Welcome to Blackpool and The Fylde College. Our employer-responsive team works with employers of all sizes and industries, helping them to explore and meet their needs for both standard and bespoke training.
Please let us know how we can help you:
If you would like to explore options to meet your needs with a member of our team, please click here
Follow the links for information on the following areas:
If you are about to leave school, there are many choices open to you, including vocational training (NVQs, Diplomas, BTEC, Technical Certificates), GCSEs and A-levels, and apprenticeships.
To find vocational training to suit you, click here.
To look for the right GCSEs and A-levels, click here.
As a mature student, you may have commitments and responsibilities which make attending College difficult, but there is a range of help and support available. Click here to find out more.
If you want to get a degree...
Blackpool and The Fylde College offers more than 70 degree courses. To find out more about studying for your degree with us, click here.
These days it is increasingly useful to have a degree if you want to get on in your career. There are a number of study routes available:
If you are a school leaver, or have recently left school, the normal route onto a degree course will be by studying for GCSEs and A-Levels – or their equivalent – first. You can find out more here.
If you already have further education qualifications, there are a number of higher education qualifications you can study for on your way to a degree. You can find out more about here.
If you have few formal qualifications but have been working for some time, you may be able to use your work experience to gain entry onto a foundation degree course. Find out more about this here.
As a mature student, you may have commitments and responsibilities which make attending College difficult, but there is a range of help and support available. Click here to find out more.
If you are an international student looking to study in the UK...
If you are a student from outside the EU, Blackpool and The Fylde College is a friendly and exciting place to study. The College offers a wide range of courses which meet UK Borders Agency (UKBA) requirements for the granting of international student visas.
You can find our courses by searching for the subject you wish to study using our search facility.
To find more information on what it’s like to study here, visas, funding, accommodation and support; and to hear from other international students, click here.
If you want to further your career...
Qualifications are increasingly important if you want to get on at work. Blackpool and The Fylde College can help.
If you need to brush up on basic skills, like reading, writing, working with numbers and basic computing, you can find out more about this here.
Information about how you can take, or re-take, GCSEs and A-Levels is also available.
If you need to combine work and study:
For training ideas for your employer to consider, click here.
Did you know that you can now undertake an apprenticeship at any age? Find out more here.
If you are thinking of taking a degree while working, click here.
As a mature student, you may have commitments and responsibilities which make attending College difficult, but there is a range of help and support available. Click here to find out more.
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