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College Open Day – Saturday 8th February 2020 10.00am-1.00pm
Saturday 8 February 2020 | 10.00am – 1:00pm
Derby Road Campus (NG18 5BH)
Our college open days are designed for those aged 16+ who are looking to take their education further. We offer a number of opportunities from A Levels, to BTECs and apprenticeships, and this is your chance to see what's on offer, get a first glimpse of college life – and even apply on the night! You'll be able to find out everything from course information, to facts about finance, to help you make the right decision for you.
Meet our tutors – they're passionate about the subjects they teach and are happy to answer your questions!
Find your feet – open days are a great chance to get to know your bearings and take a good look around.
Apply on the night – our friendly staff are on-hand to help you fill out an application form and answer questions.
Helps you to make a decision – Undecided about what you'd like to do next? Our careers team are available to speak to as well as tutors and/or current students.
Share the experience – Bring along family and friends so they too can get an idea of what life is like at West Notts!
Come along and ask your questions about the various opportunities on offer to you. Subject areas include:
A Levels – 15 subjects to choose from
Construction and building services – for bricklaying, carpentry and joinery, electrical installation, painting and decorating, plastering, plumbing, professional construction studies (architecture, planning, project management, surveying)
Creative arts – for art and design, graphic design, film and TV, digital media, music and music technology and performing arts
Early years education and care (childcare)
Engineering and transport skills – for electrical and mechanical engineering, fabrication and welding, and motor vehicle
Foundation studies
Health sciences and social care
Hospitality and cookery
Want to know more about apprenticeships?
Our apprenticeship team will be on hand to tell you all about apprenticeships and the benefits of being an apprentice and the current vacancies available. Employers may be there for you to talk to directly and there will be a selection of experts available offering advice and guidance.
We specialise in a number of industry sectors including:
Access to University Courses
If you are over 18-years-old, and wanting to progress to university, our Level 3 Access to Univerisity courses are designed to help you unlock new career prospects, and advance onto a university-level course once completed. On the night, our Access to University tutors will be available to answer any questions you may have and guide you through your options.
If you're aged over 19 you may even be eligible to apply for the Advanced Learner Loan to help pay for your tuition fees for an Access to University course. You'll be able to find out more on the night.
University-level Courses
With the opening of our Vision University Centre, we're offering more university-level courses to more students than ever before – all of which are flexible and can easily be fitted around other commitments. HE programmes on offer include HNCs, HNDs, foundation degrees and full honours degrees. Alongside this, students can choose to study professional courses in accounting, HR and purchasing and supply, or attend a number of masterclasses.
The centre provides students with state-of-the-art facilities including modern learning spaces, IT suites, a learning resource centre, a 100-seat lecture theatre and science laboratories. Join us to find out more about Higher Education and our validating universities.
We appreciate that with all the different educational options available, it can be quite overwhelming for those who haven't got a clear career goal in mind. As a result, our careers team will be on hand to provide impartial, informative advice and guidance – helping you to make a decision about your next steps.
You will also be able to access our support services to ask any questions you may have, such as whether you might be eligible for financial support, how to get to college using our college bus service and additional learning support.
The Derby Road campus is in close proximity to Mansfield train station. Bus and taxi services are also available. There is ample parking on-site.
Make your way to the main reception or ground floor entrance where you will be greeted by our friendly staff who will provide you with an open day guide and our latest course guide that contains plenty of useful information. The team will be around throughout the day should you need further assistance.
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Engineering and Transport Skills Open Evening
Thursday 23 January 2020 | 5.30pm – 7:00pm
Engineering Innovation Centre (Oddicroft Lane – NG17 5FA)
Come and see why our facilities are the best in the region for qualifications in engineering and transport skills. The Engineering Innovation Centre houses industry-standard equipment and the latest nano, carbon and hybrid technologies to ensure students who study here are work ready once they leave us.
Meet our tutors – They're passionate about the subjects they teach and are here to answer your questions related to our engineering and transport skills courses.
See our facilities – With some of the best facilities in the region, take a look around our dedicated Engineering Innovation Centre to see where you'll train.
Apply on the night – Our friendly staff are on-hand to help you fill out any tricky forms and answer questions.
Share the experience – Bring along family and friends so they too can get an idea of what life is like as a student at West Notts!
UCAS Deadline
Applications for all UCAS Undergraduate courses, except those with a 15 October deadline, should arrive at UCAS by 18:00 (UK time) on 15 January 2020.
This is excluding applications for medicine, veterinary medicine/science, dentistry, and Oxford or Cambridge, which must have been submitted by 15 October 2019.
Careers and Employability Team Attend International Conference
Edina Baines and Katie Hankey from the college Careers and Employability Team recently spent some time with fellow professionals from across Europe at a 5-day conference in Croatia. The conference was organised as part of the Erasmus Project (European Region Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students) which is an EU funded programme that organises student exchanges. The theme of the conference was student support and retention in Further Education.
The conference provided the opportunity for the team to share best practice and discuss progressive ideas, and to experience first-hand how advice, guidance and support is delivered in a variety of countries.
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College announces exciting new partnership with Nottingham Trent University
West Nottinghamshire College has announced an exciting new partnership with Nottingham Trent University (NTU), which will see the university's higher education (HE) provision delivered from the college's main campus in Mansfield.
Andrew Cropley (right), principal and chief executive of West Nottinghamshire College, and NTU's pro vice-chancellor Mark Briggs pictured outside the college's university centre.
Andrew Cropley (left) and Mark Briggs, from West Nottinghamshire College and NTU respectively.
Working closely with the college, local authorities and employers, NTU will look to provide a range of programmes, including full and foundation degrees and continuing professional education, which meet the needs of residents and employers in the area.
