Open Day 2013

Posting by Bev Bishop, Marketing Co-ordinator

The College opened its doors to prospective students and parents on Saturday as we staged our annual Open Day and it was great to see so many people there.

We had students from more than 90 different schools visit us on Saturday! Hard to believe there are that many schools in the region! They were all present to see what we can offer to young people in the way of post-16 education.

We had teachers available in all curriculum areas and they all reported a busy day, answering questions from our visitors. Thank goodness for our current students, who helped out on the day. Not only were they dotted around the campus to help people find their way around, but they were also in subject areas to help teachers answer questions when there were more visitors than teachers available to speak to them! We are so grateful to our wonderful students. They tell us how much they enjoy their studies at the College and it’s that enthusiasm which encourages the next cohort of students to apply to the College.

We’re also very grateful to Centro and to the four universities who attended Open Day. Representatives from Aston, Birmingham, Leicester and Warwick were all there and they were kept busy all day talking to parents and students. In particular, they were able to advise young people what subjects they need to study at A level with a particular career or university course in mind, which makes it easier for them to know what courses they should apply for at college too.

Thankfully, the rain held off for most of the day and it was quite warm for October. Nevertheless, special thanks must go to the hardy students and staff who worked outside on Open Day. One of the biggest challenges we face on a day such as this is to avoid traffic and parking problems, but thanks to the dedication and hard work of our staff and students traffic kept flowing and parking was managed well.

We know that not everyone who is considering applying to the College was able to make it to Open Day on Saturday and that’s why we have more events coming up:

Open Evening
Thursday 14 November
5.00-8.00pm (last entry at 7.30pm)

Information Evening
Thursday 14 November
5.00-8.00pm (last entry at 7.30pm)

Open Evening in November is much like this recent Open Day, in that the whole campus is open. However, the Information Evening in February is a smaller scale event.

Pre-registration for the November event is open now at http://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/87538UWJDV.