New College's HE courses are run in partnership with various universities, colleges and other organisations
Bath Spa University (www.bathspa.ac.uk)
Bath Spa University (BSU) boasts an excellent record of teaching quality, as rated by national assessment bodies, and has achieved exceptionally high rankings in national newspaper league tables. Its popularity is growing each year, and in the past two years it has achieved an 80% increase in undergraduate applications. BSU have exceptionally high completion rates, with an excellent record of graduate employment. The University also recruits a higher-than-average number of mature and local students. Past students include Anita Roddick, Howard Hodgkin, Martin Potts, Nicholas Pope and Mary Berry
University of Gloucestershire (www.glos.ac.uk)
With campuses in vibrant, attractive Cheltenham and ever-changing Gloucester, the University provides high quality teaching relevant to the working world. As the first English university to gain ISO 14001, they’ve used green electricity since the early 1990s. Open late into the evenings, their learning centres offer a range of excellent resources along with free training sessions to help you make the most of them.
University of the West of England (www.uwe.ac.uk)
The University of the West of England (UWE) is a modern, growing university in the thriving city of Bristol. It is one of Britain's most popular universities, with more than 30,000 students and 3,000 staff and is the largest provider of higher education in the south west of England.
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Thames Valley University (www.tvu.ac.uk)
Thames Valley University became a university in 1992, but has over 140 years experience in technical and vocational education. TVU is characterised by its great diversity, offering an unrivalled range of subjects and levels of provision. With campuses in Ealing, Slough and Reading, TVU is of course based in the Thames Valley, the centre for the UK’s IT industry. TVU’s School of Computing benefits from contact with the major IT companies in this area, most notably in relation to this course, Hewlett Packard (HP).
Sure Start (www.surestart.gov.uk)
Sure Start is the Government’s programme to deliver the best start in life for every child by bringing together early education, childcare, health and family support. The Early Years, Extended Schools and Special Needs Group, within the Department for Children, Schools and Families, is responsible for delivering Sure Start which covers a wide range of programmes both universal and those targeted on particular local areas or disadvantaged groups within England.
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