Facilities

Worcester Golf Academy

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 11:35:23 +0100

Like the idea of playing golf but never had the chance to learn? Or already enjoying the game and eager to improve your swing? WCT are proud to announce the launch of the brand new Worcester Golf Academy, opening in September 2012. We have teamed up with Ravenmeadow Golf Club to offer you the opportunity to learn this fascinating game and fine-tune your skills on a regular basis. From complete beginners to experienced golfers, we welcome all students from Worcester Sports Academy into the ...

Worcester City Football Academy

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:52:04 +0100

Our Academy is more than just a training ground – it is where our students develop into confident, committed and skilled young footballers. We are dedicated to developing the potential of our players, both technically and personally, in a challenging, safe and supportive environment. Our full-time programme balances classroom learning with outstanding practical training and is the nearest thing to a pro-scholarship available for talented young players in the Worcester area. What c...

Worcester Sports Academy

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:55:46 +0100

Founded in 2002, Worcester Sports Academy is a prestigious and innovative learning programme, developed in response to the significant increase in the growth of the Sports, Exercise and Leisure industry. We are proud of our excellent standards of achievement and promote a culture of teamwork, passion and commitment. Our community is diverse and our courses are continually evolving to meet the needs of the industry, offering qualifications from Level 1 all the way through to Level 5. Our sports f...

Student success stories

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 08:34:19 +0100

Roxanne Hill studied Advanced Hairdressing Apprenticeship from January 2009 to March 2010, “I enjoyed practical work as I learnt new techniques that I didn’t learn at work. I loved planning the hair show and making money for charity. Since leaving college I have been promoted to a senior stylist!” Jamie Lee Banks studied NVQ 2 Hairdressing from September 2008 to December 2009, “My favourite memories are meeting new people that I became and stayed very good...

Fountains News & Events

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 08:31:11 +0100

SPECIAL OFFERS! Summer SizzlersFrom half price hair colours to 2-4-1 treatments,get your body holiday-ready with our latest special offers.... ...

Trips & enrichment

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 08:30:18 +0100

Level 2 Beauty Therapy Last year's Level 2 Beauty Therapy students enjoyed the following trips and enrichment activities throughout the year: Education trip to Aston & Fincher, Birmingham Dermalogica training Tube waxing Studex Ear Piercing Hot Stone Minx UV Nail Art Training Sun Labs Spray tanning Level 3 Beauty Therapy Last year's Level 3 Beauty Therapy students were offered a range of trips and enrichment activities last year, including: Sun Lab Spray Tanning Training Hot...

Microsoft IT Academy

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 08:27:50 +0100

We've been a Microsoft IT Academy since 2008 and now offer two MCTS exam courses. Both courses lead to core exams for the Microsoft MCSE qualification. We offer: Configuring Windows 7 Configuring Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Microsoft Certifications are available for most Microsoft technologies and skill levels from business workers to IT professionals, developers, technology trainers, and system architects. Pursuing a Microsoft Certification helps provide you with up-...

Cisco Academy

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 08:26:47 +0100

For those who want to be a Network Engineer, the Cisco CCNA is recognised throughout the world as the best qualification to gain. We have been a Cisco Academy for 10 years, having first joined in 2000. To pass the CCNA examination, candidates would need to study four courses as follows: Cisco CCNA1 - Network Fundamentals Cisco CCNA2 - Routing Protocols & Concepts Cisco CCNA3 - LAN Switching & Wireless Cisco CCNA4 - Accessing the WAN Cisco Networking Academy is a global ...

Worcestershire Medico Legal Society

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 10:53:27 +0100

This has recently been revived following an initiative by the Law School. From September 2009 all first year LLB, CPE and HND students will automatically be members, saving you a subscription of £25.00.

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The Law School in the community

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 10:51:13 +0100

Worcester Law School is not only situated in the heart of Worcester, it tries to be at the heart of the community it serves in the following ways: Guest Speaker Programme - Open to the Public. In 2004/5 we were visited by Professor John Montgomery, who lectured on Human Rights, and in 2005/6 by Professor Anthony Bradley, our visiting professor, who lectured on the Hunting Act 2005 and Parliamentary Supremacy, and Professor Julian Killingley, of UCE, lectured on his experiences in assist...

Why are we different?

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 10:50:42 +0100

We are located in an FE institution but we offer FE and HE courses in law. The result is that: You have the benefit of HE teaching in a small and supportive environment. The HE courses are validated by Staffordshire University, with whom we have worked in partnership since 1992. You can progress through our courses, starting with a Legal Exectutives Course and then progressing to the CPE course and then ultimately the LPC. An example is one of our students who began life as a receptio...

Spires Café

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 10:48:35 +0100

Spires Café @ Spires Restaurant,All Saints' Building,Deansway,Worcester.WR1 2JF Spires Café is the new name to replace Café 21 formerly located at Worcester Arts Workshop. The project aims to provide students of all ages and ability with quality training in technical andsocial skills in order to prepare them for future employment within the catering industry. We need your support to help build students confidence in dealing with customers and preparing and cooking dishes for the qualifi...

Refectories & cafes

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 10:39:02 +0100

The ViewBased in All Saints' Building The View provides a newly-refurbushed place for students to grab a coffee, stop for a light snack or sit down for a full meal. It boasts a vast and ever-changing menu of freshly prepared snacks, meals, soups, pastries and smoothies and even, new for 2011, a Starbuck's Cafe! From Chilli Con Carne and Mushroom Stroganoff to a Roast Pork dinner with all the trimmings, The View is the place in College to meet friends, chill out and enjoy wholesom...

