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The 10 Croydon College courses to future-proof your career

Don't worry - it's not too late to apply for a September start

• 12:25, 8 AUG 2019
• Updated 15:38, 13 AUG 2019

Knowing what career you want to pursue before you've even had your GCSE results can be a lot to ask of your average teenager.

Some might have decided years ago what they want to do for a living, others might still be figuring it out in years to come.

If you're worrying about what your next step might be or you've not made a decision about what to study in September, don't worry, there's still time to decide.

Whether you want to study A-levels (Based at Coulsdon Sixth), learn something practical with a vocational course or have on-the-job training with an apprenticeship, there is some last-minute career advice available over the coming weeks.

There might only be a month left until the new term begins in September but there's still time to apply for courses at Croydon College. It has open enrolment days taking place up until Friday September 13.

Whether you have aspirations of working in construction, owning your own salon, being in the police force or maybe even becoming a world-renowned chef, these 10 courses are a great place to start.

1. Performing arts

Whether you love to sing, dance or act or maybe you're a triple threat, taking a course that will develop your talent and build your portfolio can only be a good thing.

Take the stage in college productions, record your own music, work behinds the scenes, all while gaining a qualification that is equivalent to three A-levels.

Courses available:

• Level 2 - Performing and Production Arts (Music Performance/Technology) UAL Diploma (two years)
• UAL Level 2 Diploma in Performing & Production Arts 16-18 only (one year)
• Level 3 - Performing and Production Arts (Stage/Screen/Film/Radio) UAL Extended Diploma(two years)
• Level 3 - Performing and Production Arts (Music Performance/Production) UAL Extended Diploma (two years)

Full course information can be found here.

Future career opportunities: 

• Vocal coach

2. Media, film and animation

Choose a job you love and you'll never work a day in your life - a well known saying and one that you should consider when thinking about your career.

If you're creative, determined and expressive, working in the media industry is just one of the many ways to turn your passion into a rewarding and worthwhile career choice.

With a photographic darkroom, Mac suites, and video and film editing equipment, the facilities at this college will give students practical experience and the skills they need to set them apart in an extremely competitive market.

• Level 2 - Creative Media UAL Diploma (one year)
• Level 3 - Filmmaking and Photography UAL Extended Diploma (two years)

Future career opportunities:

• Photography
• Game design

3. Travel and tourism

From flight attendant to tour guide to hotel management, see the world and get paid for the privilege with a career in the travel and tourism industry.

Not only will studying for a qualification in this subject prepare you for work, it will also open your eyes to the large amount of job roles that are available in this industry.

• Level 2 - Travel BTEC Diploma (one year)
• Level 3 NQF National Extended Diploma Travel and Tourism (two years)
• Travel agent
• Events and hospitality
• Hotel management
• Holiday representative 

A qualification in IT is a stepping stone to many an exciting career. If you'd love to be able to design your own computer games or animations, this could be a course for you.

With classrooms equipped with the latest technology, you'll be able to enhance your technical ability as you learn to design your own software programmes and interactive websites.

And with talks from some of the top technology companies such as Google, you really will learn from some of the best in the industry.

• BTEC First Cert IT Level 2 16-18 only (one year)
• Level 3 - IT BTEC Extended Diploma (two years)
• Computer game designer
• Network technician
• Software engineer

5. Construction

With the amount of homes needed to keep up with the ever-growing population, the construction industry is booming right now. So for those looking to get into the trade, you can be sure that your skills will be needed for many years to come.

If you're hardworking, practical and looking for a career that is both hands on and skilled, you could get a head start with a BTEC in construction.

With Croydon College offering level one, level two and level three courses in construction, if your results are not what you expected, you still have options.

With courses taught in a modern and fully-equipped workshop by trained staff with industry experience, the skills you gain will be invaluable when you go out to work.

