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Basingstoke College of Technology (BCoT) is a further education college in Basingstoke, Hampshire, United Kingdom.[2] The college is located in the centre of Basingstoke on Worting Road, and consists of three campus buildings: North, South, and STEM. The college is listed as a Centre of Vocational Excellence[3] in certain areas, and was rated as 'Good' by Ofsted.[4]
| Basingstoke College of Technology (BCoT) | |
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| Location | |
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Worting Road , , RG21 8TN | |
| 51°15′50″N 1°05′50″W / 51.2639°N 1.0972°W | |
| Information | |
| Type | Further education college |
Local authority | Hampshire County Council |
Principal | Lorraine Heath [1] |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Age | 16+ |
| Website | http://www.bcot.ac.uk/ |
Courses
editBCoT offers a wide range of vocational courses and qualifications on both a full-time and part-time basis. The courses are broken down into subject areas which include:
- Access to Higher Education
- Animal Management
- Art and Design
- Automotive
- Beauty Therapy and Media Make-Up
- Business
- Childcare
- Computing and IT
- Construction
- Counselling
- Education and Training
- Engineering
- English and Maths
- Foundation Learning
- Hair and Barbering
- Health and Social Care
- Hospitality and Catering
- Media and Games Design
- Public Services
- Science
- Specialist Provision
- Travel and Tourism
Facilities
editBCoT is well known for its wide range of industry-standard facilities which includes an in-house restaurant, known as The Restaurant at BCoT.[5] The Restaurant at BCoT is open to the public and provides students with the chance to learn and gain experience in a professional environment.
Evolve Salon[6] is BCoT's on-site training salon, which is also open to the public and is run by the Beauty Therapy and Hairdressing department. The Mike Taylor Barbering College[7] is a training barbers for barbering students which is also open to the public and run in partnership with leading UK barber Mike Taylor.
As well as a restaurant, salon and barbers, the College also has an Animal Discover Centre, air cabin crew training room, onsite professional nursery[8] (which is open to the public), a library, gym, science labs, large automotive workshop, three engineering workshops, lecture theatre and dedicated Art and Design studios.
Students are able to buy hot and cold food from an in-house catering outlet known as Taste BCoT who operate a refectory on the South Campus and a cafe on the North Campus.
Support for Students
editStudents have access to an onsite professional counsellor, nurse, careers centre and English and Maths support hub, as well as a dedicated personal tutor.[9]
References
edit- ↑ "Senior Management Team".
- ↑ "Basingstoke College of Technology".
- ↑ "BCOT's new status is accompanied by cash". Basingstoke Gazette. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
- ↑ "BCoT 2016 Ofsted inspection" (PDF).[permanent dead link]
- ↑ BCoT. "The Restaurant at BCoT, Basingstoke, Hampshire". therestaurantatbcot.org.uk. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
- ↑ drose. "Evolve Salon". www.bcot.ac.uk. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
- ↑ gtosek. "Mike Taylor Barbering College". www.bcot.ac.uk. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
- ↑ "The BCoT Nursery".
- ↑ drose. "Support for Students". www.bcot.ac.uk. Retrieved 3 September 2018.