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YOUR STUDENT GUIDE 2018-19 MAKING LEARNING WORK THE CORNWALL COLLEGE GROUP Bicton College - East Budleigh, Budleigh Salterton, Devon, EX9 7BY Main Switchboard 0330 123 4782 Fax: 01395 562344 W: www.bicton.ac.uk E: customer.service@bicton.ac.uk Cornwall College Camborne - Trevenson Road, Pool, Redruth, Cornwall, TR15 3RD Main Switchboard/General Enquiries 0330 123 2523 Course Enquiries 0330 123 2523 W: www.cornwall.ac.uk E: info@cornwall.ac.uk dBs Music Bristol - Bristol FE Centre, Temple Studios, Temple Gate, Bristol, BS1 6QA Main Switchboard 0333 344 2235 W: www.dbsmusic.co.uk dBs Music Plymouth - 6 Elizabeth Court, Higher Lane, Plymouth PL1 2AN Main Switchboard 0333 344 2243 W: www.dbsmusic.co.uk Duchy College Rosewarne - Camborne, Cornwall, TR14 0AB Main Switchboard/General Enquiries 0330 123 4784 Course Enquiries 0330 123 4784 W: www.duchy.ac.uk E: rosewarne.enquiries@duchy.ac.uk Duchy College Stoke Climsland - Callington, Cornwall, PL17 8PB Main Switchboard/General Enquiries 0330 123 4784 Absence 0330 123 4784 Transport 01579 372207 Accommodation 01579 372208 Course Enquiries 0330 123 4784 W: www.duchy.ac.uk E: stoke.enquiries@duchy.ac.uk CONTENTS 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 12 13 14 15 16 18 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 28 Welcome Careers advice and guidance Safeguarding Support from your Learning Adviser Team Supporting your Future Learning Services Cornwall College Students’ Union (CCSU) Learner Enrichment Officers Having Your Say Special Educational Needs & Disabilities Employability IT Services for students Funding and Support Facilities 14-16 year old students Term dates Counselling services General information Equal opportunities, environment Year planner Useful contacts dBs BRISTOL Falmouth Marine School - Killigrew Street, Falmouth, Cornwall, TR11 3QS Main Switchboard 0330 123 4783 Course Enquiries 0330 123 4783 W. www.falmouthmarineschool.ac.uk E: falenquiries@cornwall.ac.uk Cornwall College Newquay - Wildflower Lane, Trenance Gardens, Newquay, Cornwall, TR7 2LZ Main Switchboard 0330 123 2523 Course Enquiries 0330 123 2523 W: www.cornwall.ac.uk E: Newquay.enquiries@cornwall.ac.uk Cornwall College Saltash - Church Road, Saltash, Cornwall, PL12 4AE Main Switchboard 0330 123 2523 Course Enquiries 0330 123 2523 W: www.cornwall.ac.uk E: info@saltash.ac.uk Cornwall College St Austell - Tregonissey Road, St Austell, Cornwall, PL25 4DJ Main Switchboard 0330 123 2523 Course Enquiries 0330 123 2523 W: www.cornwall.ac.uk E: info@st-austell.ac.uk DUCHY COLLEGE STOKE CLIMSLAND CORNWALL COLLEGE NEWQUAY BICTON COLLEGE CORNWALL COLLEGE CAMBORNE DUCHY COLLEGE ROSEWARNE EDEN PROJECT CORNWALL COLLEGE SALTASH CORNWALL COLLEGE ST AUSTELL ENGINEERING SKILLS CENTRE PLYMOUTH dBs PLYMOUTH FALMOUTH MARINE SCHOOL THE BUSINESS SPACE TRURO 2 www.cornwall.ac.uk 3 WELCOME TO STUDENT LIFE Whichever of our sites* across the South West region you may be joining, you can count on having a positive and successful experience with our unique approach to delivering world class learning to meet our College Values and our USP Study Programme (Universal, Specialist and Personal strands). These initiatives will enable you to progress successfully on to further learning, training or the career of your choice. We are proud of our award-winning Cornwall College Students’ Union (CCSU); why not take a look for yourself at www.cornwallstudents.org to see what our students are currently involved in. The Learner Voice is something we take really seriously across our sites; your site Learner Enrichment Officer or site CCSU team can tell you more and help you get involved, giving you the chance to have your say and build an even better college for the future. We are committed to building a Brilliant College Group with our core purpose of ‘Making Learning Work’. This means that we want our learners to achieve more than just qualifications to enable them to succeed in their future lives both in work and beyond. We set out to provide a brilliant learning experience, with students as active partners in this. Our College Values are really important to us and we hope that they will be just as important to you in your college life. We will make reference to them often to help you to buy into them too. In our work with our learners and staff colleagues we aspire to be: CAN DO CARING CELEBRATING CONNECTED CONSISTENT COURAGEOUS CREATIVE Our staff and resources are dedicated to helping you achieve your learning and career goals. In return we ask you to work in partnership with us, showing positive learning behaviours to make the most of the opportunities available to you. We expect that you will be an active participant in your learning, that you will attend college, hand in work according to set deadlines, provide feedback so we can constantly improve our learning and teaching, and behave in a way that improves the College environment and respects others. I hope you have a great time with us in every aspect of your learner journey. If we exceed or fall short of your expectations, please let me know. With very best wishes for your success Raoul Humphreys Chief Executive and Principal The Cornwall College Group * Sites at Bicton, Camborne, dBs Music Bristol, dBs Music Plymouth, Falmouth, Newquay, Rosewarne, Saltash, St Austell, Stoke Climsland, The Eden Project and Sussex Golf Club. 4 www.cornwall.ac.uk CAREERS ADVICE AND GUIDANCE What can we do for you? It’s not always easy to find informed and impartial advice about career and study options. Is it better for you to complete an Apprenticeship or study a full-time course? Is your future career best suited to studying academic or professional and technical qualifications? How do you progress into work? The Advice and Guidance Team can help answer these questions. We are a team of experienced and qualified advisers. We help students to make important decisions about future career and study options. We take the time to get to know you, your ambitions, qualifications