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3D VIEW OF COMPLETED CAMPUS 0808 100 3626 www.wnc.ac.uk facebook.com/visionwestnotts twitter.com @ westnotts Search for Vision West Nottinghamshire College at linkedin.com
A dynamic college for aspiring communities Learners at the heart of excellence Attaining excellence, reaching new heights
We are incredibly proud to serve our local personal development needs.
communities. Whilst we are a significant There are exciting times ahead for
and growing national provider, we never Ashfield and Mansfield. The combining of
lose sight of our responsibility towards regeneration efforts into Invest Ashfield and
our local communities and in particular Mansfield is a huge step forward. The plans
working with partners to ensure prosperity that are in place to help existing business
for individuals and businesses. There can be grow and attract new business into the
no doubt that we live in very challenging area have the potential to really see the
economic times, now more than ever the community establish itself as a dynamic,
college needs to play its part and make forward thinking place where people are
its contribution to the success of our local ready and eager to do business. The college
community and our nation as a whole. is committed to ensuring we play our full
Education and skills lie at the heart of our part in this exciting development. Together
economic recovery, and as a college we must we can really put Ashfield and Mansfield on
ensure that we are equipping our adults the map.
and young people with the skills they need
to thrive in a dynamic and rapidly changing We live and work in great communities,
global economy. with a great spirit and great people. By
working in partnership we can ensure that
For the first time last year we published our we have just as great a future.
‘community scorecard’ – a demonstration
of the value that we have added to this
essential agenda. This second edition Asha Khemka OBE
has been developed further in response Principal and Chief Executive
to feedback we have received from local
employers and other key influencers within
our community. It is clear that as the college
has grown, we have not done enough to
explain our growing offer to employers
and individuals and how we can work in
partnership to address your business and
West Nottinghamshire College is widely regarded as one of the largest and most successful
colleges in the country. It offers a wide range of curriculum to meet both the needs of The college offers training in all
individuals and employers locally, regionally and nationally. The college also owns a number
of subsidiary companies that are engaged with the provision of training as well as the major industry sectors and at all
development of commercial software products.
levels from pre-GCSE to full degree
level. It has approaching 30,000
students broken down as follows:
3735
16-18 year old school leavers studying
on one of the college’s campuses
either full or part-time.
university-level students studying on
602
degree programmes validated by the
college’s two partner universities – The
University of Derby and Birmingham
City University or Edexcel.
apprentices of all ages spread right
7260
While our core business and focus remains community education and university-level training to employers. This includes working across the country. Apprentices are
on providing the local community with programmes, would sit under Vision West with employers to deliver professional in paid work and undertake training
high-quality education and training, we Nottinghamshire College. qualifications, HE programmes, either in the workplace or at a college
want to make sure that everyone is fully bespoke packages and short courses for training centre.
aware of who we are in 2013 and how the Vision Apprentices their workforce.
organisation works. The chart above shows A subsidiary company of the college which employees being trained in the
the current corporate structure, with an provides businesses across the UK with bksb workplace on a range of qualifications
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overview of what each element does, as an apprenticeship recruitment service. A subsidiary company of the college, bksb ranging from legislative health and
follows: Vision Apprentices advertise vacancies, vet writes, develops and supplies outstanding safety and industry-certificated
candidates and offer a range of flexible interactive solutions to improve English, programmes to NVQs that help them
West Nottinghamshire College employment solutions to companies maths and ICT skills. bksb software is used by develop their skills for business.
The ‘parent’ company of all of our college who want to grow their business with thousands of organisations and millions of
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activity, sub-brands, commercial ventures apprentices. learners in the UK and around the world. adults who study on a full or part-time
and subsidiary companies. basis with us either in a community
Vision Workforce Skills venue or on a college campus.
All of our corporate activity takes place A subsidiary of the college and a national
under the name of West Nottinghamshire training provider. Vision Workforce Skills 14-16 year old students who come to
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College. This includes finance, governance, supports employers with their workforce college either one day per week to
payroll and HR matters. Some publications development by delivering industry- get a feel for vocational learning or
are produced under the corporate name of specific training and qualifications who come full-time as the college
West Nottinghamshire College such as the through apprenticeships and work-based environment suits them better.
annual report, governors’ papers etc. programmes; specialising in professional
job roles.
