North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College

A Warm Welcome to NWSLC

I am extremely proud to be Principal and CEO of such an innovative, high performing and caring college.

After studying at the College over 90% of our students progress into work or higher education. Student behaviour and attitudes at the College are rated as ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted. This results in high levels of success in our wide range of qualifications as well as exceptional student skill development and medal achievements in local, regional, national, and international skills competitions. At the most recent WorldSkills UK national finals our College was the best performing College in England. Students won gold medals in creative media makeup, silver medals in digital media production and visual merchandising, and foundation level students won gold medals in catering health and social care, and motor vehicle skills. College students also won seven gold medals in the Welsh International Culinary Championship.

The amazing commitment and high levels of expertise of our teaching and support staff over the last year has been recognised in nominations for a TES national award (for our distance and online learning team) and through two national Pearson award nominations for our beauty and holistic therapies teaching team and for one of our learning support mentors.

We have also been awarded chartered status by the Chartered Institution for Further Education, the only organisation in the UK with royal assent to provide chartered status to FE providers.

In the last three years, the College has opened two new world class campuses. The College-led MIRA Technology Institute (MTI) is located on the HORIBA MIRA Technology Park and is a learning partnership with HORIBA MIRA, Coventry, Leicester, and Loughborough Universities. Students and apprentices at this campus are building skills to support the disruptive technologies such as electrification and cyber security in the automotive industry. The College’s new Digital Skills Academy located on the Coventry University Technology Park represents part of our response to the fast-growing demand for digital skills in all industry sectors.

Over the next year, we will be opening our Centre for Logistics Education and Research (CLEAR) at Magna Park, in partnership with Aston University and industry partner Wincanton. We will also be progressing our plans with Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council to move our award-winning restaurant and a new Digital Innovation Centre into Nuneaton town centre, and we will continue with the redevelopment of our Nuneaton campus into a 21st century digitally enable centre of teaching excellence.

At the heart of all we do are a set of values to which our staff and student communities are actively committed.

Our Values are:

Nurturing
Work ready
Sustainable
Leading
Collaborative

The generosity, care and compassion of our staff and students is reflected through our support for many charities and the many community links and projects that we are involved with. During the recent pandemic, the College has been relentless in its support of the NHS, of our local hospices and has provided accommodation and support for local schools, vulnerable youngsters, and children of key workers.

Whatever your starting point, we will do our very best to make sure you:

• Develop the knowledge, skills – both technical and mindset – to progress in your studies
• Move confidently into work and successful careers or higher education
• Develop resilience and positive, physical, and mental wellbeing

I look forward to seeing you soon.

Marion Plant OBE FCGI
Principal and Chief Executive Officer