and skills so you can progress on to your chosen career path. Our advice is also completely impartial. If you are 19+, The Cornwall College Group deliver the National Careers Service offer, which provides information, advice and guidance for jobseekers and those in work aged 19 and older to help you manage your career and progress into learning, training and employment. Our qualified careers advisers provide advice and support tailored to each individual customer’s needs through digital technology, telephone and face-to-face meetings. We help customers identify and overcome any barriers they face to give them the chance to unlock their true potential and find a fulfilling career which offers opportunities to progress. Please email louise.fildes@cornwall.ac.uk or call 01726 226708 for more information or to book an appointment. How can we help you? • Personalised careers advice and guidance including self-employment options, re-training, career change, jobsearch, apprenticeships, choosing or changing your career path, volunteering, identifying your transferable skills and much more • Courses and training • Writing CVs • Job and course applications (including UCAS) • Applications for work experience • Advice and support to ensure your career and learning success • Access to a wide range of impartial and up-to-date resources on careers, learning options and funding • Improving skills for life, maths, English and IT • English for speakers of other languages • Business support and development. How to contact us If you are 16-18, please email stac.careers@ cornwall.ac.uk for more information or to book an appointment. 5 SAFEGUARDING Staying safe at college... and beyond We set out to provide a safe and supportive learning and working environment for all our students, staff and visitors. Please help by: • Following the Student Code of Conduct and health and safety rules around the college site/ in your specialist curriculum department • Carrying/wearing your ID card at all times and showing it when requested • Behaving responsibly and being respectful to others on our sites/ local communities • Looking out for your own safety and welfare and that of others too • Reporting any concerns promptly to a member of staff or to our Reception team CORN WALL COLL EG E Are you worried about anything? TALK TO SOMEONE SOONER RATHER THAN LATER! • If you don’t feel safe at college or elsewhere • If you are concerned about a friend or someone else • If you need help with any personal safety or well-being issues • If you are being abused. THER E’S CORN MORE TO WALL COLL EGE Everyone has the right to live their life free from abuse such as physical and sexual violence, neglect, sexual exploitation / abuse, financial abuse, bullying, hate crime, psychological abuse, domestic abuse, online exploitation / grooming or abuse, radicalisation, criminal exploitation or other forms of abuse, harm or exploitation ….. We are here to help, with trained safeguarding staff on each site, or you can speak to your Personal Tutor, Personal Learning Adviser, Learning Adviser, HE Senior Tutor or Senior Learning Adviser who will help you address any concerns. Or you can contact any of the numbers below to speak direct to a Safeguarding Lead. Central Safeguarding Number: 01209 617888 6 Safeguarding Leads Location Responsibilities Direct Dial Contacts Rob Cooper Safeguarding Lead – Mid Cornwall St Austell, Newquay & Eden Project 01726 226497 07979 706039 Esther Edwards Safeguarding Lead – Residential Bicton College/Duchy College Stoke Climsland Residential 01395 562386 07778 603953 safe@bicton.ac.uk Ginnette Williams Safeguarding Lead/Senior Personal Learning Adviser - Bicton College Bicton College 07468 710246 safe@bicton.ac.uk Alex Lindsay Safeguarding Lead – Linfield Golf Course Linfield Golf Course 07971 186403 01444 484467 Pat Lloyd Safeguarding Lead – East Cornwall Saltash & Duchy College Stoke Climsland 01752 850212 01579 372325 07876 258321 Stephen Maunder WSTA Business Development Manager Work Skills Training Academy (WSTA) 07717 544247 Heather Tabb Project Manager Young People’s Projects including Young Mums Will Achieve 07788 185741 Mel Thomas Safeguarding Lead – West Cornwall Camborne, Duchy College Rosewarne & Falmouth Marine School 01209 616377 07776 284930 Charlotte Jacobs Safeguarding Lead – dBs Music, Plymouth dBs Music, Plymouth 0333 3442237 www.cornwall.ac.uk Maxine Bentley Residential Team Lead Bicton College Residential Students 01395 562320 07977 148270 Duty Warden Residential Team Lead Duchy College Stoke Climsland Residential Students 01579 372314 07773 367483 Mike Carnall Designated Safeguarding Lead, The Cornwall College Group Off-site, community learning and concerns about staff 07928 048485 SUPPORT FROM YOUR LEARNING ADVICE TEAM How can my Personal Learning Adviser (PLA)/Learning Adviser (LA)/Personal Tutor help me? If you are under the age of 19 and on a study programme with The Cornwall College Group you will normally have a Personal Learning Adviser/Learning Adviser who will be a consistent source of information, advice and support throughout your time at college. Your PLA/LA will work alongside your Personal Tutor to: need extra support for more complex issues or if there are significant concerns about your attendance, progress or behaviour. You can also talk to your SLA if you have any feedback that you want to pass on about the teaching or support you are receiving. • Assist the curriculum in overseeing your overall study programme (specialist curriculum, English, maths, experience of work and weekly Personal and Professional Development (PPD) sessions) • Help you to progress with your studies and achieve your learning and career goals • Support you with any course related or personal concerns you may have • Act as a central point of contact for your parents/guardians. Group PPD sessions During regular PPD sessions you will work on developing your own range of personal and employability skills, which will focus on helping you to become a successful student and prepare for your