PROSPECTUS 2016/17 Hertfordshire Higher Education Consortium
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PROSPECTUS 2016/17 Hertfordshire Higher Education Consortium Foundation Degrees Extended Degrees A B C Your future. Your choice! Welcome to the Hertfordshire Higher Education A work experience Consortium and a great way to study for a University of Hertfordshire qualification at your “opportunity during my first year local college. Whatever you want to achieve and led to a full time job. I’m now wherever you’re starting from, we’re here to help, with an exciting range of courses designed to studio manager for“ a London boost your career prospects. based portrait and beauty We’re a family of colleges across Hertfordshire: photographer. • Hertford Regional College Lucy Brown, Foundation Degree Photography • North Hertfordshire College • Oaklands College • West Herts College We work in partnership with the University of Hertfordshire to bring you excellent teaching and learning, outstanding facilities and great support, right on your doorstep. Best of all, whichever college you study at, you could graduate with a University of Hertfordshire Degree. Giving you the skills you need We’ve worked with employers across the region to shape degrees and diplomas that give you exactly the skills you – and they – need. So, whether you’re just starting your career, climbing the ladder or changing direction, you’ll gain the skills you need to achieve your ambitions. If there’s one thing being a Consortium student gives you, it’s choice. Choose your goals, choose your subject, choose your qualification and choose a bright, prosperous future. Some of our courses are available at a number of colleges, while others are unique to just one. Each course description in this prospectus tells you where the course is available. If you’ve got any questions or need some advice just get in touch. You can also visit our websites or pop along to an open day. Happy reading and best of luck with your future. 2 Contents The experience... The courses... Welcome 2 Business 20 The best place for me 4 The best place for business 5 Computing Technologies 24 Our colleges 6 The University of Hertfordshire 10 Your kind of courses 11 Creative Arts 27 Your student experience 13 Outstanding learning resources 14 Education 34 Supporting you every step of the way 15 Entry requirements 16 Fees and funding 18 Engineering and Science 35 How to apply 19 Get in touch 42 Sports and Leisure 38 Terms and conditions 43 Open days 44 College locations 46 Animal Management 40 3 The best place for me Whatever’s best for you... Throughout our colleges you’ll find great courses, It was a real advantage high-quality teaching and fantastic facilities, not to mention a friendly student community and staff who’ll “to be able to study at a support you all the way. college close to home but Whatever your starting point… still be a university student – Our students are all ages, from all walks of life, with all I’d never have been“ able to sorts of experience and qualifications. afford a university qualification Our courses will suit you if: otherwise. • You’ve just done your A levels or BTEC National and you’d like to continue your studies without Foundation degree graduate. having to move away from home. • If it’s been years since you finished your education and you missed out the first time round. Whatever you need… • Your employer wants to help you boost your skills. We offer a range of full and part-time study options, • You’d like to build on your experience with a higher so you can balance learning with work or family level qualification. commitments. Classes are small, so you’ll receive plenty of support and your personal tutor will make Wherever you’re starting from, we’ve got a course sure you get all the advice you need on everything that will take you where you want to go. from coursework to careers. And if you have any disabilities or special requirements, let us know, so Whatever your goals… we can support you throughout your learning. • Training for a particular career? • Working your way towards a promotion? Wherever you live… • Looking for a completely new direction? With colleges across the region, and strong transport links you can live at home while you learn, saving Whatever brings you to us, we’ll help you achieve money and making life easier. your goals. Our stimulating mix of specialist technical, commercial and creative courses make it easier to build a great education into a busy life and lay firm foundations for a rewarding career. 