• Skills for Working in the Construction Industry 16-18 only (one year)
• Level 1 - Construction Multi-skills Cskills Awards diploma (one year)
• Level 1 - Plumbing Studies (one year)
• BTEC First Level 2 in Construction & the Build Environment 16-18 only (36 weeks)
• Level 2 - Building Maintenance Multi-trade Repair and Refurbishment Operations Cskills Awards Diploma (one year)
• Plumbing Level 2 Diploma (one year)
• Level 3 - Construction and the Built Environment BTEC Extended Diploma (two years)
• Project management
• Site management
• Building design
• Architecture

6. Hair and beauty

Becoming a hairdresser is a lot more than just cutting hair. With different styles, a range of colours and an endless list of possibilities when it comes to up-dos, studying for a qualification in hair and beauty is just one of the many creative courses you could choose.

The beauty industry is big business and one that will continue to grow as we discover more weird and wonderful ways to strive for perfection. And we will always need someone who can cut and style our hair.

You won't only be limited to working in a salon, you could take your craft worldwide, on a cruise ship, or even to he runway.

• Level 1 - Hair and Beauty Diploma (one year)
• VRQ DIP Hairdressing Level 2 (one year)
• VRQ DIP Beauty Therapy Level 2 (one year)

Level 3 - Spa Therapy Diploma (one year)

Full course information can be found here .

Future job opportunities:

• Beauty therapist
• Salon manager
• Make up artist

7. Hospitality and catering

Train in a real kitchen, get taught by qualified staff and serve your culinary masterpieces to paying customers.

Preparing you for a job in a professional kitchen, you'll get the opportunity to visit top-quality restaurants to experience for yourself what the working environment is like and to learn from some of the best.

Students can also enter lots of exciting culinary competitions, giving you the chance to showcase your natural talent and flare for food.

• Level 1 - Culinary Skills (one year)
• Level 2 - Culinary skills Diploma (one year)
• Level 3 - Professional Culinary Skills (two years)

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Chef de Partie

8. Vehicle technology

Turn your passion for cars into a long-term career with a course in vehicle technology.

Having a car is the one thing that many people cannot live without so being able to fix one when they inevitably go wrong will keep you employed for a very long time.

With courses in level one and two, courses will give you to opportunity to visit Brands Hatch, BMW training and a Mini production line.

Course Information:

• Entry Level 3 - Foundation Learning Pathways Construction and Introduction to Vehicle Technology (one year)
• Level 1 - Vehicle Maintainance IMI Diploma (one year)
• Level 2 - Vehicle Technology IMI Diploma (one year)
• Roadside assistance and recovery
• Vehicle sales

Motorsport maintenance and repair

9. Childcare

If you want to work with children but you're not sure in what capacity, choosing to study a course in childcare could open up a world of possibilities.

If you have the grades to go straight in at level three, there are two different courses depending on where you see your career going.

The Early Years Workforce QCF Diploma will give you hands-on experience in a range of different childcare settings and could see you enter the workplace at a supervisory level.

If you see yourself working with children outside of the nursery setting, you should consider the Early Years Educator VRQ Diploma. With a more detailed learning of child development, this course carries a EYE status and provides an excellent route for future studies.

• Level 2 - Early years' Education Introduction Certificate (one year)
• Level 3 - Early Years' Educator VRQ Diploma (one year)
• Level 3 - Early years' Workforce QCF Diploma (two years)
• Family support worker
• Health visitor
• Primary or nursery school teacher
• Social worker
• Speech and language therapist

10. Public services

If you have aspirations of a career in the military or maybe you see yourself as a police officer but you're not yet old enough, a course in public services will give you the preparation you need until the time comes to apply.

Each course features camps, trips and scenarios which focus on developing your map and compass, team work and leadership skills. You will study crime and the impact it has on others as well as behaviour in the workplace, sports and recreational activities and responding to incidents.

• Level 2 - Uniformed Public Services Extended Certificate (one year)
• Level 3 - Uniformed Public Services Extended Diploma (two years)
• Security work
• Dog handling
• Police officer
• Immigration officer

What is open enrolment?

The Croydon College motto 'Your Future, Your Way' aims to help students discover, apply and style their future in a way that works for them.

