Studying in Colchester
Colchester is a great place to study. From award winning schools and colleges to the University of Essex and places where you can learn English, there’s something for everyone. The town has a buzzing nightlife, and a general European ambience with its shops and café culture to offer you everything you need to relax after a long day studying!
Primary & Secondary Schools
www.essexcc.gov.uk which has a list of all local primary and secondary schools as well as a host of other County Council services, click on: Search for a School
Further Education
www.colchsfc.ac.uk Students at the Colchester Sixth Form College have achieved the most successful A Level results of any College in Essex, Suffolk or Norfolk every year since national tables of results were introduced in 1993.
www.colch-inst.ac.uk Award-winning Colchester Institute is the largest college in Essex with over 10,000 students. It offers 140 full-time and over 700 part-time courses. All courses are supported by excellent facilities, including more than 700 computers with Internet access and special open access ILT suites. The Institute has two main campuses: Sheepen Road, Colchester and Church Road, Clacton
www.cattencollege.co.uk Catten College provides work based learning (Advanced Modern Apprencticeships and NVQS) for young people in Care and Hairdressing in the North East Essex area. Any young person can commence these programmes up until their 25th birthday
Lifelong Learning
Want to do something different, try something new? It’s never too late to learn, expand your horizons and make new friends. Here are some contacts which can help.
The Learning Shop can be found at:14 St Nicholas Street (near JJB Sports in the High Street)
Colchester
Essex
CO1 1LB
01206 366 385
The Learning Shop can help you find the course you're looking for. The Learning Shop is conveniently based in Colchester town centre just off the High Street. Anyone who wants to know more about learning can pop in for an informal, friendly chat or browse through the various brochures and leaflets displayed on our shelves.
It offers a range of free taster courses and workshops as well as being a Learndirect centre for internet courses.
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www.essex.ac.uk/CLL Centre for Lifelong Learning at the University of Essex offers part-time courses for everyone in subjects as diverse as archaeology, creative writing and local and family history.
www.wea.org.uk Founded in 1903, the Workers’ Educational Association (WEA) is the UK’s largest voluntary provider of adult education. This site has info about local courses from the WEA.
www.grey-friars-college.co.uk Offers part-time courses especially for adults in over 20 venues in the Colchester, Stanway, Tiptree, Mersea Island, Wivenhoe and Brightlingsea areas.
www.wivenhoe.gov.uk/AdultEd/AdultEd-home.htm Contains all you need to know about learning in Wivenhoe.
www.oca-uk.com The Open College of the Arts is a vibrant community of artists, writers and designers dedicated to unlocking the creative potential of individuals. It is a charitable trust at the forefront of arts education in the UK. It aims to give you the skills to express your creative talents. The courses are inexpensive, which are structured, progressive, practical and pleasurable.
www.open.ac.uk The Open University admitted its first students in 1971. It is the UK's largest university, with over 200,000 students and customers. The OU's undergraduate level courses do not require any entry qualifications.
Higher Education
www.essex.ac.uk The University of Essex is one of the UK's leading academic institutions and has an international reputation for the quality of its research and teaching. The University has 17 departments spanning the Humanities, Social Sciences and Science and Engineering. There are currently 6,686 students at the University, 25% of these within the Graduate School. The University is an international community with students from more than 125 countries. In recent assessments Essex has regularly ranked among the top twelve UK universities for the quality of its research, with many of its departments rated as 'outstanding' by international standards.
www.colch-inst.ac.uk Award-winning Colchester Institute is the largest college in Essex with over 10,000 students. It offers 140 full-time and over 700 part-time courses. All courses are supported by excellent facilities, including more than 700 computers with Internet access and special open access ILT suites. The Institute has two main campuses: Sheepen Road, Colchester and Church Road, Clacton
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