future life. Some of these sessions will cover improving your learning skills such as revision techniques, target setting or managing your workload. Your PLA/LA will be a vital, independent link between your tutors and any other support areas involved in your programme. Their role is to make your learning journey with us run as smoothly and successfully as possible. You will work with your PLA/LA: • during regular one-to-one progress reviews • at any point, for any issues you may have throughout your time at college Support from a Senior Learning Adviser Your PLA/LA is supported by a Senior Learning Adviser (SLA) who you may be referred to if you Our LA/SLA team also oversee support to 19+learners or those attending via a school-link programme. Your specialist curriculum will be delivered through close partnership with local employers, communities, business mentors and employer organisations, and bring you into contact with those who can help provide experience of the world of work. If you are an HE student you will have a Personal Tutor who will be your first point of contact for academic and personal support. In addition, you will also have an HE Senior Tutor who will work with you and your course team to ensure you are able to access additional wider personal and academic support and will be happy to provide additional support as needed. 7 LEARNING SERVICES The Learning Centres offer a range of resources, facilities and support for your studies. What is available? A range of resources to borrow including: • Books and e-books to support your studies • Fiction books and graphic novels • Magazines and journals • DVDs and Audio CDs • Study spaces for individual study and group work • Computers, laptops and tablet devices to use in the LC • Wireless internet access for your own equipment. SUPPORTING YOUR FUTURE The Cornwall College Group is dedicated to providing learners with essential opportunities to enable them to be successful and students are encouraged to develop their USP. This includes: • Universal skills where you will be working to improve your skills in English, maths, use of IT and improve your employability through work experience and work related projects. • Specialist programme which is made up of the vocational area you have chosen or your choice of A-level/GCSE subjects, in line with your career goals. • Personal study will include developing a range of personal qualities, improving your understanding of key areas such as personal safety, equality and diversity, and shaping your individual career and progression plans. 8 www.cornwall.ac.uk UP Skill sessions are offered within your timetable to specifically enable the development of your Universal and Personal skills alongside your specialist programme. This could include completing English and Maths qualifications, undertaking research activities, taking part in a work placement, or working on a community project. There is also a virtual U-Space on Moodle which provides access resources and information to support your USP skills development. Campuses also organise a range of activities to support your skills development. The Learning Centre staff can help you with: • Finding and using books, ebooks and journals • Support for developing your study and research skills, including using the Internet for research • Help with using college computers and software including: • Using Office 365 • Mind Genius for creating mind maps • Read & Write Gold for developing reading, writing and research skills • Avoiding plagiarism and creating references. What will I need to use the Learning Centres? • To borrow items (including laptops and tablets to use in the LC) You will need your student ID card • To use the computer network You will need login and password details • To print/photocopy or scan You will need your student ID card. You will find Learning Centres at: Bicton Camborne Eden Falmouth Marine School Newquay Saltash St Austell Duchy College Stoke Climsland Duchy College Rosewarne Useful Links Resources Search: webopac.cornwall.ac.uk Search all 130,000 resources on all our campuses Moodle: moodle.cornwall.ac.uk Your Virtual Classroom with resources to support your studies and assignment details. Student Portal (Pro Portal) (including Email and Office 365): This gives you access to your course details, progress, targets and attendance. You also get access to Office 365 software (which you can download at home too) and email (which will be used as the main point of contact by teachers and the Learning Centres). Get to the student portal here: https://studentdata.cornwall.ac.uk/ProPortal/ 9 STUDENTS’ UNION The Cornwall College Group has eight separate and unique campuses across the South West; the CCSU represents students across that whole Group. Whether you are part-time, fulltime, an apprentice, or a diploma or degree student, the Students’ Union is here to support your study and social life while at college. If you get involved in student life beyond your study you will find it exciting and rewarding. There are many important roles for us to fulfil as students and unless we help each other to make the college experience everything you want it to be, it won’t be. are truly represented back into the College and educational systems; be it regionally or nationally. Our views on the quality of our courses, the quality of our campus facilities, our resources including funding to survive as healthy students, are all the types of things we are the experts on. If we don’t care and tell it how it is – then no one else may care. The Students’ Union will help you engage with all of this. We will be holding an Annual Conference for all our students; a place where you can listen, speak and debate all the top issues of the day, here in the South West. NUS Extra As a student, why not take advantage of the high street and online discounts you can get with an NUS Extra Card. Everything from clothes to books, food, travel and lots more. Speak to your CCSU team or LEO, or visit www.nusextra.co.uk “Each campus will have a