The Law School

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 10:33:28 +0100

The Law School which is based at Worcester College of Technology in St. Wulstans' Building was established in 1979. We are unique in providing a mix of further education and higher education law courses. There are eight permanent teaching staff, five part-time staff and an administrator. Our visiting professor is Anthony Bradley, who was a professor of Constitutional Law at Edinburgh University. We currently have about 300 students from a far reaching catchment area around the ...

Language laboratories

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 10:30:04 +0100

The College's high-tech Severn and Spires Study Centres provide a wealth of resources to our language students including:

Journals & books
Video and audio cassettes
Magazines & Newspapers
Computers with audio and headphones for individual listening
Laptops
Learning support and help desk

Sports facilities

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 10:27:54 +0100

The College has a strong reputation for sport and offers a growing number of sports courses, as well as an increasing range of facilities and activities. The Sports Hall is located at the Barbourne campus and can cater for a range of Individual and Team sports including Volleyball, Football, Badminton, Netball and Martial Arts. Outside facilities include an enclosed tennis and Netball court. Worcester Sports Academy in partnership with Worcester City Football Club have access to a range of tr...

Spires Restaurant

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 10:11:01 +0100

Training and inspiring the hospitality staff of the future Dining at Spires Restaurant plays a vital role in the students’ learning. It gives them the opportunity to participate within a real working environment, preparing and serving good quality food and drink to customers. They can improve their skills and move forwards in their career successfully. Click here for directions to Spires Restaurant (2MB) Find out about Spires Cafe Training and inspiring the hospitality staff of the fut...

Training kitchens & restaurant

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 09:31:48 +0100

The College is well known for its excellent facilities and student success in Catering & Hospitality. Facilities are comparable to those found in high standard modern hotels, and include: Excellent training kitchens in All Saints' Building Spires Restaurant Attractive and modern restaurant overlooking the River Severn and the Malvern Hills Spires Café A bistro style café situated in the All Saints' Building, Deansway (formerly Café 21)...

Spires Travel Agency

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 08:55:44 +0100

Spires Travel Agency is an independent travel agency in the foyer of All Saint's Building. The travel agency provides valuable work experience for students on travel and tourism courses but is also open to students, staff and members of the public to book all their travel needs (holidays, flights, ferry journeys, car hire, car parking, theatre breaks and travel insurance). The agency offers travel vouchers for special occasions and there is a 5% discount on all student and staff bookings...

Spires Theatre & Performing Arts

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:26:38 +0100

The Performing Arts department boasts a professionally equipped theatre in St. Andrews' building with a state-of-the-art computerised lighting system, sound systems and multiple stage and seating positioning. Spires theatre includes: Versatile staging allowing for Theatre-in-the-round, thrust stage, promenade and proscenium theatre 95 seat collapsable auditorium Fat Frog lighting desk including moving gobo lights and two programmable MAC 250 lights Cyclorama projector In addition, ...

Management, business & professional resources

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:25:38 +0100

Since 2004 the Department of Management, Business & Professional Studies has been based in St Wulstans' Building, Deansway. St Wulstan’s was extensively developed to make it a suitable learning environment for the business and professional courses that are based there as well as the University degree programmes that are based in the facility. As such St Wulstan’s provides a range of resources for students on these high level programmes. The St Wulstan’s Building also houses...

Science laboratories

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:24:44 +0100

Our extensive facilities in St Andrew's Building include: A Science Study Centre with PCs and full library facilities including books, scientific journals and on-line learning resources. The Study Centre is staffed at all times and can be used for both whole class research or individual study. Four general purpose laboratories, each equipped with a data projector. Two laboratories possess fume cupboards suitable for chemistry practicals and one laboratory has incubat...

Computing & IT Facilities

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:19:10 +0100

Worcester College of Technology has a well-established Computing and IT department. We have an IT Study Centre with 70 computers, four dedicated IT teaching rooms as well as two specialist hardware/networking laboratories. All classrooms are equipped with high-specification computers with flat screen monitors. We replace our computers every 3 years, so they are all of a good specification to run the specialist software the various courses demand. All computers have Internet access. Students w...

Engineering workshops

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:18:47 +0100

There are a number of engineering workshops: Manufacturing and Electrical in the Cathedral Building, Deansway Centre of Vocational Excellence at Sunnyside Road North Brook Light Vehicle Workshops Our engineering workshop includes: Centre & CNC lathes Vertical, Universal & CNC milling machines Pillar drills, Surface & off-hand grinders, cylindrical grinder and engraving machine Spot welder and Oxy/Acetylene for heat treatment, welding & brazing PUMA Unimate Articulat...

Construction workshops

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:17:17 +0100

Our professionally equipped workshops enable you to train in "real life" settings to increase your chances of employment. The new site in Malvern is a Centre of Vocational Excellence for Construction Technologies. The workshops are much larger than you would expect and even have enough space to build single storey houses. There is also a Construction Study Centre at our main campus on Deansway, Worcester. For comprehensive disabled access information for our see DisabledG...

Art & Design Studios

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:10:03 +0100

Our School of Art & Design's extensive and well-equipped studios provide for a wide range of course options. Our multidisciplinary studio spaces offer extensive facilities: Painting, drawing, print, ceramics, fashion (print and garment production) model making and installation work Photographic darkroom and studio, along with digital and image manipulation Networked IT facilities using Apple computers offer a full range of programmes including Photoshop, Illustrator, Final Cut Pro, Dreamw...