The College’s Adult and Community Learning program (ACL) delivers a broad range of opportunities from introductory taster activities to short and longer courses with progression opportunities, where appropriate, from introductory level and is offered in 12 subject sector areas, with by far the highest number of enrolments at 45% in the Arts, Media and Publishing area.
The Adult and Community Learning mission is “To identify and support the provision through partnerships of high quality, personalised, lifelong learning opportunities that enable adults and families to develop skills for enjoying life and work, are responsive to individual and community learning needs and offer a framework of progression into further learning, voluntary or paid employment”.
The Business & Professional Studies Department (BPS) offers a number of vocational courses in addition to academic G+ courses and Foundation Degrees.
Courses run by the department include:
The English and Maths department delivers literacy and numeracy courses from Entry Level up to A Level.
We deliver English courses for speakers of other languages, catering for a diversity of student needs, from full-time courses for 16 to 18 year olds, to part-time community-based courses, vocational and evening classes. Our qualification courses range from Entry 1 to Level 2, covering speaking and listening, reading, and writing skills.
The Health and Social Care (HSC) department has a very good reputation for providing a range of courses that will enable students to work in the HSC sector or progress to higher education and study at university. The HSC teaching team have a good reputation for providing teaching and training for local businesses, meeting the needs of people who would like to gain the standard vocational qualification or who wish to start work in the sector.
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The Science Technology and Gaming Department delivers a wide range of courses both Academic and Vocational from level 1 to level 4 including:
Based at the Eltham Centre, the Sport, Leisure and Tourism department delivers a range of courses designed for learners looking to enter this growth sector.
We also run an Apprenticeship in partnershp with Greenwich Leisure Limited.