Vision West Nottinghamshire College
A brand name used for our core business as Vision Business
a Further and Higher Education college. Vision Business has two distinct
Any activity involving education and services: hiring the college’s facilities
training delivered at one of our campuses, for events, conferencing and meetings
such as 16-18, adult, professional and and providing full-cost education and
In the last five years, the college has Many of the students within this area also
invested close to £40m in the development choose to set up their own business after
of its accommodation for learning. It is leaving college or university, bringing much
essential that our facilities for students needed new business to the local area.
mirror those in industry, giving them the
opportunity to experience real life situations Sport and public services
so they are work-ready when they leave us. The sport curriculum was boosted in
September 2012 with the introduction of
Derby Road is the college’s main centre for a new £1.5m sports hall facility. Students
teaching and learning and the main base from this area study a range of subjects
for our university-level programme. This that lead to jobs such as a sports coach,
is a big campus with approximately 3000 physiotherapist, and jobs in the armed and
students learning here every week. It is the uniformed services.
base for the college’s senior management
team as well as the main hub for student Care, childcare and health and social care
related services. We have range of industry standard
equipment and exceptional links with
Create employers that provide students with work
Create represents an impressive £5m placements so they can experience for
investment in the creative industries. Create themselves the reality of working in the
opened its doors to students in September childcare and caring sectors. Many of our
2011 and provides a range of qualifications students go on to become care assistants,
and state-of-the-art facilities in areas such care home managers, nurses and specialist
as media, music production, performing nurses, teaching assistants, teachers,
arts, TV production, web and multi-media childcare assistants and nursery managers.
design and development. Students from
Create go onto a range of careers including
camera operation, film making, teaching,
music production and web development.
Academic studies Catering and hospitality
We offer 20 A Level subjects and have one of Students studying catering can now ply
the best pass rates in the county at 99.2%. their trade in a brand new, state-of-the-art
The vast majority of our A Level students commercial restaurant. Refined opened to
go on to study at university, with a growing the public in January and provides students
number being successful in some of the with real work experience in catering,
country’s top flight providers, such as the service, bar and hospitality management
universities of Sheffield, Cambridge, Oxford and front of house. Students go on to work
and Nottingham. in a range of catering settings with many
employed in some of the world’s top class
In January 2013, our A Level provision restaurants, hotels and resorts.
moved into a new base as part of an £11m
new build programme on the Derby Road Computer science
campus. Our experienced computer science tutors
prepare students for work in the IT industry.
Hair and beauty Students can study a range of programmes
In 2013 hair and beauty students moved in IT technical development, software
into their new facilities as part of the and application development and games
Derby Road campus development. Revive design. Students go on to work in a diverse
commercial hair and beauty salons and range of jobs from IT technicians and server
spa facilities provides some of the best engineers to programmers and developers
facilities for learning in the country. Open for large organisations.
to the public, students are provided with a
realistic working environment with many Foundation studies
progressing into work in salons, cruise ships, Provides tailored programmes for students
resorts or establishing their own businesses. with learning difficulties or disabilities.
The wealth of transferable skills also means Courses help students develop life skills as
that students move into a range of careers well as the confidence and capability to
in the customer service and retail sectors. move on to the next level.
Station Park is our specialist centre for The centre has hosted regional SkillBuild
construction and building services. finals as well as the Guild of Bricklayers
skill competitions. It has also played host
Opened in 2008, it provides some of the to the BBC debate on the economy and the
best facilities for construction and building Bloodhound land speed car team.
services training in the country.
Students from this area move into
Students study plumbing, electrical, employment or self-employment within
painting and decorating, joinery, brickwork the construction and building industries
and plastering in industry-standard facilities with many of them joining the centre as an
that prepare them for the world of work. apprentice or already employed with a need
to update their professional knowledge and
Around 600 students attend the centre certification.
each week – strong links with employers
Sovereign Way and Acorn Way are our
and professional bodies mean that many
specialist centres for engineering and motor
progress from the college into full-time
vehicle and provide a range of programmes
employment or an apprenticeship, returning
for students wishing to enter the field
one day per week to develop their higher
of electrical, mechanical or production
level technical skills and abilities.
engineering as well as careers in vechicle
maintenance. Fabrication and welding is
Lecturettes within each of the major
currently based at our Derby Road campus.
workshop areas enable theoretical study to
be combined with practical skills, enhancing
In 2014, the college will bring together
the learning experience and ensuring that
all of its engineering provision into one
theory is clearly linked to practice in a
Engineering Innovation Centre at Sutton-
workshop setting.
in-Ashfield. This will provide a single point
of delivery for this curriculum area and will
give our students the opportunity for cross-
working and development. Students move
into employment in a range of roles within
the engineering sector with many joining
the college as an apprentice or an existing
employee looking to update their skills.
