Learning that helps people move forward

Career diplomas

One-year programmes that lead straight into work

Short courses

Six to twelve weeks on one practical subject

Evening classes

Study after work on two evenings each week

Online study

Live lessons and tutor support from home

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30+

Years of teaching

12K

Graduates since opening

25+

Programmes this year

93%

Go on to work or study

Practical courses taught by people who work in the field, in small groups, with a clear route from the classroom into a job.

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Business school

Management, accounting and marketing programmes built with local employers, mixing classroom teaching with live projects and a placement in the final term.

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Digital skills

Coding, data and design courses for beginners and career changers, taught in labs with industry tools and assessed through a portfolio you can show.

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Health and care

Recognised training for care, nursing support and early years roles, with simulation rooms on campus and supervised practice in partner settings.

Three ways to study, shaped around the time and commitments you have

Most of our students work or care for a family. Timetables, fees and support are planned so that learning fits around life.

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One year

Full time

Four days a week on campus for a year, with a work placement in the last term.

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Eighteen months

Part time

Two evenings or one full day each week, over eighteen months, alongside your job.

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Study from home

Online

Live classes, recorded lessons and a personal tutor, with campus days each term.

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Designed for work

Every programme is designed backwards from the job it leads to. Employers help write the syllabus, tutors bring current practice into class, and assessment is by doing.

Classes of twenty or fewer

Tutors from industry

Projects set by employers

Recognised qualifications

Explore courses

Student support

Starting to study again can be daunting. Our advisers help with funding, childcare, study skills and wellbeing from the first enquiry to the day you graduate.

Help with fees and funding

Study skills workshops

Careers coaching for all

Counselling on campus

Student life

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Results that count

The numbers behind our students’ success so far

We publish our outcomes every year, because the real test of a course is what students go on to do when they have finished it.

See our outcomes

Meet your tutors

Skilled teachers who care about every learner’s plans

Michael Reed

Principal

Olivia Harris

Health tutor

Thomas Clark

Business tutor

Emily Carter

Digital tutor

What people say

Students and graduates on what studying here was really like

I left school without qualifications and thought study was not for me. The evening diploma fitted round my shifts, the tutors never made me feel behind, and I now manage a team of twelve.

Daniel Lee

Evening diploma graduate

The health and care course gave me real skills from the first week. Placement was hard work but well supported, and the ward where I trained offered me a permanent job before I finished.

Grace Lin

Health and care graduate

I retrained in software at thirty-five. Small classes meant I could ask anything, the projects were set by real companies, and my portfolio got me three interviews in the first month.

Arjun Rao

Software course graduate

Studying online while raising two children seemed impossible. My tutor checked in every week, deadlines were flexible when I needed them, and I graduated with distinction last summer.

Emma Cole

Online learner, graduated with distinction