Student Charter

We believe that all students have the right to achieve their potential and that all members of the College community have the right to be protected from discrimination and to feel safe.
We will help you to:

• Settle quickly into your course and College life
• Feel a sense of identity within the College
• Understand your current learning needs
• Feel respected and valued
• Benefit from high quality learning and teaching
• Develop successfully, both within your course and personally
• Take your learning forward by helping you to select from a range of options that suit you.
• Review your progress
• Get useful support with your learning needs
• Be listened to if you have a problem
• Receive fair guidance
• Feel you can talk about personal matters in confidence
• Gain the best possible results you can
• Receive results quickly and confidentially
• Get prompt support, if required, when you receive external exam results
• Be included in evaluating your experience of the College

Your responsibilities as a student, we expect you to:

• Respect the College, its resources and its community
• Play an active part in equal opportunities by not accepting and reporting discriminatory behaviour and practice
• Be involved in keeping this College a safe, pleasant and healthy place to learn
• Be active in the planning and development of your study
• Seek support, when required, to achieve your learning goals
• Attend on time and regularly
• Complete set work within the agreed timescale
• Make the most of opportunities offered to you
• Help us improve the quality of our service to you by giving us your feedback
• Help promote the ethos of the College
• Sign and follow College Regulations and any Learning Agreements linked with your course or funding