South Devon College- ACL FULFILMENT ENJOYMENT FLEXIBILITY EMPLOYABILITY QUALITY FULFILMENT ENJOYMENT FLEXIBILITY EMPLOYABILITY QUALITY FULFILMENT ENJOYMENT FLEXIBILITY EMPLOYABILITY QUALITY FULFILMENT ENJOYMENT FLEXIBILITY EMPLOYABILITY QUALITY FULFILMENT ENJOYMENT FLEXIBILITY EMPLOYABILITY QUALITY FULFILMENT ENJOYMENT FLEXIBILITY EMPLOYABILITY QUALITY FULFILMENT ENJOYMENT FLEXIBILITY EMPLOYABILITY QUALITY FULFILMENT ENJOYMENT FLEXIBILITY EMPLOYABILITY QUALITY FULFILMENT ENJOYMENT FLEXIBILITY EMPLOYABILITY QUALITY AdultFULFILMENT and ENJOYMENT FLEXIBILITY EMPLOYABILITY QUALITY FULFILMENT ENJOYMENT FLEXIBILITY EMPLOYABILITY QUALITY FULFILMENT ENJOYMENT FLEXIBILITY EMPLOYABILITY QUALITY FULFILMENTCommunity ENJOYMENT FLEXIBILITY EMPLOYABILITY QUALITY FULFILMENT ENJOYMENT FLEXIBILITY EMPLOYABILITY QUALITY FULFILMENT ENJOYMENT FLEXIBILITY EMPLOYABILITY QUALITY FULFILMENT ENJOYMENT FLEXIBILITYLearning EMPLOYABILITY QUALITY FULFILMENT ENJOYMENT FLEXIBILITY EMPLOYABILITY QUALITY FULFILMENTAutumn 2018 ENJOYMENT FLEXIBILITY EMPLOYABILITY QUALITY FULFILMENT ENJOYMENT FLEXIBILITY EMPLOYABILITY QUALITY FULFILMENT ENJOYMENT FLEXIBILITY EMPLOYABILITY QUALITY FULFILMENT ENJOYMENT FLEXIBILITY EMPLOYABILITY QUALITY FULFILMENT ENJOYMENT FLEXIBILITY EMPLOYABILITY FULFILMENT ENJOYMENT FLEXIBILITY EMPLOYABILITY FULFILMENT ENJOYMENT FLEXIBILITY EMPLOYABILITY FULFILMENT ENJOYMENT southdevon.ac.uk Contents Welcome 1 Brixham Courses 10-11 English, Maths and ICT/ 2 Paignton Courses 12-15 Employability Courses Torquay Courses 16-19 Access to Community 3 Education/Drives ACE Courses 20 Enrolment and Payments/ 4 2018-19 Term Dates 22 Fee Reductions Application Form 23-24 Course Information 5-9 What Next? 25 Contents southdevon.ac.uk 1 Welcome At South Devon College, we share your passion for learning, which is why we provide a vast range of Adult and Community Learning courses that enable you to enjoy lifelong learning, whether that’s to enhance a skill, try something new or to improve your future prospects. We would like to welcome you to our brochure, where you will find various high quality recreational courses to suit your goals. Our provision is delivered at various locations for your convenience in Paignton, Brixham and Torquay. Why study with Adult and Community Learning? Enjoyment Quality Employability We pride ourselves on As a leading provider of If you want to enhance your delivering high quality community learning in the future career prospects, we lessons that are also fun and region, we ensure that our can also offer employability enjoyable for our learners. courses are of the highest courses that will improve your quality, in all areas of our CV. Our dedicated tutors can provision across the College. share their years of expertise Some of our learners choose and experience with you, We follow both nationally to begin with a recreational inspiring you to take your skills recognised Ofsted and course before finding a new to the next level. recreational frameworks, passion and progressing to a which are delivered by full qualification. Fulfilment experienced and dedicated tutors. Many of our learners find great fulfilment in continuing Flexibility learning, which can keep you We offer a variety of courses focussed or give you new at numerous locations and experiences to share with times, meaning that you can your friends and family, as attend at a time and place well as providing a gratifying that is convenient for you. sense of accomplishment too. We can also offer distance learning in specific areas. Welcome / Why study with Adult and Community Learning? 2 English, Maths and ICT Refreshing or developing your We offer a wide range of English and These courses run throughout skills in English, maths and ICT maths qualifications, including: the academic year, with classes can have a significant, positive • ■■Functional Skills in English (Entry available during the daytime and impact that lasts a lifetime. The Level, Level 1 and Level 2) evening. Before enrolling on a ability to read, write, use numbers course you will be confidently and use ICT systems • ■■Functional Skills in Information required to complete an is essential in a variety of careers, and Communication Technology assessment so that we can but can also benefit you greatly in (Entry Level, Level 1 and Level 2) identify what level is most your day-to-day life and open up • ■■Functional Skills in Mathematics appropriate for you and ensure possibilities you hadn’t previously (Entry Level, Level 1 and Level 2) you get the most out of your considered. • ■■English for Speakers of Other studies. Languages (ESOL) For more information, call 01803 540770 (Paignton) or 01803 540865 (Torquay). Employability Courses Entering employment doesn’t If you are unemployed, have