Chesterfield Road is the college’s main base The college’s Ashfield campus went from
in Mansfield town centre and is home to strength to strength this year, with over
our business and administration curriculum 100 students attending the centre. Ashfield
as well as visual arts. was established in 2008 and aims to
provide a vital second chance for young
A large and well-equipped learning resource people classified as NEET (Not in Education,
centre provides everything our students Employment or Training). Flexible start
need to succeed in their studies, alongside times, a culture of respect and achievement
IT facilities and a dining area. As well as along with dedicated support staff have
a dedicated IT training room specifically meant that the centre has been hugely
aimed at improving the employability of successful since its opening. In total, 300
local adults, Chesterfield Road houses ESOL young people have benefitted from the
(English for Speakers of Other Languages) centre with over 80% progressing into
courses in the college’s original building, employment or further training. The centre
which dates back to the early 1900s. has helped to reduce local NEET figures
from 6-4% in the four years that it has
In 2014 the visual arts provision will move to been in operation. The Inspire and Achieve
Derby Road in a purpose-built centre. Foundation, a charitable trust founded
by the college’s principal, held its second
fundraising dinner at Lords Cricket Ground
to help raise funds to build a second centre
in Mansfield.
Ransom Wood is our specialist centre for
business support services and our employer
engagement and business development
units. The college’s marketing team, HR,
procurement, finance, learner records,
quality/performance team and developers
are all based at Ransom.
The college provides a wide range of university-level courses that includes HNCs, HNDs, foundation degrees and full honours ‘top-up’ degrees. We work with the University of Derby and Birmingham City University who validate many of our courses. We pride ourselves on offering an alternative to the traditional university experience. We provide flexible, part- time options that allow people to study alongside their family and work commitments and our smaller class sizes are designed to encourage all students to actively participate in lectures. For those returning to education or worried about studying at a higher level, we provide summer schools before the start of the academic year to help students prepare for the rigours of university-level study. Coupled with on-going study skills sessions throughout the year, our students have the chance to develop high level skills in areas such as research, referencing and essay writing.
bksb is a wholly owned subsidiary company The bksb team host a number of regional
of the college, providing functional and and national events and activities
key skills assessment tools to over 2000 throughout the year including a national
organisations across the world. bksb has skills conference attracting high profile
developed a reputation for excellence and is national speakers and over 200 delegates.
widely regarded as the leader in the field of The last event saw the two chief executives
online assessment and diagnostics. of the EFA and SFA talk about the
importance of skills for economic recovery.
In the past two years, bksb’s client base has
increased and now includes organisations The bksb team are always developing and
and training companies within Australia, refining their products to ensure they meet
India, South Africa and Nigeria. As well as customer demand. In 2011 bksbLIVE was
creating products being used in these global launched, a new online learning platform
markets, bksb’s innovative assessment tools for skills development.
are also used by the majority of colleges
within the UK.Vision Apprentices was launched in April
2010 and delivers a unique employer
responsive service. It is one of only 16
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orignal projects agreed by the government
in an attempt to stimulate demand
for apprentices across the country. An
independent evaluation undertaken by
York Consulting concluded that Vision
Apprentices was leading the way in the
development and delivery of the ATA model.
Vision Workforce Skills is a wholly
Over 65% of job vacancies have been
16-18 year olds helped into owned subsidiary company of West
within the Nottinghamshire area with the employment through Nottinghamshire College and was formed
on the transfer of activity from Pearson in
remainder falling within South Yorkshire
and the rest of the East Midlands. 83%
vision apprentices Practice.