4 The best place for business Develop your people and boost your business If you’re an employer, the Hertfordshire Higher Education Consortium offers you a cost-effective way to improve performance. Our industry-focused courses help your people develop the skills they need to make your organisation stronger. If you’re a business looking for new recruits… Every course available through the Consortium has been designed with employment in mind. We work closely with companies and organisations locally to find out what they need from their staff, where local skills gaps lie and what could help them be more competitive. These insights are built into what we teach so you can be confident our graduates are ready for the world of work and will apply their skills immediately. If you’re training your team… Finding the right training for your employees not only helps develop valued staff into new roles but is also great for retention. We can help you identify the best courses for your individual employees or even whole teams, and advise on balancing their learning with time at work. We’re also happy to design a programme based entirely around the needs of your organisation, like our excellent Foundation degrees. Respected qualifications that work hard for you, they’re both academically rigorous and highly work focused. 5 Our colleges... Our colleges... Hertford Regional College Hertford Regional College Hertford Regional College has two campuses: Ware Campus Scotts Road, Ware, Hertfordshire SG12 9JF Broxbourne Campus Turnford, Broxbourne, Hertfordshire EN10 6AE tel +44 (0)1992 411411 fax +44 (0)1992 411650 [email protected] They’re also close to vibrant and historic towns such www.hrc.ac.uk as Hertford, Ware, Cheshunt and Waltham Cross. We are within twenty-five miles of London and the Major redevelopments at both campuses means you Broxbourne Campus is a few miles from junction 25 can enjoy fantastic new facilities, including: £10.5 of the M25. million investment in our Ware campus. Opened in autumn 2015, this will support the College in Professional, independent careers advice is available responding to the needs identified for the Business at both campuses, and we maintain excellent and Creative and Digital sector by: partnerships with local employers and industry. • Creating high quality flexible studio and workshop facilities for business-focused creative arts We offer higher education courses in many areas, courses. including: • Developing stronger links with employers through • Business sharing of e-learning and physical facilities which • Fine Art reflect the modern workplace. • Design • Creating a gallery space for learners and others to • Visual Merchandising display their work. • Music, Media and Performing Arts • Business and computer suites throughout, • Childcare and Early Years including Apple Mac suites. • Engineering • WiFi throughout both campuses. • 140-seater Michael Morpurgo performance We also offer a number of Higher National Certificate theatre. and Diploma courses to expand the range of higher- • Gym, sports hall and fitness testing centre. level qualifications available to our learners. If you’re • Hairdressing and beauty salons. returning to study and don’t have the formal entry • Motor vehicle and engineering workshop equipped qualifications, don’t worry, we offer a number of to main-dealer standards. Access courses to help you. • Training restaurant. • Children, Care & Health Building which In its most recent QAA inspection, the college replicates three practical classrooms, nursery obtained an excellent outcome for all its Higher suite, care suite and garden area, and benefits Education programmes, with all aspects meeting UK from being next door to a real, working children’s expectations. centre. You can read the full QAA report at: The campuses are six miles apart on the A10 and are www.qaa.ac.uk/reviews-and-reports easily accessible by road, bus and rail. 6 Our colleges... Our colleges... North Hertfordshire College North Hertfordshire College has four campuses: Stevenage Centre Monkswood Way, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 1LA Hitchin Centre Cambridge Road, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG4 0JD tel +44 (0)1462 424242 [email protected] www.nhc.ac.uk North Hertfordshire College has an ambition to Our Stevenage Campus provides a modern, bright provide exceptional opportunities for all its students, and airy venue at which you can study a range of communities, employers and stakeholders. programmes. It houses highly equipped labs, including the latest gas chromatography equipment. The College, which has more than 30 years’ experience in Higher Education, offers a mixture of We offer a range of higher education courses franchised and directly funded courses which include including: Higher National Diplomas, Extended and Foundation • Business • Computing Technologies Degrees. • Sports Studies • Science • Fashion and Textiles • Early Years To support employment and career aspirations, North Hertfordshire College (NHC) has played a major role in We also have close links with industry and commerce, the local economy by offering Higher Education (HE) making our courses relevant to employers’ needs. As opportunities for students and local employers who well as Foundation Degrees, the Extended Degree wish to develop their workforce. Students come from programme and Access to Higher Education, we offer a range of diverse backgrounds and learn through a full time Higher National Certificate/Diplomas in Sport variety of delivery pedagogies and modes of study.