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Our higher education students can enjoy a safe and relaxed campus environment at Craven College, the courses are timetabled to fit best around any home, work or family commitments and the campus best suited to provide the facilities you require. Its not just about the course, but the whole environement.
The main Learning Resource Centre (LRC) is based at the Aireville Campus with specialist LRCs at the High Street Campus, Auction Mart Campus, Centre for Construction and Heritage Skills and The Aviation Academy.
There is a wide range of books, journals and magazines to help you with your studies and to supplement your own core texts. Journals and databases relevant to your subject area are available through the college’s Athens membership. You may also have access to a broad range of materials including on-line resources through the relevant partner university website and VLE. Computers can be used to access electronic databases and information sources, including the internet and the college Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) for research and assignment purposes. Facilities include photocopying, printing and catalogue search.
Friendly, experienced and qualified staff are available to provide support for information searching to help you to make the best use of the resources.
As a student at Craven College you will have the opportunity to access web-based learning within your own course Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). The VLE is developed by your tutor to reflect the needs of your course syllabus . Visual and interactive activities are available, tutors and fellow students can be contacted more easily, resources are accessible, podcasts can be downloaded, coursework drafts can be emailed, progress tracked and much more.
With the exception of the High Street Campus, there are car parks available, open to staff and students alike. Users are required to have a parking permit, available from the main college reception.
Our Aireville Campus provides areas for meeting and eating, relaxing and socialising. Our student restaurant, The Connection, offers a range of appetising hot and cold food, snacks, cakes and drinks. The Cafe Bar offers a comfortable environment to go and refuel and relax, serving a variety of snacks and drinks in a pleasant setting. Our High Street Campus hosts the popular Brasserie Restaurant open for morning coffee and cakes, lunch or a three course evening meal. We also have refectories at our Auction Mart Campus and Centre for Construction and Heritage Skills. Snacks and hot drinks are available at The Aviation Academy, with an off-site cafe nearby.
We are extremely proud of our staff and believe that they are our most valuable resource. They are the core factor in your success, alongside of course, your commitment to study. At Craven College we believe in team work and valuing the contributions which we each bring to the college. We have the benefit of highly qualified staff, many of them with Master’s degrees or Doctorates. Besides holding the recognised qualifications for their subject, our teaching staff have industrial or commercial experience and our support staff are equally specialised in their area. All of our staff are committed to providing the best service for our students.
In our recent student survey 93% of our learners indicate that they are happy with their learning environment. We review our provision throughout the year and collect feedback on what resources need up-dating or replacing in order to maintain a good quality learning environment. Our general classrooms are equipped with IT facilities for presentations and group work whilst specialist workshops are equipped to industry standard. We also have IT suites and areas where you can use your own lap tops.
Tyro is the college’s highly successful business training unit with a track record of providing bespoke training to small and medium sized enterprises across the region. It also has a growing reputation at an international level delivering management training in the Middle East. The expertise and contacts developed within Tyro are shared with the rest of the college and influences curriculum developments and opportunities.
