Tresham College of Further and Higher Education

Description

Tresham is a College of Further and Higher Education with campuses in Corby, Kettering and Wellingborough in Northamptonshire and The Rutland College in Oakham. Tresham has an annual income of over £23 million and has over 10,000 Part Time and Full time learners. The College is striving consistently towards equality of opportunity for learners and staff, and seeks to provide a place where both can achieve their maximum potential. Tresham officially opened a brand new £20 million campus in Kettering in April 2008.Post-16 EducationAs a further education college, Tresham offers a range of full time courses for school leavers. Specialist Sixth Form Centres can be found at Tresham's Kettering campus and at the Rutland College in Oakham. Vocational courses are offered at all of our campuses. Tresham focuses on teaching excellent academic and vocational courses to learners, combining a mature learning environment with a range of support services.Adult Part Time TrainingTresham provides a variety of part time courses at all levels - from Skills for Life to professional qualifications. Tresham is also committed to providing an extensive range of accessible courses to the local communities in specific centres including our learndirect centres in Rushden and Wellingborough and the Linwood Skills Centre in Corby.Employer EngagementTresham's Business Solutions team provide training and consultancy solutions for businesses offering bespoke, quality training exclusively for companies. The Business Solutions team provides training to large local employers as well as small businesses with an extensive range of short courses, distance learning and 'in-house' training to suit individual business needs.In the last year the Business Solutions team have been successful in a bid to become a Train to Gain provider to support businesses who want to increase the skills of their workforce and also been accredited by emskills for its employer responsiveness.Higher Education Tresham is a partner college of De Montfort University, Thames Valley University, University of Bedfordshire and University of Northampton and offers a range of professional and degree level courses.MotorsportTresham as the lead partner of the National College for Motorsport offers training to meet the demands of the motorsport sector through programmes run from our purpose-built facility at The Silverstone Circuit. Prince's TrustAs Northamptonshire's delivery partner of Prince's Trust's Team initiative, Tresham manages all the 12-week development programmes in the county for local disadvantaged 16-25yr olds.learndirectIn addition to the main campuses, Tresham also provides learning in Rushden and Wellingborough town centres. Our learndirect centres offer a cyber cafe style environment for people to learn computing skills on-line.College for SchoolsTresham is actively involved in developing a provision for local schools to support the vocational training of school pupils. There are currently over 1000 school pupils learning skills at Tresham as part of the general curriculum and the college is offering more opportunities every year including providing mobile teaching workshops which travel to school to deliver training in Motor Vehicle or Hairdressing.