volunteer team of Students’ Union students, who get involved because they care about their own and other peoples’ experience.” They make it happen. In return, those students get a lot of support and gain a massive amount of experience and confidence in organising and achieving. If when you finish your course, you want to be the one that stands out among the other job hunters, then being active with CCSU is one great way to be different. The second strand of our work is making sure that your opinion and our points of view 10 www.cornwall.ac.uk We also hold regular campus meetings so that you can give meaningful and effective feedback on your particular course of study and experience. We will give you the expertise that will lead to the experience that will help make the next year the most exciting and fruitful time that is possible. Whether you would like to see a `Battle of the Bands’ or a `Chess tournament’; whether you want to run a campaign or develop an important idea, it does not matter. It starts with YOU. Your Learner Enrichment Officer is on site to help you get involved and engaged. Dare to be different; dare to stand out! Contact your Learner Enrichment Officer (LEO) for more information CONTACT US Remember CCSU is here to represent and support you! Contact your campus SEO Facebook: www.facebook.com/cornwallstudents Twitter: @CornwallSU CCSU Instagram: ccsu_insta Website: www.cornwallstudents.org 11 LEARNER ENRICHMENT OFFICERS HAVING YOUR SAY The Learner Enrichment Officer is there to support and empower students to manage and supervise a programme of enrichment activities, including trips, activities and events to help make a positive contribution to the overall student experience and they’re great at the fun stuff. Our ‘HAVE YOUR SAY’ scheme provides students an easy way to submit ideas for things they want to change to Cornwall College. These ideas can be about anything that are going to improve the student experience. If you have a question and are not sure who to ask, or just want to chat, speak to the Learner Enrichment Officer (LEO) on your campus. They can help you with everything from getting involved with Cornwall College Student’s Union (CCSU) activities to information and signposting on confidential issues such as: • • • • • We would love to hear your Big Ideas - Read how it works below then submit one online today! The Cornwall College Group works in partnership with The Cornwall College Students’ Union (CCSU) to ensure learners have regular opportunities to feedback on your college experience. These include: • • • • • Sexual health Wellbeing Drink and drugs Bullying Personal safety Questionnaires & Surveys Course Rep meetings Face to face meetings CCSU Conference Through your campus-based CCSU leadership team • Feedback & Complaints • Student Governors sit on TCCG Governing Board Our LEOs work closely with the CCSU on your site to ensure that we work in partnership with you and provide services that meet your needs. Elected course reps play a vital role in this too. We support Course Reps to come up with great suggestions for improving the student experience, you will see the results displayed in the “You Said We Did” section of www.cornwallstudents.org. If you’re good at organising events then speak to the CCSU about organising a party or any other social event, maybe for Christmas, St. Valentine’s Day or to celebrate the end of term. To celebrate the hard work and achievements of students from across all of our campuses, the Student STAR Awards is a glamorous ceremony held in June. If your achievements are outstanding you could be nominated for an award and invited to attend the evening with two guests. CONTACT US FMS – Danny O’Shea danny.oshea@ falmouthmarineschool.ac.uk Camborne – Suzee Wheeler suzee.wheeler@cornwall.ac.uk Duchy Rosewarne – Kate Snook kate.snook@duchy.ac.uk St Austell – Teri Cobbett teri.cobbett@cornwall.ac.uk Newquay – Gill Tonkin gill.tonkin@cornwall.ac.uk Saltash – Ali Gerry alison.gerry@st-austell.ac.uk Duchy Stoke – Mia Giudetti mia.giudetti@cornwall.ac.uk Bicton – Tanya Trevena tanya.trevena@cornwall.ac.uk 12 13 SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS AND DISABILITIES (SEND) WHAT SUPPORT MIGHT I HAVE AT COLLEGE? The type of support you can have will depend on your individual needs. We are proud of the range of support services we can offer, for example: • You may need 1:1 support which means you will work with a Learning Support Practitioner (LSP) within lessons. • You may only need some help in lessons so could work within a small group and with an LSP to support where needed. • You may work with the specialist intervention team (e.g. Dyslexia Tutor; Autism Champion) to give you more support with specific strategies, reading and writing, and other study-related skills. • We can meet with you and your family to discuss your support needs and write an individual support plan • You may require support from us through assistive technology rather than a staff member. • You may have some specific needs which require us to bring in one of our professional contacts on a bespoke basis e.g. Teacher of the Deaf. FE Disabilty Adviser is Shana Price HE Disability Adviser is Pippa Ramage Your support will be reviewed regularly and we will involve you in this review at all times. We can meet with you and your family to discuss support needs if you want us to. We will write a support plan for you and share this with all relevant staff working with you. You may have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP). We will use this document to ensure that we support you appropriately, and with your aspirations and outcomes in mind. For contact details and more information please see our SEND Provision Statement or visit the support section of our website: https://www.cornwall.ac.uk/student-support/supporting-your-learning/ EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS YOUR STEPS TO SUCCESS The Cornwall College Group have a unique framework to help you develop the skills that employers are looking for – the skills that will help you stand out from the crowd. As the Career College for the South West, it is our aim to help develop your aspirations and provide learning that is relevant, applied and real, ensuring your curriculum is delivered through close partnerships with employers, communities and organisations. Employability Skills Employability is an essential part of your Study Programme and the college have a unique three stage framework to help you develop the skills that employers are looking for. This is what some of our learners say about their experience of employability: “Teaches you how to act in the work place” “It is important, it will help you to get a job and be ready for the outside world” “Gives you the correct attitude for the job, which is key for life!” “A chance to increase interpersonal skills and improve my chances of getting my dream job” This is an important part of your Study Programme and part of your entitlement as a learner preparing to progress onto higher level programmes or into industry employment. Work Experience When recruiting for jobs, employers state that young people who are able to show evidence of work experience are more likely to get an interview. We have a team of Employability and Work Experience Co-ordinators who will support you to organise a placement within your chosen career. Many of our learners - Financial Acumen have gained apprenticeships or work through these placements. OUR VISION We want all our learners to have what they need to become successful and achieve their goals because: • We aim for there to be no discrimination between learners and wish to support all who want to progress. • We would like learners to develop their independence and be work ready when they have finished at college. - Punctuality - Reliability - Quality of Work - Meeting Deadlines - Personal Presentation - Working with Peers - Working with Supervisors - Work Ethic - Problem Solving - Quality Focus - Resilience - Communication - Adaptability - Professional Mindset - Innovation - Planning and Priorities - Reflectiveness and Review - Ambition and Professional Development - Managing Environments Management and Strategic (including self-employment) Operational and Supervisory Work Ready 14 www.cornwall.ac.uk 15 IT SERVICES FOR STUDENTS As part of your learning you will be provided with a college email account which can be used to access Microsoft Office 365. Office 365 is a live service, hosted in Microsoft’s own ‘Cloud’ server and storage infrastructure. This will give you access to email along with a personal OneDrive where you can create and share Microsoft Office files as well as store other file types. It also includes a suite of Microsoft Office applications which can be downloaded on up to five different personal devices for free. What is included with Office 365? • Cornwall College email (that is used to sign up for and access free educational software) • OneDrive account giving you lots of online storage • Office online applications • Office for PC downloads • Office for Mac downloads • Office mobile for iPhone and Android • Office applications for iPad, iPhone and Android tablets. You can access your account by going to by going to www.cornwall.ac.uk/students and logging into Office 365. This page will provide more details about the service and terms of use. Wi-Fi The College provides a Wi-Fi service for you to access from your smartphone, tablet or laptop. Look for the “eduroam” network and follow the instructions to login with your full college email address. Once connected, you can then access college resources such as email, Student Portal and Moodle. The eduroam service is part of a wider academic infrastructure which means you can connect automatically to other eduroam WI-FI hotspots in other institutions such as Plymouth University and even NHS sites such as Treliske Hospital. Please take time to read the Acceptable Use Policy provided with your login details. The Student Portal is the gateway to your life at college. From here you will be able to access (and check) the information the College holds on you, check your attendance, access your college emails, important policies and other information. In addition you will be able to track your own progress on your course, so make sure you log on every day. You can access Pro Portal here: www.cornwall.ac.uk/students Student Bulletin • This is a bulletin that comes to you via your student email and your local CCSU Facebook page. • It contains sports news, student achievement, important transport information, college trips, careers talks and much more. • If you wish to put a notice into the bulletin, please contact your Learner Enrichment Officer. Emergency Notices • We will use the entrance doors and noticeboards in reception to display any emergency notices to students; such as changes to bus times. Please read them, if and when they appear. • Any bad weather closures or emergency travel information will be posted on the website www.cornwall.ac.uk or via our social media platforms. Staying Safe Online It is important that you keep yourself safe online by adhering to the ‘acceptable use policy’, maintain your privacy and security settings, think carefully about your behaviour when social networking by being aware of what you post and who you are talking to and recognise the risks with online activity. IT have created a brief Cyber Security Awareness Guide that contains tips and recommendations for staying safe online. Please take the time to read the guide, and remember to always seek help if you have any doubts or concerns. Email You will receive regular emails from college staff via your college email account. It is therefore essential that you regularly access the service to keep up to date with College communication. If you have a smartphone you can configure it to collect your college email automatically. Pro Portal We communicate information to you in a variety of ways: emails, Student Portal, notice boards, your PLA and/or tutor and the student bulletin. 