0f employers come from small and
At Vision Workforce Skills our mission
medium enterprises. Vision Apprentices
is to change people’s lives for the
has expanded its geographic reach in the
better by providing them with world-
last year so that it can offer its flexible,
class, industry-specific training and
responsive and valuable service to
qualifications. We do this by giving them
employers further afield. Initially targeting
the behaviours, discipline, support and
the rail and engineering sectors, Vision
skills they need to be effective members
Apprentices has now expanded into the
of the workforce and to succeed in their
creative, media, fashion, IT, software and
chosen jobs and careers.
telecommunications sectors in the future.
Every year, we provide thousands of high
As well as helping employers find the right
quality apprenticeships and work-based
employees and young people find vital jobs,
specialised training programmes which
Vision Apprentices has also developed a practice and use the network for their own business development.
can be delivered by a variety of methods.
strong network of employers locally who “I would like to tell you how happy Race Technology is with the
now have the opportunity to share best
service of (the team). We are very pleased to be involved in the In the classroom, in the workplace,
scheme. It has done nothing but good things for our business, and I through distance and e-learning, our
trust for the learners placed with us too. All the staff I have dealt with expert tutors offer learner-focused,
employer-driven training that is built
have provided an efficient, professional, friendly service. The calibre
around individual needs and business
of learners assigned has also been excellent. The model is excellent - I objectives.
would have no hesitation whatsoever in recommending (the services)
to other employers.”
Dr Lorne Winborne Race Technology Ltd
4000learners in the
workplace through
Vision Workforce Skills.Data relates to 2011/12
803 Engineering and logistics
832 Business and financial services
2742
1069 Health
340 Retail
(Number of students wh0 have
studied in these areas)
Of our students progressing into
employment- 86% went into
employment within our region
and 50% within the Mansfield
and Ashfield area.
4276
992 Creative industries
852 Financial and business sectors
803 Logistics and engineering
(Number of students wh0 have 305 local students improved their basic skills with us
studied in these areas)
472 undertook a course to help their employability skills
2483 studied at Level 3 (A Level and equivalent) or above with us
662 studied at degree level with usOver a five year period We spent £6.8 million with local
spanning 2009 – 2014 we companies and the majority of our £40
million capital spend was with regional
will have invested £40m in building contractors, employing local
local facilities for learning people.In 2011/12 we launched a new
programme of activity aimed at helping
our students set up their own business.
Vision Entrepreneur provides a mix
of inspirational speakers as well as
practical help and support for students
wishing to set up on their own after
college. The one thing we ask of Vision
Entrepreneur graduates is that they keep
their business local so that they can give
something back to their community.
In total, 65 of our students signed up
to the programme and of those 8 are
currently being supported to set up their
business in 2013/14. We will provide a
bespoke package of support for all of
them to give their business the best
possible chance of success.
In addition to Vision Entrepreneur
we have a range of programmes and
activities to support students and
develop their enterprise skills on the
OF OUR LOCAL POPULATION ENGAGED
road to becoming self-employed. We
IN AN APPRENTICESHIP OR TRAINING IN have enterprise groups, support from
THE WORKPLACE WITH US. enterprise organisations such as LEO and
the Hive and one-to-one coaching and
mentoring for students to help them
every step of the way.
progressed into employment at
the end of their apprenticeship
training.The investment in our facilities is not
just for the benefit of our students
but the whole community. We want
our local organisations and businesses
to use our facilities at significantly
reduced rates. We have a fully
equipped board room and smaller
As a college we have a national reputation for our engagement with employers, built on the
rooms that can be used for meetings
strength of the partnerships we develop.
or specific business development
events and our restaurant is able to
We want to work with you to develop your business and ensure that your business can grow
offer a corporate catering package
into the future. We don’t sell courses, we sell solutions. Our offer can be as bespoke as your
that will make a great impression on
business, delivered on your own premises or at one of the college’s state-of-the-art facilities
your clients.
for learning.
Call us on 0808 100 3626 for
more information.
Our offer to employers is ‘full-service’ and can cover the following areas:
Workforce planning – let us work Working with you to identify a ready-
with you to plan your workforce made pool of talent from our full-time
development needs to meet your student cohort.
business priorities. Developing and delivering specialist
Helping with the development of your master class sessions that meet the
existing workforce – developing skills exact requirements of your business.
through accredited or bespoke training Enabling your employees to be trained
packages. in the latest technologies at our state-
Delivering elements or modules of of-the-art centres for learning.
our Higher Education programmes A local focus with a national footprint
to develop high-end management or – if like us your business is based
technical skills. in Mansfield and Ashfield but has
Developing your employees’ national interests, we can offer
understanding of legislative training right across the country
requirements in subjects such as through our Vision Workforce
health and safety. Skills offer.
