Your son/daughter has the opportunity to attend workshop sessions once a week. These are sessions that provide additional support during the week and are run by subject teaching staff. Workshop sessions are held to provide extension work, revision, coursework help and an opportunity for individual support from subject teachers. Workshop sessions are highlighted on the timetable of your son/daughter.
Directed Study Time
College life differs in some important ways from school life, and this is no doubt partly why you are interested in joining us.
To start with, there are no uniforms and no bells, and you are encouraged to use staff first names.
Another key difference is the time you will have when you are not in class. This is known as your ‘directed time’ as there is an expectation that you will manage a balance between meeting friends and studying in one of our Learning Zones.
The Learning Resource Centre (LRC)
This is an all-in-one centre combing the function of a Library (book lending, audio-visual material, newspapers etc) and a Learning Resource Centre (lots of different types of electronic material).
The LRC is also the home of our Study Support team and our team of specialised learning mentors. If you need additional support with your studies the LRC is the place to be!
The Open Access Learning Zone
There are several computer rooms available for students to use for extra study; however, the Open Access Learning Zone in A Block is the biggest, housing 65 computers in one room. You can drop in at any time and computers will be available for you to use.
The Open Access Apple Mac Computer Suite (F9)
This open access computer room is available to all Photography, Media, Art, Design, Film Studies and Textiles students on a drop-in-basis.
Subject Access Periods
All subjects will publish a timetable where teachers will be available to provide additional support or catch-up sessions. These can either be one-to-one sessions or larger group sessions.
Subject Tutorials
These are timetabled additional lessons organised by subjects. They can be aimed at certain groups of students or simply structured revision sessions. Your subject areas will be able to tell you more.