Lewisham College has all the facilities you'll need to succeed
We have a range of facilities to support and engage
students. These include specialist rooms for early years and
childcare and which provide a range of work-based equipment and
resources to support learning and skills development.
To further support learning, work placements and
employer-related activities is an essential part of all our
courses, to help develop work specific skills and practices.
This has enabled many of our students to secure full-time
employment on completion of their courses, and help support
university applications.
What can I do next?
Early Years students have gone on to some of London's leading
universities such as King's College, Nightingale Institute,
Goldsmiths and Southbank to study and professionally train in a
range of courses.
Many of our former Childcare students are now Childcare Officers
and Managers in private and local authority nurseries, and a
growing number are progressing onto our highly successful
Foundation Degree, and 'topping-up' to obtain degrees in Early
Years, Childhood Studies and Primary Education.
Candice James - Foundation Degree in Early Years
I did a Diploma in Nursery
Nursing in 2001. Since then, I'd worked in a variety of different
places, nurseries and pre schools and more recently I was working
in a child care centre in a family support role.
I'd always wanted to do a degree but had never had the formal
qualifications to do so. My manager actually recommended doing a
Foundation Degree - she'd just done one.
I applied for a Foundation Degree because it gave me access to a
full degree.
University had always been quite a daunting prospect for me - I
never thought I'd get there.
I found studying in the college environment much more accessible,
it was more relaxed and informal.
I'm now the manager of a pre school, which is definitely the
result of doing the course. Doing the Foundation Degree has really
built my confidence, and I have a
vision now of what I expect.
I love my new job, and I take so much of what I've learned into my
role.
Doing the Foundation Degree at Lewisham College has opened my
employment options so much wider - and it's given me the confidence
to pursue them. I do feel like I can achieve anything now. I feel
proud, actually.
I'm currently doing a one year top up at Greenwich University,
which will give me a
BA Honours degree. I'm the first person in my family to get this
far, it feels good
that I've reached university.