16 www.cornwall.ac.uk It’s your college experience make the most of it! 17 FUNDING AND SUPPORT What financial support is available to me? FE Funding Support This funding is to help you meet extra costs e.g. transport and childcare. This is administered by the College and is means tested and cash-limited. Guaranteed Student Bursary If you are under 19 and living in care, a care leaver, receiving Income Support in your own right, a disabled young person in receipt of both Employment Support Student Allowance and PIP (Personal Independence Payment), you will be entitled to a Guaranteed Student Bursary of up to £1,200. Transport If you are under 19 at the beginning of the academic year in September, are attending a full-time course and live more than three miles from college you may be eligible for a college bus pass. Accommodation If you do not live within reasonable travelling distance of the college you may wish to consider seeking accommodation nearby. For students at Duchy College Stoke Climsland there are full-board and self-catering residential places available for learners aged 18 and over. At Bicton College, there is a board option for all students and a self-catering option for HE students. Full Residential Bursaries are available for eligible students. With the exception of students awarded Residential Bursaries, accommodation costs are normally the responsibility of the student, parent or carer. HE Student Funding Bursaries may be available for HE learners, please contact your campus Student Services who can signpost you to Student Finance England: https://www.gov.uk/contact-student-finance-england A bus pass is free if you are awarded funding support, however, rules do apply. Check your induction pack for more information. Transport Bursary If you are over 19 you may be eligible for funding support towards travel costs. Free College Meals If you are aged 16-18 and received free school meals, or if your circumstances have recently changed and you are now in receipt of certain benefits, you may qualify for free college meals. Contact Student Services for further details. Advanced Learning Loans Thinking about continuing your education? If you are aged 19 or above and want to study a qualification of level 3 or above there are Government loans available. There is also funding support which is means tested to help you meet transport costs and childcare costs. Care to Learn (for learners up to 20 years) Care to Learn is a national scheme for childcare funding if you are a parent under 20 years of age. This childcare bursary will not affect your own family’s benefits or allowances. If you are under 20 years of age this support is not means-tested and you do not have to be in receipt of benefits or have a low income in order to have your childcare paid for. Please contact any of our Student Services teams for more details. Childcare (for learners aged 20+ years) We are keen to help you with the cost of your childcare whilst studying. The childcare subsidy you receive will depend upon the details submitted by you on your childcare support application form. If you are eligible for support this will normally be paid direct to your registered childcare provider. Day nurseries run by Flying Start operate on three college sites (Cornwall College Camborne, Duchy College Stoke Climsland and Cornwall College Saltash) – www.flyingstart.uk.com. For further information or advice on any of the above please go to Student Services on your campus where they will be happy to help. 18 www.cornwall.ac.uk 19 FACILITIES Food, drink and your social spaces • On your campus you will find a selection of places where you can buy food and drink and ‘chill out’ spaces where you can relax. Car parking • There is disabled car parking for students who are holders of a blue badge; other students with a need to park closer due to mobility issues should contact your Head of Campus • Car parking space is limited on some college campuses e.g. Falmouth Marine School where this is only street parking • If you drive to college you will need to get a college parking permit and display it at all times on your windscreen • A parking permit allows you to park in one of the car parks. It does not automatically entitle you to a space. Lost property • If you lose or find personal belongings please go to Reception • All losses will registered • Lost property will be held for one term before disposal. 20 www.cornwall.ac.uk 14-16 YEAR OLD STUDENTS First aid • There are qualified first aid staff on each campus and medical rooms on some campuses • Any member of staff will help you locate a first aider or you can ask at reception. Photocopying • Photocopying is available throughout the College. Lifts • During an emergency evacuation lifts must not be used. Priority use is given to students with disabilities. It is a serious disciplinary offence to tamper with the lifts. Smoking • Smoking is only permitted in designated outside areas which are away from entrances and buildings, this includes e-cigarettes. While attending the College through a 14-16 School Partnership programme, Health & Safety, reporting and disciplinary procedures, apply to you. Points to remember • All minor or major incidents will immediately be reported to your home, school or organisation. • Smoking is not permitted on college premises for learners studying on 14-16 courses. If you are at any time found smoking this will result in disciplinary action being taken • You are not permitted to leave college premises during your timetabled day which includes any breaks and lunch times • Learners attending as part of a full time course can have an off-site consent form signed to enable them to leave the premises during break and lunch times • You must always bring your Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) with you into college • You are required to arrive at your lesson on time • Skateboards and scooters are not permitted on any of the campuses. School Partnership contacts Chantelle Mashiter Mobile: 07909 686072 Email: chantelle.mashiter@cornwall.ac.uk