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City College offering opportunities in GCSE results week

22 August 2011

City College Brighton and Hove, praised as 'Outstanding' by Ofsted, is promoting its course offer to students during GCSE results week. As the City of Brighton and Hove's Vocational College, City College has a wide range of practical and work-related courses at all levels available for young people and adults. Government funding body The Young Person's Learning Agency (YPLA) has acknowledged City College's growing success and recent achievements by providing an additional 210 places for school leavers or for sixth formers taking a gap year at age 18. There are now further course opportunities right across all subject areas in the Arts, the Building and Catering Trades, Business and Retail and Sports, Health and Childcare. It is also a good time to consider an Apprenticeship and the College can help young people to secure employment and a training salary so that they can learn on the job. City College is a specialist vocational college that provides the skills, training and experience to go directly into work or onto a university course. Vocational qualifications offer a progression route and learning experience that is valued by employers and can also allow students to gain the UCAS points required for a University application. The College also benefits from having its central campus in the fashionable North Laine area in the heart of Brighton, just five minutes walk from Brighton station and its City College East campus is located close to the Marina.

'I realise that GCSE results week can be a stressful and daunting time for students', says Principal, Phil Frier. 'For students who’ve done well and are weighing up their options, I hope they’ll look at what we have to offer and come to the conclusion that they won’t get a better educational experience to prepare them for the world of work. For students who are dissatisfied with their results and are worried about the way forward, we’ll do our utmost to find a course that suits them and that will provide them with the best opportunities in the future. I also hope that our new Ofsted grade sends out the message to local parents that their sons and daughters will get an outstanding learning experience in a friendly, welcoming community.'

City College students

With facilities including training restaurants, digital media suites, a travel bureau, workshops, dedicated art studios, a brand new Student Centre and a new state-of-the-art Motor Vehicle training area, students can gain a qualification in the kind of setting that will allow them to gain the experience that employers value. The College also has excellent local employer links in sectors such as construction, sports, arts, media, business and catering. Courses on offer range from entry level to postgraduate specialist courses, with industry certificates and training and diplomas in between, so no matter what level students are at with their current skills and qualifications, the College can meet most educational needs.

For more details on courses still available at City College, see www.ccb.ac.uk or contact course information on 01273 667759.

For City College media enquiries, please call Brian Bell, Marketing Communications Officer, on 01273 667788 Ext. 488 or email bb1@ccb.ac.uk website www.ccb.ac.uk

About City College Brighton and Hove: Situated in the heart of Brighton and rated ‘Good with Outstanding Qualities’ by Ofsted, City College Brighton and Hove is an international centre of vocational excellence and one of the top performing Further Education Colleges in the country. Every year, 2,000 full-time, 7,000 part time, 400 Higher Education and 400 14-16 year old students as well as many international and European students choose City College as their place of further and higher education training. In addition, the College provides training to over 2,000 businesses via its ‘City Business Skills’ department which focuses on employer training needs. Offering over 700 courses from basic level right through to business and postgraduate training, City College is working with its partners to develop the workforce of the future.