Business Administration

I'd always known I wanted to come to Lewisham College. I came here because I'd heard it was a good college, and it was local. It's a really nice environment to study in.

I want to work in an office, so I thought getting an NVQ would make it easier to get an office job in the future.

Through the course we get to do work experience placements. Being able to actually go and experience doing the job, and not just sitting in a classroom all   the time is great, and really good for my CV.

My work experience placement has been in Lewisham College's Marketing and Communications department.  It's been really worthwhile.

In the future I'd like to perhaps go into fashion administration, or perhaps do admin for the police force or MI5.

The Business Bureau is a working office providing administrative services and a meet and greet service to the College. It provides a real work environment for students on Foundation and Level 1 administration courses who are trained in telephone and reception skills and on a range of office equipment.  Working in the Business Bureau will give you the opportunity of finding out what it is like to work in a real office and build your confidence ready to progress into external work placements on Level 2 programmes or employment.

Students on Administration courses have progressed to a higher level course or into work.  Our work placement scheme at level 2 gives students the opportunity to work for three days per week in an office for six months giving them excellent experience to add to their CV.  Many of our students progress into employment at the end of a level 2 programme, sometimes with their placement employer.

Students on a Customer Service course will benefit from our work placement scheme also giving them excellent experience to add to their CV.  This is a new programme from which students are expected to progress  into employment in customer service roles such as receptionist or customer service assistant  in a number of different industries.

Many students who have done Bookkeeping Level 1 and 2 and Computerised Accounts Level 1 and 2 progress on to Association of Accounting Technician's (AAT) intermediate stage.  Other students who have their own business use their learning and skills to do their own accounts.

Students on a Customer Service course will benefit from our work placement scheme also giving them excellent experience to add to their CV.  This is a new programme from which students are expected to progress into employment in  a range of customer service roles such as receptionist or customer service assistant  in a number of different industries or into retail.