Hair, beauty and fitness • Several campuses are equipped with their own training salons with treatments available at reduced prices and fitness suites where you can work out. 21 TERM DATES 2018-19 Term Dates 2018-19 for FE HE Academic Calendar 2018/19 Autumn Term • For new starters w/c 3rd September 2018 • Half Term w/c 22nd October 2018 • Term ends 19th December 2018 2018 Term 1 • New HE students start w/c Monday 17 September 2018 (induction week) (days may vary by course) • Graduation 17th November 2018 • Returning HE students start w/c Monday 24 September 2018 • Half term w/c Monday 22 October 2018 • Term ends Friday 14 December 2018 Spring Term • Term starts Monday 7th January 2019 • Half term w/c 18th February 2019 • Term ends Friday 5th April 2019 Summer Term • Term starts Tuesday 23rd April 2019 • Half term w/c 27th May 2019 • Term ends Friday 28th June 2019 2019 Term 2 • Term starts w/c Monday 7 January 2019 • Half term w/c Monday 18 February 2019 • Term ends Friday 5 April 2019 2019 Term 3 • Term starts w/c Tuesday 23 April 2019 • Half term w/c Monday 27 May 2019 • Term Ends Friday 14 June 2019 COUNSELLING SERVICES If you are feeling the effects of personal problems or anxieties in your day to day life, counselling services can help you overcome or manage these issues by enabling you to develop a more positive outlook, which will benefit your learning and overall well-being. During confidential counselling sessions you will be able to talk freely to a trained and experienced counsellor who will help you to clarify your concerns and work towards finding solutions or ways to cope with these issues on a day to day basis. Counsellors will never judge you or tell you what to do and are always caring and easy to talk to. The Cornwall College Group is now working closely with Outlook South West to ensure that our students can access high quality counselling services, free of charge, in the area they live or study. Outlook South West are commissioned by the NHS to provide counselling services to people aged 16+ who are registered with a GP in Cornwall. Services can be provided either on our Cornwall based college sites or in your local community at Outlook South West’s network of offices and/or local GP surgeries, to suit you and your preferred timings so as to fit in with your study, work or home commitments. If you are registered with a GP in Devon, Plymouth or elsewhere, Outlook South West and your college based Student Services team will be able to supply service provider details in your local area, as will your own GP. For more information on Outlook South West services please visit their website: www.outlooksw.co.uk. To request counselling please contact Outlook South West on 01208 871905 or use the email contact request on their website. 22 www.cornwall.ac.uk 23 GENERAL INFORMATION If you are ill at College If you are taken ill at College you should, wherever possible, report to Student Services. They will advise you what to do next. ID Cards All students will be provided with an ID card. You will need to carry your ID card at all times and may be challenged if you do not. Changing course If you wish to change an element of your programme, discuss this with your tutor or PLA. If you decide to go ahead you must see your SLA, who will advise you, give you the relevant form and tell you how to proceed. Absence Regular attendance in lessons is vital and will be monitored closely. You can view this through the Student Portal. The absence telephone line is: 0330 123 2523 Sickness If you are unable to attend college due to illness you must notify your college before 10am on the first day of absence and your tutor will be notified. We need to know your name, brief reason for absence, tutor’s name and expected return date. Interviews, medical appointments etc. If you know that you are going to be away from college you must tell your course tutor beforehand and provide evidence wherever possible. For further information please contact your Student Services team: Bicton College 01395 562393 Cornwall College St Austell 01726 226405 Cornwall College Camborne 01209 616273 Falmouth Marine School 01326 310303 Cornwall College Newquay 01637 857960 Duchy College Rosewarne 01209 722135 Cornwall College Saltash 01752 850253 Duchy College Stoke Climsland 01579 372254 Student Transport The Cornwall College Group Transport 01726 226404 Duchy College Stoke Climsland Transport 01579 372207 Bicton College Transport 01579 372207 EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION The College wants to provide you with a welcoming and positive environment where everyone is treated with dignity and respect. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all students and staff, and do not tolerate harassment, discrimination or bullying. No prospective or existing student should ever receive less favourable treatment on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion and belief and non-belief, sex or sexual orientation. The Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee ensures that the College’s policies, procedures and practices not only comply with current equality legislation (The Equality Act 2010), but also champion the empowerment of individuals to be their true selves. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Objectives for 2018-19 We will: Empower our staff and students to be themselves; embrace uniqueness, respect difference, and encourage confidence. We will develop peer to peer support and mentoring for staff to promote positive mental and physical wellbeing. We will: Demonstrate a clear development of ED&I in our teaching and learning, whilst utilising data to address gaps in performance and achievement. We will: Work within our communities to be a leader in the area of inclusion, and advance equality of opportunity and access for all. We will: Celebrate: our staff, students, stakeholders and successes. If you have any suggestions for the committee or would like to raise any issues please contact: equality@cornwall.ac.uk ENVIRONMENT We want to ensure we keep Cornwall beautiful and have as positive an impact on the environment as possible. Individual small contributions at home and in college make a huge difference. Using a carbon management plan we have reduced our emissions by 25% over 5 years and we are aiming to continue to do this over the next five years. Students can help by: • recycling – use the bins around campus for their intended purpose • saving energy – turn off lights and computer monitors when not in use • thinking about travel – walk, cycle, get the bus or car-share • remembering it’s your future, your planet – do something to help save it. We will: Place the Learner Voice at the heart of everything we do, working with core teams and the CCSU to expand on ‘You said, we did’. 