Principal and Chief Executive, Caireen Mitchell said: "Whether you want to be a plumber, scientist, beautician, teacher, lawyer, nurse, artist, designer, or even an England football manager, we've a course here to support your ambition. 

"We work hard to ensure that by the time you leave us to progress to employment, an Apprenticeship, further study or Higher Education you have the skills and qualifications you need to thrive.

"I am very proud to say that Croydon College is a diverse and inclusive college, students and staff work together to support our core value of Respect, creating a welcoming, creative and supportive learning environment in which you can thrive.

"I really look forward to welcoming you to our college."

Croydon College and Coulsdon Sixth Form College will be holding open enrolment days from August 28 –  September 13 (excluding Saturdays and Sundays), 9am – 4pm.

For courses starting in September, head down and speak to staff to find the right course for you. You can apply and enrol on the same day.

Find out more about open enrolment here .

Studying at Coulsdon Sixth Form College

Croydon College and Coulsdon Sixth Form College merged into one new organisation in February 2019, with the aim to provide even better educational services to communities within the borough of Croydon and beyond.

It offers a mixture of A Levels and BTEC Level 3 courses.

There are two broad categories of study programmes students can enrol on:

• Advanced Level 3 Programme  – for students who have, or expect to achieve, four or five GCSE passes at grade 4 or above. Students can opt to study a) all A Levels, b) all BTEC Level 3 courses or c) ‘mix and match’ A Levels and BTEC Level 3 courses.  Students will be required to have at least 5 GCSE passes at grade 4 or above to study A Levels, and meet any additional course entry requirements (e.g. a grade 6 or above at GCSE Maths, is required to study A Level Maths).
• Intermediate Level 2 Programme –  for students who have, or expect to achieve, four GCSE passes at grade 3 or above.

The course on offer include Art & Design, Biology, Business, Chemistry, Computing & IT, Engineering, English, EPQ, Fashion, Film Studies, Geography, Graphic Design, Health & Social Care, History, Hospitality, Law, Mathematics, Media Studies, Medical Science, Music, Performing Arts, Photography, Physics, Politics, Psychology, Public Services, Science, Sociology, Spanish, Sport and Travel & Tourism.

For further info please visit  http://coulsdon.ac.uk/courses/

How can I find out more?

If you still need to apply for a course or you want to find out what would be the best course for you, get in touch with Croydon College to hear how they can help.

Visit:  Croydon College, College Road, Croydon, CR9 1DX

Call:  020 8686 5700

Admissions: 020 8760 5934

Email: [email protected]

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Teacher of Travel and Tourism, Aviation and Hospitality

• Coulsdon Sixth Form College
• £31,819 - £39,262 per year

Job overview

Creating Great Futures. 

Our wonderful Coulsdon campus remains in the heart of Old Coulsdon, having had a complete rebuild, which offers exceptional learning facilities for over 1,100 students, and a fantastic working environment for our staff. Our visions and values ensure that we put our students first and value our staff as our greatest asset. We believe it is through our people that an excellent student experience will be delivered, and this will have a positive impact in our local community.  

We are seeking a Teacher, which will contribute to teaching BTEC Travel and Tourism at Level 2 and 3 and Hospitality and Aviation Operations at level 3 within our Health and Service Industries Pathway.

The Health and Service Industries Pathway is an exceptional place to work, with staff working collaboratively to ensure the very best outcomes for our students.  This role will be delivering Travel and Tourism and Hospitality curriculum effectively through a variety of different learning strategies, including innovative use of digital technologies. We have just invested in a nine-seater aeroplane cabin to ensure our students have an excellent learning experience.

This role requires an appropriate teaching qualification and relevant experience with a proven track record in delivering 16–19 curriculum. We also welcome applications from newly qualified teachers. It is also essential to have a degree, other relevant professional qualification or industry related experience. For further details please see job description and person specification attached.

Apart from our great location, our wonderful staff and positive culture, we also offer a range of other staff benefits, including generous annual leave and defined benefit pension schemes. We also value staff development and have 7 days a year planned for staff development, including elements of team development, socialisation and staff wellbeing.

