Get a higher degree of education with clearing at Cardiff and Vale College
A-LEVEL results are in and if you didn’t get the grades to get on to the university course you were originally offered, or if your grades were better than expected, Cardiff and Vale College can help.
CAVC has a growing range of higher-education courses and places are still available. Why not gain a university education without the cost of leaving home to study?
Cardiff and Vale College opens its clearing process today, August 17. Call the dedicated clearing line on 029 2025 0382 and the team will help find the right course for you. You could even benefit from a £300 bursary towards your study costs.
The college’s wide range of higher education (HE) courses are offered in partnership with expert universities from across the country, from foundation degrees you can top up to a full degree by taking a third year in university, right up to postgraduate study teaching qualifications.
There are many reasons to study a HE course at Cardiff and Vale College. You could benefit from:
Gaining career-orientated skills and specific industry knowledge to boost your chances of finding your dream career
The teaching and expertise of the college and its partner universities
Access to both CAVC and university facilities
Staying close to home while you study – save money with less travel and accommodation costs
A more convenient location to fit in with your work and family life
Courses taught in small group sizes
Being able to study full-time or part-time to fit in with work or other commitments
Gaining a standalone qualification with the opportunity to ‘top up’ to a bachelor degree.
The college works alongside partners Cardiff Metropolitan University, Kingston University London, University College Birmingham, University of South Wales and University of West London to give people the opportunity to gain university-level qualifications in a range of subjects. Many are unique to the region.
Courses include computing, psychology, childhood studies, service sector management, professional culinary arts management and hospitality, tourism and events management.
Cardiff and Vale College also offers foundation degrees in the arts. Hannah Moreno has progressed from a BTEC to a foundation degree in performing arts, offered by CAVC in collaboration with the University of South Wales.
Hannah said:“I always knew I wanted to study performing arts, and I knew I wasn’t ready for a conservatoire, and I wasn’t confident enough in myself and my academic ability at the time to consider the leap to university.
“I’d already studied at a college for the last few years so I felt comfortable with that setting and finding out I could still achieve my ambitions without putting myself under immense pressure was a lovely surprise!
“Being in a familiar setting meant I could relax more and enjoy my time on the course, as well as meaning I could stay at home and hold down my job too, which meant a lot to me.”
Hannah will go on to her top-up year, and feels that a foundation degree at CAVC offered her the best of both worlds.
Hannah continued:“I feel like I’ve got to do it all my way. I honestly don’t think I’d be doing this well, or perhaps even doing this at all, if wasn’t for the college route.
“The college route is so versatile. It means that people from all walks of life can achieve things they didn’t think were possible. I have people in my class from all backgrounds, cultures and ages and we’re all learning together in a supportive and convenient setting – and at the end of it we’ll have a degree, which some of us never dreamed possible, so it’s quite exciting, really.”
CAVC also offers foundation degrees in fashion styling, film, game art and design and product design and more.
Cardiff and Vale College students are among the most satisfied in the country, with the college rated above the national average for teaching and learning.
CAVC has inspirational facilities and dedicated industry-standard training centres across Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan including its £45m City Centre Campus with specialist HE Centre.
The college has specialist lecturers who are fully engaged with their industries and the latest trends and developments. It also has a bursary scheme for all HE learners on full-time or part-time courses.
Cardiff and Vale College can also help you on your way to a degree. The colleges Access to HE courses help prepare people who might not have traditional qualifications for study at university.
Lauretta Hughes left school at 15 with no qualifications and the belief that she was “stupid and would never amount to anything”.
After studying an access course the single mother of five is now reading psychology at the University of South Wales and won an Agored Cymru Access to Higher Education Student of the Year Award.
So come and gain a higher level of education at Cardiff and Vale College. Either call the clearing team on 029 2025 0382 or go along to open enrolment at the Barry, Colcot Road Campus or Cardiff City Centre Campus on Dumballs Road on August 30 from 10am-7pm.