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We have part-time courses for adults starting soon, in almost every subject you can imagine!
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Whether you are looking to get back into work, upskill, retrain to change career entirely, get into university, start a new hobby, or gain skills for life, there is a course for you. Everything you need to create your brighter future is waiting for you at Weston College.
Here’s what we can offer:
- A mixture of classroom based lectures and/or online learning.
- Support available via your own tutor to help you succeed.
- As a Weston College student you'll also have access to all our facilities - including our Library, IT suite, welfare and employment support teams as well as the College canteen facilities.
- All the benefits of studying at Weston College - including exclusive student discounts.
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LATEST NEWS
<p>I am Kacey Allen, the Office Manager and PA to the director of Bespoke Building and Carpentry. We do anything from renovations and conversions to new builds, using the latest cutting-edge technology, tools and products.</p>
<p>Due to the pandemic, cost increases have created challenges for us, as well as the availability of materials decreasing, creating a huge issue in the construction industry, leading to delays in jobs and price changes to both us and clients. Alongside this, there was a shortage of skilled workers generally, meaning not enough carpenters and groundworkers for us. As we have two newbuilds currently underway in Weston and Wedmore, we definitely needed to increase the support in our workload.</p>
<p>With the help of Weston College and the <a href="https://www.weston.ac.uk/ConstructingLivesTogether">Constructing Lives Together</a> programme, we were able to take on some eager-to-learn labourers and give Bespoke the support we needed with the general labouring jobs in the team, to help produce top quality services and products, particularly in the newbuilds currently being worked on. Each of the workers had completed training in Health and Safety, Construction Industry Training Board, and Construction Skills Certification Scheme, as well as gaining re-employment skills – which has been really beneficial to us!</p>
<p>Over the next few months we will be engaging with Constructing Lives Together again to continue to build our team and hopefully fill the shortage of skilled workers and reduce the delay in jobs we were struggling with before.</p>
<p>We would definitely recommend this programme to other construction firms who are looking to recruit newly trained workers, as you can ensure they will be willing to learn and looking for experience on the job. Furthermore, this programme provides an effective process of finding if the individual is suitable and a good match to the company before making your final decision.</p>
<p>We are excited to see what the future holds for both Constructing Lives Together and Bespoke Building and Carpentry, and look forward to taking on new skilled workers.</p>
<p><em>Kacey Allen, Bespoke Building and Carpentry.</em></p>
<p><a href="https://www.weston.ac.uk/ConstructingLivesTogether">You can find out more about Constructing Lives Together by clicking here.</a></p>
<p><strong>Name</strong>: Lutz</p><p><strong>Studying</strong>: Counselling Level 2</p><p><strong>Location</strong>: UWE Bristol</p><h2>Why did you decide to study counselling?</h2><p>I gravitate to being a helper in my personal and professional life. What brought me to the programme is the recognition that I need the correct tools in my toolbox to be able to deliver a professional service in all circumstances.</p><p>I want to ensure that the help I give is ethically sound, and based on solid foundation that guide my friend, family, or student to rise above whatever form of challenges they face.</p><p>I found it necessary for me to have a deeper understanding of what counselling skills entail, how it works and why. On many occasions, when someone offloads their circumstances, I empathise with them and feel that weight that is weighing them down. I realised that when I am fully trained, I can help others to a much greater depth whilst protecting my own safety and wellbeing.</p><h2>Your experience of the Weston College course delivered at UWE</h2><p>My caring, knowledgeable, and experienced tutors from Weston College are experts in their fields and provide a lot of authentic practice of using counselling skills in the course.</p><p>This positive experience is echoed by my cohort because everyone looks forward to attending this course every Tuesday evening after work and family life.</p><p>This wonderful collaboration between Weston College and the convenience of attending the course at UWE enables the commute. This is valuable for me and my cohorts as it motivates us to pursue our career and support those that need us.</p><h2>How the course is assuring your job role or progression at work or further studies</h2><p>The counselling skills course has been useful in my current role as an educator when addressing children’s emotional needs during these challenging times. The course has also given me a clear vision of the career path I want to take.</p><p>If you’d like to follow in Lutz’s footsteps, and study a counselling course, you can do so, by <a href="https://www.weston.ac.uk/what-can-i-study/courses-adults/counselling/co… here</a>.</p>
<p>As part of their module around documentaries, 1st year Photography students at UCW have published their own magazine!</p>
<p>The documentary and editorial magazine titled “The Unfamiliar” features work from nine degree students studying Photography and Visual Cultures, BA (Hons)</p>
<p>Students were tasked with focusing on photographing something which may feel unfamiliar. This could be different angles of something seen everyday or a completely unfamiliar subject which may not be represented or seen often. Once photographed, each student was given complete creative freedom to design a double page spread using Adobe inDesign.</p>
<p>Zoe Harris, whose work features as the front cover of the magazine, visited Lacock Abbey to capture old windows in historic buildings; creating a link between the old and the new by applying modern day photography skills.</p>
<p>Zoe added: “Photography lets you show others how you see the world. You may photograph something which everyone else might think is ugly or boring, but end up taking the most beautiful photo in the world – it’s about the way you look at things.</p>
<p>“I recommend this degree course because almost every brief we have had so far has been so interesting. We get a lot of freedom with the kind of photos we take, combined with the guidance from lecturers to know what to do.</p>
<p>“Working on this magazine has been a really fun project!”</p>
<p><a href="https://www.weston.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2022-02/Final%202022%20Edi… here to see the online version of the magazine</a></p>
<p>Click here to read more about our Photography degree: <a href="https://www.ucw.ac.uk/courses/photography-and-visual-cultures-ba-hons/"… and Visual Cultures, BA (Hons)</a></p>
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