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Why study Higher Education at Hackney Community College?
Hackney Community College is your first choice for quality, affordable HE.
NEW HE Courses at HCC – apply now for a September 2011 start
Hackney Community College is offering a new range of affordable, high-quality, part-time higher education courses. All the 1-year HNCs lead to HNDs in year 2 if you want to progress. Many students study HE part-time to improve career – and salary – prospects. HNCs and HNDs are recognised by employers as strong qualifications for managerial positions.
HNCs 2011, leading to HNDs in 2012:
- Health & Social Care
- Fashion & Textiles
- Interactive Media
- Hospitality Management
- Sport (Health, Fitness & Exercise)
- Business
- Computing & Systems Development
See course outlines belowEntry requirements: You must be aged 18+ with a relevant qualification at Level 3, or already working within the sector.
Read the course outlines below, apply now , and we will be in touch to help you enrol on a course that will set you up for a great career and a great future.
Health & Social Care HNC/HND
This in-depth course follows on from level 3 qualifications in health and social care and will prepare you for supervisory or managerial roles in the sector. Theoretical aspects covered include sociological contexts, influencing factors, social policy and psychology in health and social care. More practical areas focus on health and safety, physiological principles, partnership working and empowering users. For aspiring managers, the modules on human resources and finance management are a must.
Apply nowFashion & Textiles HNC/HND
Advance your existing skills by studying an exciting range of fashion and textile techniques, from pattern cutting, garment construction, textiles, knit, fashion styling, marketing and business. This exciting course is ‘hands on’ and offers training that is based on the needs of employers and professional bodies. East London boasts a concentrated hub of fashion companies – just a stone’s throw from our Shoreditch campus.As part of the course you will be given ‘live briefs’ set by clients who work in the fashion and textiles industry to encourage you to generate ideas with a client or purpose in mind. You will also have an industry work-placement and carry out a research project. As well as the practical textiles skills, you will also study professional practice, project design, implementation and evaluation – with those all important employability skills – to really set you up for a successful future. There’s even a module on managing a creative business.
The fashion and textiles skills covered include fashion styling with digital media, production techniques with constructed textiles, printed textiles, fashion patterns and garment manufacturing.
Apply nowInteractive Media HNC/HND
London is the heart of the digital media industry, and east London is where it’s at. This course is a step up from level 3 in an art, design or digital media qualification and covers a fabulous collection of subjects ranging from Web/Game Design, Moving Image (TV and film), Graphic design and Digital media. This exciting course is ‘hands on’ and you’ll get training based on the needs of employers and professional bodies.As part of the course you will be given ‘live briefs’ set by clients who work in the Media industry to encourage you to generate ideas with a client or purpose in mind.
You’ll study design principles and project design, implementation and evaluation. You could focus on advertising, graphic or typographic design; interactive audio visual, video production or photographic techniques. The course will also include employability skills and industry work experience to set you on the path to your future success in the creative industry.
Apply nowHospitality Management HNC/HND
Based in our industry-standard kitchens and chic, fully lisensed Hoxton Street restaurant, this course will qualify you for a management role in the thriving hospitality industry. You may choose to follow specialist areas including culinary arts, licensed management, retail management, and food and beverage.All students on the hospitality management course must study the contemporary hospitality industry, customer service, operations and management accounting, as well as management development. You will also take part in an industry work placement.
Specialist units you can choose from cover procurement, hospitality management, conferences and banqueting, food and society, contracts and events, people management, quality management and marketing. You could even focus on small business enterprise, to prepare you for your own business!
Apply nowSport (Health, Fitness & Exercise) HNC/HND
This exciting course is “hands on” and offers training based on the needs of employers and professional bodies. The HNC/HND has been developed to focus on providing education and training for a range of careers in Active Leisure. If successful, you will achieve a nationally recognised, vocationally specific qualification to enter or progress in your career. Job roles could include performance analysis, nutrition for sport and exercise, sports development, sports coaching, education, research and development.
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A business qualification can set you up for life. Taking this course will prepare you with essential skills for work and higher level study. There’s a great range of theoretical and practical subjects in this course. Along with Business ethics and aspects of contracts give you a thorough grounding in the subject, you’ll study managing resources, including staff; marketing (including internet marketing), accounting, and business strategy and decision making. You’ll also carry out a research project and you could focus on setting up your own business with the small business enterprise module or study the wider European business field.
Apply nowComputing & Systems Development HNC/HND
Students on this course will benefit from a specialist vocational programme in IT and will be prepared for a number of careers in computing – either in an IT company or an IT department of a firm in any other sector. It also offers a progression route to higher level study and professional qualifications.You will study computer systems, systems analysis and design, quality systems and data analysis and design along with data structures and algorithms. The course covers a number of programming languages, website design and management and digital images. Business skills and e-commerce strategy, along with employability skills, project design, implementation and evaluation, will really set you up for your dream job in IT.
Apply nowOther HE courses at HCC
Foundation Degrees:
Foundation Degree in Early Years Sector Endorsed (London Metropolitan University)
Foundation Degree in Counselling and Psychology (University of East London)
Foundation Degree in Housing Studies (London Metropolitan University)HE level Teaching courses
Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector (PTLLS)
PGCE (Post-Graduate Certificate in Education) for Adult Literacy Teachers (Institute of Education)
PGCE Generic year 1 (Institute of Education)
Diploma in Teaching English (ESOL) in the Lifelong Learning Sector (DTELLS)For full details of these courses, type “Higher Education” into the keyword search function.