The programmes will initially encompass nursing and allied health, health and social care, business, early years and childhood studies, sports science, youth justice, computing and technology, and engineering.
A cornerstone of the plans includes opening a new facility at the college's Derby Road campus, offering degree courses in nursing and allied health disciplines in conjunction with Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (SFHT), bringing opportunities for people seeking a local HE route into these professions.
Courses are due to launch in September 2020, with students being offered access to NTU's full range of award-winning student support services and membership of Nottingham Trent Students' Union and its societies. All students currently studying a HE programme through the college will complete their qualifications as planned throughout the transitional arrangements, and their learning will not be affected.
Teaching will take place at the college's £6.5 million university centre, which opened in 2016 with part-funding by the D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership, and in an additional building on the site which will be adapted for NTU use to teach nursing and other health-related degree courses. The proposals will see NTU take over responsibility for the majority of the college's HE provision and have sole use of its university centre.
The link-up between the two organisations will significantly improve the education and training available to local people and employers, with courses and qualifications from levels 3 to 7 delivered from one site, and boost access to high-quality HE through one of the country's most successful universities.
This will be the next step in the university's ambition to help transform education provision, skills development and innovation within the county of Nottinghamshire, and extend its presence within Mansfield and Ashfield.
It builds upon a collaborative relationship that has been growing over recent years and will complement the provision of NTU on its Brackenhurst Campus outside Southwell.
The college and NTU will now enter a period of detailed planning and development to bring the proposals to fruition in time for the beginning of the 2020/21 academic year.
Andrew Cropley, principal and chief executive of West Nottinghamshire College, said: "We are delighted to welcome NTU onto our campus and bring their very successful courses in easy reach of the people of Mansfield and Ashfield. The combination of sincere community outreach, high-quality teaching, and strong focus on progression to employment aligns very closely with our vision and makes them a great partner. Furthermore, the partnership will provide enhanced opportunities for our own students to progress into quality higher education.
"Together, we will be able to have a single conversation with employers about ways to address their skills needs at every level, both present and future, to help them grow and prosper. We are particularly pleased that SFHT are working with us both to develop courses in Mansfield to allow local people to pursue a career in nursing and allied health professions."
Professor Edward Peck, vice-chancellor of NTU, said: "By partnering with West Nottinghamshire College, we will be able to realise our aim of creating a meaningful presence for NTU in Mansfield and Ashfield. Not only will we be offering education that will support and shape a prosperous future for the local economy, this development will enable us to play a role in creating initiatives that will transform the towns over the next ten years".
The announcement was welcomed by partner organisations and stakeholders.
Lee Radford, deputy director of training, education and organisational development at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, said: "The Trust is really excited about working in partnership with the college and Nottingham Trent University to help them to develop their new health education training provision, which will be brilliant for local people who are interested in developing a career working in the health care sector and caring for our community."
Executive mayor of Mansfield, Andy Abrahams, said: "We have been working with NTU to develop a proposal that supports our priorities for the district around Growth, Place, Aspiration and Wellbeing and we are delighted with news of this partnership.
"The provision of HE courses in these subject areas and with direct links to local industry will provide both Mansfield residents and businesses with the skills and knowledge they need to succeed.
"We hope this will help to retain and attract talent, innovation and investment to our district for the benefit of everyone here.
"We'll continue to work with NTU to make the most of this fantastic opportunity that will help to transform lives and enable enterprise to thrive in Mansfield."
Cllr Jason Zadrozny, leader of Ashfield District Council, said: "It is great to see more higher education opportunities coming to the area. Having opportunities like this on the door step will open up higher education to a range of Ashfield residents, who for various reasons are unable to travel into the city. It is also a positive step in ensuring that employers are able to recruit to specialist positions locally. With a number of well-known companies already investing in Ashfield, its vital that residents have the skills and qualifications required to fill these roles."
Prospective higher education students that want to find out more can attend the college's university-level open evening on Thursday 24 October, from 5.30-7.30pm at its Vision University Centre, Derby Road Campus, Mansfield, NG18 5BH.
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College Open Day – Saturday 29th June 2019 10am-1pm
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University of Derby Open Day – 8 June 2019 (Derby Campus)
This is your chance to find out if studying at Derby is right for you. It's a big decision to make, and we believe that the best way to do that is by coming along and getting a feel for the University and the city where you could be spending the next three or four years.
We're rated Gold in the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) – your guarantee of high-quality, supportive teaching. At the Open Day you'll meet our brilliant teaching staff, find out more about the subject you want to study, and see our fantastic facilities.
Please feel free to bring guests with you on the day, they won't need to book separately just bring them along with you.
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University of Derby Foundation Event – 1 May 2019 (Derby Campus)
University of Foundation Event – 1 May 2019 (Derby Campus)
Sheffield Hallam Undergraduate Open Day
Open days are the perfect place to talk to staff, see our campuses and accommodation, and get all the information you need about studying here.
Don't worry if you can't make June 29, we have plenty of other open days later this year. Registration for these events will open later in the year, so come back and check this page later to register. Our next open days are:
Sunday 6 October 2019
Virtual Open Evening 18th July 2020 4-6pm June 18, 2020
UCAS Higher Education Applications for 2021 June 9, 2020
Careers Week website with information and resources April 29, 2020
Free Careers Advice from Fully Qualified Professionals April 20, 2020
Police Officer Recruitment Webinar April 20, 2020
Contact and Opening times
Email: careers@wnc.ac.uk
Careers and Employability Team
West Notts College
Derby Road
NG18 5BH
Appointments outside of these times may be available, please ask.
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