Gloucestershire College

• Location: Gloucestershire, United Kingdom,
• Age of students: from 16 years old,
• Type of study: mixed,
• Language of instruction: English.

Gloucestershire College is an innovative provider of further and higher education, focused on the careers of its students. In addition to providing a wide range of qualifications, the college focuses on developing the skills employers say they need and provides students with the opportunity to realise their potential in a supportive environment.

Gloucestershire College has 17 faculties:

• Construction
• Engineering
• Languages
• Fashion Academy,
• Basic Research,
• Counseling & Wellbeing,
• Travel & Tourism,
• Art & Design, Photography, Media, Music & Performing Arts,
• ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages),
• Business, Administration, Management and Finance,
• Hairdressing, beauty and holistic therapy,
• Vehicles
• Catering & Hospitality,
• Medical and social assistance,
• IT & Computing,
• Sport.

• Gloucestershire College has a Counselling Service (GCCS). Counseling can help students cope with many types of issues, such as bullying, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), anxiety, and depression.
• According to the survey, 90% of students would recommend GC and 95% said the teaching in their course was very good.
• Cheltenham and Gloucester campuses have their own nurseries: these crèches, operated by My Ohana, offer convenient childcare for full-time and part-time students attending college.

Gloucestershire College offers accommodation options for students over the age of 18 through Student Digs. These accommodations are carefully selected by the Accommodation Officer to ensure that students receive friendly, safe, and caring care. Hosts provide meals, including breakfast and dinner on weekdays and breakfast, lunch, and dinner on weekends. However, students also have the option to prepare their own meals. Typical student rooms are equipped with a single bed, a bedside locker, a desk, a chair, a table lamp, and blinds.

Additionally, each college campus has dining facilities, which may include buffets, restaurants, or dining rooms, where students can enjoy meals.

GC offers students a variety of entertaining courses to choose from. With a flexible college schedule, every student can do what they love or learn a new hobby.

Popular GC Clubs:

• ALDD — Dance and Movement,
• Drawing
• Floristics
• Interior design,
• Engraving
• "Learning to sew", etc.

Gloucestershire College is a modern college with three main campuses located in Cheltenham, Gloucester and Forest of Dean. GC campuses are equipped with state-of-the-art technology, affordable restaurants and kindergartens, sports facilities, and libraries full of books and online resources.

• Cheltenham's campus is home to a bustling food service department and a dynamic Fashion Academy. The campus houses bright classrooms and classrooms, recreation areas, a corporate laboratory, and a shop.
• The Gloucester campus is on the shores of the lake, close to the shops, cinemas, and restaurants of Gloucester Quays, a popular tourist destination, many of which offer discounts for GC students. On campus there are: a kindergarten, hairdressers and a beauty salon, a library, a spa, a canteen, a gym, a theater and a dance studio.
• The Forest of Dean Campus is the newest campus designed in 2018. The campus includes purpose-built construction workshops equipped with tools and equipment, new art studios and creative workshops.

A spacious parking lot has been designed near each campus.

The academic year at Gloucestershire College lasts from September to July, it is divided into 3 trimesters: the first and second are separated by the Christmas holidays, the second and third are Easter. Campuses are open from 8 a.m. every day during the semester, with the first classes starting at 9 a.m.

Additional costs:

• Visa
• Transfer
• Residence
• Nutrition
• Transportation within the city or between cities,
• Excursions, visits to theaters, cinemas and other leisure activities,
• Household and personal expenses.

Key steps in applying to study at GC:

• Apply online.
• After an applicant submits their application to GC, an email and text message will arrive welcoming them to start their application, useful information to read right away.
• The admissions committee will evaluate your application to ensure that the applicant has applied for what is suitable for their studies.
• Next, you will receive an email with information about the cost of courses and additional costs for events.
• After reading all the necessary information, the applicant needs to confirm the chosen course and make payments.
• After all the procedures and familiarization with the important information, the student will be enrolled in GC.

Gloucestershire College has around 4,000 full-time students and 10,000 part-time students.

Gloucestershire College has established strategic partnerships with the University of Gloucestershire, the University of the West of England and Birmingham City University to offer a range of fundamental degrees to its students.

93% of GC students complete the qualification they came to study for and then move on to work or university.

The main requirement for admission to GC is GCSE level of education in English or Mathematics.

Gloucestershire College provides a number of different scholarships and scholarships for student financial aid. Some of them are: Advanced Student Loan, Student Support Fund, Hollie Gazzard Hairdressing Foundation, Higher Education Student Opportunity Fund, Child Care Assistance. 

• Guardianship services during the studies
• Student supervision