Warwickshire College

Warwickshire College is a large further and higher education college in England, United Kingdom. It provides National Curriculum courses and vocational education in a broad range of subjects to students aged 16 and over. Through a series of mergers over a period of 12 years, it has over 20,000 students a year in six locations, with a wide network of outreach centres throughout Warwickshire and one in Worcestershire, making it one of the largest General Further Education (GFE) colleges in the country. The college is a member of the 157 Group of high performing colleges.

The college's website is http://www.warwickshire.ac.uk/

e-learning

Distance learning

Higher education -

The following higher education courses are offered via distance learning (http://www.warwickshire.ac.uk/courses/subject_areas/equine_and_farriery/distance_learning.aspx):

Foundation Degree in Equine Science

Foundation Degree in Equitation Coaching

Foundation Degree in Equine Management

Foundation Degree in Equine Business Management

FdA Horseracing Industry

BA Hons Degree + Top Up, "suitable for students who have done a Foundation Degree or a HND and are wishing to top up their knowledge"

College -

Two level 2 and two level 3 RHS theoretical certificates are available via distance learning: http://www.warwickshire.ac.uk/courses/subject_areas/horticulture/rhs_courses/rhs_distance_learning.aspx

Online learning for on-campus students

The college's libraries offer access to online resources: http://www.warwickshire.ac.uk/help__advice/libraries.aspx

Open Educational Resources (OER)

In 2011, the college hosted sessions on OER and was in the process of making a small number of its electronic resources open:

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CC0QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcuba.coventry.ac.uk%2Foercafe%2Ffiles%2F2011%2F09%2Fwarwickshirecollege_-oerfeedback_sept11.doc&ei=c8O4UZqHIcnbPcW_gcgI&usg=AFQjCNEecVdhNoBYw6B70TXKsCcJsp3ZzQ&sig2=XmO3wkziX1zlpQPowKYJuQ&bvm=bv.47810305,d.ZWU

Further details could not be found, however.

VLE

Blackboard is the VLE at Warwickshire College.

For more information see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warwickshire_College

In case of no match, check the search https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Warwickshire_College

---

> England
> United Kingdom
> Colleges

>> Main Page