Recruitment and selection – helping
you recruit the next generation Whatever your needs, we can work in
of employees through our Vision partnership to find the right solution.
Apprentices service.Invest Ashfield & Mansfield is about Two of the college’s apprentice electrical “It was hard going at first having come
promoting the area as a place to do engineers are progressing in leaps and straight from school, but I’ve found my niche
business, helping existing businesses grow bounds according to the engineering and I can’t wait to be fully qualified. It will
and attracting new ones. Invest Ashfield director of the Eastwood branch of a UK take three more years but it will be worth it.”
& Mansfield offers the following useful packaging company.
services to businesses: MJ Maillis provides engineering support
Engineering director of MJ Maillis UK, across the UK to companies such as
Business events – Regular events on Kevin Taylor, couldn’t be more proud of the Unilever, Tata and Highland Spring and
relevant business topics. progress made to date by Jordan Green- many more bluechip companies.
Duffus and Scott Richard-Limb.
Local inter-trading – A dedicated
Kevin added: “I am absolutely delighted
business directory and other
Kevin said: “Jordan is one of the first with the process of how we’ve selected our
opportunities to trade more locally.
apprentices MJ Maillis have appointed to apprentices. The Vision Apprentices team did
Procurement and supply chain – the business. He’s brought new ideas and all the hard work with the recruitment and
Accessing not only public sector genuine enthusiasm to his new role. It’s selection and basically gave us the cream of
contracts but also important private well known that the sector has a mature the crop to select from.
sector opportunities within the locality. workforce and bringing new talent through
apprenticeships like this will help to keep the “This is paying dividends and has saved the
Commercial property searches – A free
business progressing.” company a considerable amount of time
and confidential service to help easily
and money. We can see straight away that
identify suitable business premises.
Jordan, 17, from Mansfield, had previously Jordan and Scott are committed to learning
Ambassadors’ programme – studied at his school’s sixth form but didn’t and putting in their best efforts to their
A series of events to celebrate feel suited to A Levels. In September he apprenticeships. Hopefully this is the start
success and showcase the area as a saw an advertisement online for Vision of our new plan to recruit one apprentice
place to do business championed by Apprentices – the successful apprenticeship every year.”
local employers. recruitment service which is a subsidiary of
West Nottinghamshire College. Scott, from Nottingham, is equally positive
Business surveys – Providing
about his new role.
businesses with a way to contribute
He said: “I’m really enjoying the combination
to the project and help identify areas
of earning a wage, learning a trade and “I’m confident that this is a job I’m going
of work.
getting the most up-to-date training. My job to enjoy and it’s encouraging to know just
involves fixing machines for the company. I how much the company is going to invest in
This new business engagement project
shadow a senior engineer in the team and me. Eventually I’ll be trained up to the level
runs to June 2015 and is part-financed by
learn hands-on skills. I’ve already spent 26 of a system engineer and will have skills in
the European Union through the European
weeks at the Hinckley tool workshop to electrical engineering, pneumatics, hydraulics,
Regional Development Fund and Ashfield
ensure I know all about the hand tools our mechatronics, software and human machine
and Mansfield District Councils.
customers utilise. interfaces. These are valuable skills to have
and I feel lucky to be starting a new career
so young.”Asha Khemka OBE
Principal and Chief Executive
asha.khemka@wnc.ac.uk
Patricia Harman Andrew Martin
Deputy Principal Deputy Principal
Teaching and Learning Finance Director
patricia.harman@wnc.ac.uk andrew.martin@wnc.ac.uk
Graham Howe Tom Stevens
Vice Principal Executive Director
Business Development Capital Projects and Estates
graham.howe@wnc.ac.uk tom.stevens@wnc.ac.uk
Louise Knott
Gavin Peake
Director
Director
Communication, Marketing
ICT
and Learner Engagement
gavin.peake@wnc.ac.uk
louise.knott@wnc.ac.uk
Tracey Thompson
Director
Human Resources
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