less Courses can last between 1 and 3 have to be a daunting idea - our than 16 hours of paid employment days. You will develop important pre-employment programmes each week, or are in receipt of skills that employers seek such mean that you can learn at your either Jobseeker’s Allowance as problem solving, ICT skills, own pace, as you gain the (JSA) or Employment and Support customer service, working within skills you need to secure paid Allowance (ESA), we can provide a team, applying for jobs and employment as soon as possible. this training for free. preparing for interviews. For more information about these courses please contact [email protected] Like us on facebook.com/sdcacl English and Maths/Employability Courses southdevon.ac.uk 3 Access to Community Education (ACE) Access to Community Education The charity helps and supports ACE can offer its members (ACE) is a local charity group people in accessing courses courses at discounted rates, as who provide recreational that cover areas as diverse as well as providing a subsidised taxi and educational activities for swimming, pottery, arts and crafts, scheme for those without access to adults with disabilities, as well mobility sports, creative writing transport. as offering respite to carers and gardening. There is also the throughout Torbay. opportunity to socialise at weekly For course information please turn group meetings and activities, to page 20. which occur every Thursday. For more information, contact your local ACE team on 01803 540865, or email [email protected]. Drives- Courses for Adults with Learning Disabilities and/or Difficulties We also offer engaging ‘Drives’ Drives courses last for 10 weeks We encourage you to contact our courses for adults with learning and are delivered over 2.5 hours team to find out if a Drives course is disabilities and/or difficulties, per week from South Devon right for you, and to ensure that we which provide the chance to College’s campuses in Paignton, can meet your personal learning improve English and maths skills, costing just £77.50 for a full 10 week and support needs. as well as introducing other term. valuable life skills, including cooking, using computers and other practical topics. To find out more [email protected] Access to Community Education/Drives 4 Enrolment and Payments Before Enrolling Our courses work on a ‘first come, Your place on the course is not South Devon or the Centre for first served’ basis, so it is confirmed until payment is Health and Care Professions you will important to complete your received and you will be unable to need to pay a parking fee. application and enrol as early as begin a course without paying. possible, since our classes remain This can be completed during your popular throughout the year. If you are attending a course at enrolment. Vantage Point, University Centre An enrolment form can be found Please note that all enrolments made between 13th July and 31st at the back of this brochure or August will be made through our Paignton centre. Please see the online at sdc.careers/ACL reverse of this booklet for contact details. Enrolling You have a variety of ways to enrol. You can enrol via: Post Telephone In person Complete an enrolment form Call the ACL centre where Visit your local ACL centre and send it to the relevant you will be attending and with your enrolment form ACL centre. Please include the staff there can complete and payment information. your enrolment form for you. your debit/credit card This is a good opportunity to Please note that you will details, or a cheque made need to have payment speak to someone in person payable to South Devon details to hand. For courses held if you are unsure about College to cover your fees. at Brixham and Paignton, contact anything on the form. Paignton ACL. After Enrolling Please note that the running of The decision of whether a course either a full refund by BACS or to each course is considered on will run or not is made no later discuss alternative options. individual merit; some may be than 5 working days prior to the viable with smaller numbers, advertised start date. In the event If you receive a receipt and whilst others may require larger that it is not possible for a course guidance information, and are not groups of learners in order to run to be run, we will contact you contacted, this will mean that your successfully. personally to arrange course is running. Discount for: • NHS staff • Torbay Council 10% • Fire Service and school • Police Service employees Fee Reductions On presentation of a valid ID card We are pleased to be able to In order to receive a reduced fee, post or in person, with the offer a fee reduction of 20% on you will be required to provide required evidence. Please note