. The course you choose now will help shape your future career and we are committed to helping you make the right choice. Year after year, we are the most popular destination for young people aged 16 and above in Dartford, Gravesham and Bexley. Not only that, our Ofsted inspection in November 2017 rated us as ‘Good’ and published success rates for 2017 again show North Kent College has the best success rates for 16-18 year old students for Further Education Colleges in Kent and South East London. You will find everything you need here at North Kent College to help you get excellent results and achieve your goals. We are committed to providing our students with the best learning experience possible and welcome all students, whether joining us from school or college or returning after a break in studies. With this in mind, you can see why we are proud of our aim to help you progress to your chosen career - whether gaining the skills to start work or the qualifications to continue to university. Within each section of this prospectus you’ll find information about the courses, testimonials from current students and staff, plus the amazing career paths of our alumni. Explore our prospectus and website, visit us on Open Days or give us a call - but don’t just talk to our staff, talk to our students too and find out why they have made us their number one choice. David Gleed - Principal 2 Open Events Come along to our open events held throughout the year. These events give you the opportunity to view the Campus facilities, talk to tutors and meet current students. We also have industry speakers and you can check out the wealth of courses we have on offer. Visit our website to keep up to date with all of our planned events. 3 Dartford Campus Open Events Tuesday 16th October 2018 - 3:00pm to 7:30pm Gravesend Campus Thursday 18th October 2018 - 3:00pm to 7:30pm Gravesend Campus Tuesday 26th February 2019 - 3:30pm to 6:30pm Dartford Campus Thursday 28th February 2019 - 3:30pm to 6:30pm Campus Tours We run tours of both campuses every fortnight during term times. For more details and to pre-register, visit our website. 4 1. Motivated & supported students Our students are highly motivated to succeed and this is encouraged by the high expectations of our tutors. Keeping the curriculum active and varied enables students to experience a broad range of learning activities so you progress well. Our Ofsted results reinforce this idea; that our students do make better than expected progress and this is down to their motivation to succeed, coupled with supportive teaching and an adult learning environment. 2. Professional Industry Placements Our tutors work successfully to ensure that you develop your skills in realistic work situations, making use of high-quality facilities and resources, enabling students to learn to work to industry standards. These facilities include our commercial areas where students work in real environments, such as our Lee Stafford Academy, The Gallery Restaurant, Miskin Theatre and Miskin Spa. 3. Great training Tutors use the College’s realistic working environments to develop students’ practical skills, such as the hair and beauty salons, motor vehicle workshops and training kitchens. Our students are motivated and encouraged by the high expectations of our tutors, who use their teaching and vocational expertise to great effect. Our tutors know our students well and from this are able to plan lessons to cater for individual learning requirements. We offer high quality ongoing advice and guidance with plenty of pastoral and academic support. Staff have come from the industry in which they teach, so are passionate about passing on their knowledge and helping others prepare for a career in that industry. 7. Employer partnerships We are dedicated to creating powerful partnerships with commercial organisations both locally and nationally. We work with businesses of all sizes, from organising work-based projects for individuals, to corporate training programmes and everything in between. Our links with employers ensures our students obtain the highest level of opportunity to develop their skills on work placements and internships (where applicable). 8. Community The local community is at the heart of 4. Progression routes what we do. We are here to help improve We actively promote progression from the skills, employability and lifestyles of our FE programmes onto our university the community, within North Kent, South programmes which raises aspirations. We East London and beyond. It’s not just continuously educate and empower our Further and Higher Education that we students to consider Higher Education offer, it’s commercial courses that can as a valuable progression route into their fit in with your individual and personal desired career. aspirations. If in your spare time you would like to learn to improve your Microsoft Office skills or re-train as an accountant, we can help you. 5. ‘Good’ rating from Ofsted 2017 NKC prides itself on the fact that we 9. Location, location, provide you with an education that fully location! supports the start or change of your career after your GCSEs, A Levels or even We have two centres in Gravesend and later in life. The College is rated by Ofsted Dartford and both of our sites are close to as ‘Good’. With job-realistic facilities, great town centres and near to main motorways. teaching and links to employers, we ensure We offer a FREE shuttle bus from Dartford that you will get the training that will make Station to our Oakfield Lane Campus. We you a desirable candidate for employers also have excellent public transport links and will strengthen university applications. and loads of free parking. 6. Excellent atmosphere 10. Equivalent of A Levels We have an inclusive culture and Our Level 3 courses are the equivalent of atmosphere; the College is welcoming A Levels and give you the UCAS points to and students enjoy their studies and have apply to university. mutual respect for one another, with a clear understanding of their responsibilities. 6 Contents 1 360° Virtual Reality Tours 2 Welcome to North Kent College 3 Open Events & Campus Tours 5 Top 10 Reasons to Choose Us 9 Campuses & Facilities 11 Students’ Union & Student Ambassador Scheme 12 Enrichment 13 What Do the Qualifications Mean 15 Which Level is Right For You 17 Options After your GCSEs 19 Industry Placements 21 Apprenticeships 22 Success Stories 23 Progression and Your Next Steps 24 Access to Higher Education 25 Acting for Theatre, TV & Film 26 Art & Design 27 Beauty Therapy, Spa & Make-up Artistry 28 Business (HR & Marketing) 29 Computing & Information Systems 30 Construction 31 Creative Media 32 Dance & Musical Theatre 33 Digital Creative Design 34 Early Years 35 Electrical 36 Engineering 37 Events Management 38 Fashion 39 Finance 40 Football Academy (Boys & Girls) 41 Hairdressing & Barbering 42 Health & Social Care 43 Hospitality & Catering 44 Legal Secretarial 45 Motor Vehicle 46 Music Performance & Technology 47 Personal Training & Sports Therapy 48 Photography 49 Plumbing 50 Public Services 51 Refrigeration & Air Conditioning 52 Sports Coaching 53 Technical Theatre 54 Travel & Tourism 55 Student Welfare 57 Student Financial Support 59 How to Find Us 60 How Does College Work? 61 How To Apply 62 Discover our Alumni Information found in this prospectus is accurate as of August 2018. Programme reviews take place annually, where revisions to content may be made. For updates and extra information, please refer to our website. Campuses and Facilities The Miskin Theatre The Miskin Theatre situated at our Dartford Campus has an excellent reputation. The theatre company produces a variety of Miskin Radio productions and presents some of the most Miskin Radio is a local radio station for North exciting contemporary performance work Kent, covering Dartford and Gravesham and in the South East of England. Tickets are is based at the College. All presenters and reasonably priced and performances are production staff are either students at NKC, advertised on the Miskin Theatre website. For industry professionals or volunteers from the tickets, please go to: www.miskintheatre.com local community - bringing a unique diversity or call the box office on 01322 629422. of radio shows to the region. You can listen live 24/7 at: www.miskinradio.co.uk. If you’d The Lee Stafford Hair Academy like to get involved with your own radio show, or add value behind the scenes, contact Miskin at North Kent College Radio: [email protected] The Lee Stafford Academy hair salons are located at our Dartford and Gravesend Campuses. They are open most weekdays and Miskin Spa & Beauty on selected evenings, to offer a comprehensive Miskin Spa and Beauty hosts amazing facilities range of hair services, at competitive prices. The at our Dartford Campus, including sauna and students have been trained using techniques steam rooms, with a wide range of treatments devised by Lee Stafford himself.