If you are as passionate about making a difference, we look forward to receiving your application and joining our great college group.

Apply via:  https://croydon.ac.uk/student-life/job-vacancies/

The College is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive learning community, where we value inclusivity and treat our staff and students as individuals. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and welcome applications from a diverse range of individuals.

For successful applicants, the post is subject to enhanced DBS check and other onboarding requirements in line with the Keeping Children Safe in Education Guidelines.

Please note CV’s are not accepted  – you must apply via our recruitment portal

Application Closing Date: 30th July 2023

Interview / Selection Date: Likely to be, Friday 4th August

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Creating Great Futures.

In February 2019 Coulsdon Sixth Form College was incorporated into Croydon College. Our wonderful Coulsdon campus remains in the heart of Old Coulsdon, having had a complete rebuild, which offers exceptional learning facilities for over 1,100 students, and a fantastic working environment for our staff. 

Our visions and values ensure that we put our students first and value our staff as our greatest asset. We believe it is through our people that an excellent student experience will be delivered, and this will have a positive impact in our local community.

College Principal

Martin Silverwood

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For those who were left totally wanting more after last week’s eclipse, it’s not too early to start thinking about trips to Europe, African and Australia — which will all see total solar eclipses over the next four years.

On Aug. 12, 2026, the moon will black out the sun over Reykjavík, Iceland and just outside of Barcelona, Spain.

A year later — on Aug. 2, 2027 — the zone of totality will be above Luxor, Egypt and the Strait of Gibraltar, which separates Spain and Morocco.

And on July 22, 2028, a total solar eclipse will intersect the Australian continent, with the zone of totality above Sydney, the nation’s largest city.

People who follow eclipses are called umbraphiles — meaning shadow lovers — and if they plan early enough, they can avoid paying out-of-this-world prices for Airbnbs, hotels and flights .

Emily Beatty, 32, bought tickets from Los Angeles to Albany eight months in advance to watch the eclipse in the Adirondacks last week, and said her flights were “not too bad” because of her planning.

“I knew about the eclipse like four years ago, and I knew I was going to come out and see it,” said Beatty, a video game producer.

Airline tickets are normally only made available for purchase a year in advance, and a quick check of the travel site Priceline found that roundtrip flights could be had in the days around Aug.12 of this year from New York to either Reykjavík and Barcelona for under $700.

Emily Regan, 30, was visiting Iceland two weeks ago and just returned to her Ovid, New York home to see the eclipse, which she missed because of cloud cover on Seneca Lake in the zone of totality.

“We went out, tried to find a spot on the lake that we thought would have a total view of totality, and the clouds rolled in about an hour and a half before, so that was really disappointing.”

Although she was “super disappointed” that she wasn’t able to see the eclipse, she enjoyed Reykjavík so much that she would go back in two years to catch the next astronomical event.

“The whole scenery and everything about that area is so beautiful, and seeing it in the summer, when sun goes for — I think it’s like up to 20-something hours in the peak of summer, would be especially cool for the solar eclipse,” said Regan, a school nurse in the South Seneca district.

“Especially because the country is so relatively small that you can get out of the major city center and experience like truly immersed in nature … I’m sure you could find a place just 40 minutes outside of the city center where you could have some isolation if you really were looking for it.”

Many hotels could be had in the Icelandic capitol this August for between $200 and $250 a night. Lodging was cheaper in Barcelona — by about $100.

With clear skies in eastern New York last Monday, Beatty said the celestial event “100%” exceeded her already high expectations, and said she would love to hop the pond to see another one.

“I think I would I would definitely be interested in seeing it either in Reykjavik or Gibraltar, like that would be really pretty rad,” she said.

Roundtrip flights to Lisbon, Portugal, near Gibraltar, could be snagged for about $950 in August, while flights to Cairo were about $1,000.

The Egyptian capital will not be in the zone of totality in 2027 however, so eclipse-hunters may be better off spending $1,500 to fly to Luxor, where they could enjoy highly rated hotel rooms for as little as $10 a night, according to the travel site.

