Gloucestershire College

About the College

Gloucestershire College has two campuses, one in Princess Elizabeth Way, Cheltenham and the other in Llanthony Road Gloucester. Cheltenham opened in 2003 and Gloucester in 2007. Both are well equipped with one of the largest numbers of computers and active boards in a college in the UK. Facilities include Rivers Fitness Centre and Renaissance Restaurant in Cheltenham and a theatre and sports hall in Gloucester, whilst both campuses have a nursery.

Facilities & Student life

Gloucestershire College has a range of catering outlets and a shop on both sites. There is even a free to use cashpoint machine at Gloucester.

The Youth Events and Sports (YES) team runs a number of social events throughout the year including a Fresher’s events and an end of year party.

They run three Gloscat teams – Netball, Football and Rugby all of which train once a week and play their fixtures on a Wednesday afternoon. Each team has their own fun and friendly coach, Theresa for Netball, Ben for football and Andy & Will for rugby. They all play local Colleges and Sixth Forms throughout the region and this year the Football team are competing in the British Colleges Sport Cup as well as a Worcestershire League. Basketball sessions also run every Wednesday afternoon at GL1.

All our fulltime courses will include visits out to companies and businesses, as well as trips to trade shows and other relevant events. Students are also encouraged to enter competitions both within the college and outside to develop their skills and to win prizes.

Courses available

Catering & Hospitality

Full Time

• Hospitality & Catering Award – Level 1
• Chefs Certificate (NVQ 2) – Level 2
  This course includes Professional Cookery and Food & Drink Service
• Chefs Diploma (NVQ 3) – Level 3
• National Certificate in Hospitality Supervision - Level 3

Higher Education – Level 4

• Foundation Degree in Hospitality Management

Part-time

Year long courses

• NVQ 2 Professional Cookery
• NVQ 3 Professional Cookery
• ABC Certificate in Cake Decoration levels 1, 2 or 3

Two term courses

• Wine and Spirit Education Trust (WSET) Advanced Certificate in Wines and Spirits (Level 3)
  

One term courses

• Wine and Spirit Education Trust (WSET) intermediate Certificate in Wines and Spirits (Level 2)

One day courses

• L2 CIEH Award in Food Safety
• British Institute of Innkeeping National for Certificate Personal Licence Holders

One term leisure Courses

• Wine appreciation
• Indian Cookery
• Cooking with Confidence
• Cooking for Friends
• Cake decoration

All our fulltime courses will include visits out to companies and businesses, as well as trips to trade shows and other relevant events. Students are also encouraged to enter competitions both within the college and outside to develop their skills and to win prizes.

Travel and Tourism

• First Diploma in Travel and Tourism – Level 2
• National Certificate in Travel and Tourism – Level 3

Higher Education – Level 4

• Foundation Degree in Tourism Management
  

Open Evenings

Gloucestershire College will be holding open evenings in November and January; these are open to all members of the public. This is your chance to find out about coming to study at the College in September 2008. You will have the opportunity to find out everything there is to know about studying at the College. You can get advice on courses and careers, talk to course tutors, take the chance to speak to current students of the College, enrol on a course, and of course get to have a good look around the facilities we can offer you. So make a note in your diary and we will look forward to seeing you!

November 2007 Open Evenings (Multi Site)

• Gloucester Campus, Tuesday 27th November (5.30pm - 8.00pm)
• Cheltenham Campus & Construction School, Thursday 29th November (5.30pm – 8.00pm)

January 2008 Open Evenings (Multi Site)

• Cheltenham Campus and Construction School, Tuesday 29th January (5.30pm – 8.00pm)
• Gloucester Campus, Thursday 31st January (5.30pm – 8.00pm)

General advice is available all year round during our normal hours of 9am - 5pm. Please contact Student Services on 0845 155 2020 for further information.

Contact details

For current information on courses offered, open days and evenings and how to enrol please see the website www.gloscol.ac.uk

For specific enquiries please contact:

Hospitality and catering

Keyth Richardson
01242 532105
keyth.richardson@gloscol.ac.uk

Travel and tourism

Julie Haines
01242 532096
Julie.haines@gloscol.ac.uk