24 www.cornwall.ac.uk 25 YEAR PLANNER 2018-19 SEPTEMBER OCTOBER JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST 1 th 1 sa 1 tu 1 fr 1 fr 1 mo 1 we 1 sa 1 mo 1 th 2 tu 2 fr 2 su 2 we 2 sa 2 sa 2 tu 2 th 2 su 2 tu 2 fr 3 we 3 sa 3 mo 3 th 3 su 3 su 3 we 3 fr 3 mo 3 we 3 sa 4 tu 4 th 4 su 4 tu 4 fr 4 mo 4 mo 4 th 4 sa 4 tu 4 th 4 su 5we 5fr 5 mo 5 we 5 sa 5 tu 5 tu 5 fr 5 su 5 we 5 fr 5 mo 6 th 6 sa 6 tu 6 th 6 su 6 we 6 we 6 sa 6 mo 6 th 6 sa 6 tu 7 fr 7 su 7 we 7 fr 7 mo 7 th 7 th 7 su 7 tu 7 fr 7 su 7 we 8 sa 8 mo 8 th 8 sa 8 tu 8 fr 8 fr 8 mo 8 we 8 sa 8 mo 8 th 9 su 9tu 9 fr 9 su 9 we 9 sa 9 sa 9 tu 9 th 9 su 9 tu 9 fr 10 mo 10 we 10 sa 10 mo 10 th 10 su 10 su 10 we 10 fr 10 mo 10 we 10 sa 11 tu 11 th 11 su 11 tu 11 fr 11 mo 11 mo 11 th 11 sa 11 tu 11 th 11 su 12we 12 fr 12 mo 12 we 12sa 12 tu 12 tu 12fr 12su 12we 12 fr 12 mo 13 th 13 sa 13 tu 13 th 13 su 13we 13 we 13 sa 13 mo 13 th 13 sa 13 tu 14fr 14 su 14 we 14 fr 14mo 14 th 14 th 14 su 14tu 14 fr 14 su 14 we 15 sa 15 mo 15 th 15 sa 15 tu 15 fr 15 fr 15 mo 15 we 15sa 15 mo 15 th 16 su 16 tu 16 fr 16 su 16 we 16 sa 16 sa 16 tu 16 th 16 su 16 tu 16 fr 17 we 17 sa 17 mo 17 th 17 su 17 su 17 we 17 fr 17 mo 17 we 17 sa 18tu 18 th 18 su 18 tu 18 fr 18 mo 18 mo 18 th 18 sa 18 tu 18 th 18 su 19 we 19 fr 19 mo 19 we 19 sa 19tu 19 tu 19 fr 19su 19 we 19 fr 19 mo 20 th 20 sa 20 tu 20 th 20 su 20 we 20 we 20 sa 20 mo 20 th 20 sa 20 tu 21 fr 21 su 21 we 21 fr 21 mo 21 th 21 th 21 su 21tu 21 fr 21 su 21 we 22 sa 22 mo 22 tu 22 fr 22 fr 22 mo 22 we 22 sa 22 mo 22 th 23 tu 22 th 23 fr 22 sa 23su 23 su 23 we 23 sa 23 sa 23 tu 23 th 23 su 23 tu 23 fr 24 sa 24 mo 24 th 24 su 24 su 24 we 24 fr 24 mo 24 we 24 sa 17 mo 24 mo FE 1st Years Term Start HE 1st Years Start HE Returners Start 24 we Graduation Day HE Term Ends FE Term Ends HE & FE Term Starts HALF TERM 1 mo 2 su HALF TERM 1 sa 3mo HE & FE Term Ends Bank Holiday HE & FE Term Starts Bank Holiday HE Term Ends 25 th 25 su 25 tu 25 fr 25 mo 25 mo 25 th 25 sa 25 tu 25 th 25 su 26 we 26 fr 26 mo 26 we 26 sa 26 tu 26 tu 26 fr 26 su 26 we 26 fr 26 mo 27th 27 sa 27 tu 27 th 27 su 27 we 27 we 27 sa 27 mo 27 th 28 fr 28 su 28 we 28 fr 28 mo 28 th 28 th 28 su 28 tu 28 fr 29 sa 29 mo 29 th 29 sa 29 tu 29 fr 29 mo 29 we 30 su 30 tu 30 fr 30 su 30 we 30sa 30 tu 30 th 31 mo 31 th 31 su www.cornwall.ac.uk 31 fr H AL F TE R M 25 tu 31 we 26 NOVEMBER DECEMBER 27 sa 27 tu 28 su 28 we 29 sa 29 mo 29 th 30 su 30 tu 30 fr 31 we 31 sa FE Term Ends 27 USEFUL CONTACTS Bullying Young People Cornwall Childline Careers South West Help for young people 01872 222447 0800 1111 www.abccornwall.org.uk 0800 9755111 Benefits Job Centre Plus – existing claims 0800 1690310 Housing Benefit 0300 1234121 ext 3 Welfare Benefits & Support www.turn2us.org.uk Sexual Health and Contraceptive Services Brook (Cornwall) 01209 710088 The Hub (NHS) 01872 255044 Gay and Lesbian Switchboard 01392 201018 Sexually Transmitted Infections Helpline 0300 1237123 Healthy Gay Cornwall 01209 615600 www.cornwallshac.org.uk General Health Matters Macmillan Cancer Support and information 0808 8080000 CRUSE Bereavement Care 01726 76100 Missing People Helpline and message home call or text 116000 or 020 83924590 116000@missingpeople.org.uk Dental Helpline (24 hours) 01872 354375 NHS Non-emergency Helpline 111 Dyslexia Association Helpline 01326 375876 Sexual Healthline 0300 1237123 Eddystone Trust 0800 6123010 Intercom Trust (LGBT) 0845 6020 818 www.intercomtrust.org.uk Coppafeel www.coppafeel.org Drugs and Alcohol Alcoholics Anonymous Addaction Chy Drinkline Frank National Drugs Helpline (Frank) NHS Smokefree National Association Children of Alcoholics Harbour Centre (Plymouth) Narcotics Anonymous Quitline YZUP Young Addaction@YZUPCornwall 28 www.cornwall.ac.uk 0800 9177650 01872 262414 0300 1231110 0300 123 6600 0300 1236600 0300 1231044 0800 3583456 01752 434343 0300 9991212 0800 002200 01872 300816 Mental Health & Support Services Adult Services (Cornwall Council) 0300 1234131 Adult Services (Devon Council) 0345 1551007 Nightlink 0808 8000306 Devon Rape Crisis Line 01392 204174 Cornwall Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre (CRASAC) for men and women 01872 303038 Cornwall’s 24hr Domestic Violence helpline 01872 225629 SALT Southwest (adults abused as children) 01752 600599 Men’s Aid 0871 2239986 Victim Support 0845 3030900 Samaritans 0845 7909090 Penta Health & wellbeing (promoting health and Wellbeing for adults) 01209 697575 Mental Health Trust Single Point of Access Team 0845 2077711 Plymouth Options 01752 268011 Devon Depression & Anxiety Service 01392 675630 Eating Disorders Eating Disorders Helpline Eating Disorders Youth Helpline 0808 8010677 0808 8010711 Care and Carers Become Carers UK 0800 0232033 0808 8087777 Disability Disability Cornwall 01736 756655 General Citizens Advice Bureau (all areas) Police (non-emergency) Relate (marriage guidance) Step Change Debt Charity www.citizensadvice.org.uk 101 0300 1001234 0800 138111 Useful Websites Student Finance NUS UCAS Government Services & Information www.gov.uk/studentfinance/overview www.nus.org.uk www.ucas.com www.gov.uk 29 30 www.cornwall.ac.uk 31 CONTACT US If you have any questions about any aspect of college, do not hesitate to contact us. 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