The event will also be seen from Africa’s Algeria and Libya as well as Saudi Arabia and Yemen in Asia.

The most expensive — and longest — eclipse trek, by far, would be Down Under. Flights from New York to Sydney in July start at $2,100, but hotels are more reasonable, with many in the $100 to $200 range.

The event will also be visible from southern New Zealand.

For umbraphiles like Beatty, it is hard to put a price tag on the experience.

“I was really excited to see it but I just did not expect it to affect me in the way it did. It was very physiological, you know what I mean?” she said.

“Like I got really excited. Not freaking out, but definitely very like, in the moment. It was pretty unbelievable.”

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Record $517K raised to empower future leaders in travel industry management

• April 11, 2024

The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Shidler College of Business ’ School of Travel Industry Management ( TIM school) held its 22nd annual Celebrate a Legacy in Tourism gala on April 10, at the Sheraton Waikīkī. Also marking the college’s 75th anniversary, this year’s fundraiser raised a record-breaking $517,000 thanks to the generous support of the hospitality and Hawaiʻi business community.

“We’re proud to recognize Mufi Hannemann, Holden Lim and Kyo-ya as trailblazers in their industry, who continue to inspire current and future graduates,” said Shidler College Dean and First Hawaiian Bank Chair of Leadership Management Vance Roley. “Further, it’s incredible that over half a million dollars has been raised to support student scholarships. We applaud the efforts of our volunteer table sales committee and the 2024 honorees to greatly amplify our impact.”

2024 honorees

Celebrate a Legacy in Tourism honors individuals who have made significant and long-term contributions to Hawaiʻi ’s tourism industry. This year, the Legacy in Tourism Award was presented to Muliufi “Mufi” Hannemann; Holden Lim, BBA ’89 was inducted into the TIM Alumni Hall of Honor; and Kyo-ya Hotels & Resorts, LP received the Distinguished Service Award.

Hannemann was honored with the Legacy in Tourism Award for his vast contributions to the tourism industry and dedication to fostering the development of students. As president and CEO of the Hawaiʻi Lodging & Tourism Association, chair of the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority board, and board member of the U.S. Travel and Tourism Advisory Board, Hannemann has played a pivotal role in shaping the state’s tourism landscape. His founding of the Pacific Century Fellows and service to the TIM school as an advisory council member further showcases his commitment to nurturing future leaders.

Lim, president of Hospitality Link International, Inc. , was presented with the TIM Alumni Hall of Honor award, recognizing his professional achievements and continued support of the TIM school. Lim’s career in the hospitality industry began in 1989 at the Westin St. Francis in San Francisco and over the years, he contributed significantly to firms like HVS International and Sonnenblick-Goldman Company, orchestrating over $4.5 billion in real estate transactions. Lim remains engaged with the TIM school, currently serving on the TIM Alumni Association as secretary.

Kyo-ya Hotels & Resorts, LP , was recognized with the Distinguished Service Award for their contributions to Hawaiʻi ’s tourism industry and the community, providing many hours of service and volunteer hours to various local causes. Kyo-ya expanded its footprint across Hawaiʻi and California, including iconic properties like The Royal Hawaiian and Sheraton Maui. Additionally, Kyo-ya serves as a pipeline for hospitality careers, hiring numerous graduates from UH and mentoring high school and college students, ensuring the continuity of generations in the islands.

This year’s presenting sponsor was Marriott International; contributing sponsors were Bank of Hawaii; Central Pacific Bank; First Hawaiian Bank; Hawaiʻi Lodging & Tourism Association, Iron Workers Stabilization Fund & Iron Workers Local 625; KV & Associates and Stanford Carr Development; Kyo-ya Hotel & Resorts, LP ; “Sheraton Old Timers” group; and The Westin Maui and Trinity Investments. Hawaii Business magazine once again served as the 2024 media partner.

To support the TIM school or Shidler college, contact Jennifer Lieu, director of development at [email protected] . For a full list of past honorees click here .

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