South Lanarkshire College

About The College:
South Lanarkshire College started as Cambuslang School of Building in 1948. It became a community college in 1983.

The College now has 3 campuses, 1 in Cambuslang and 2 in East Kilbride.

It has some 5,500 students, taking courses including Scottish Vocational Qualifications and Higher National Certificates and Diplomas.

Courses are taught through 3 faculties

Business
Business Management and Office Technology; Computing and Information
Technology; Hospitality and Catering

Care
Child Care, Health Care and Social Care; Hairdressing, Beauty and Therapies; Learner Support Services

Construction
Bricklaying, Plastering, Roofing, Plumbing, Gas; Painting and Decorative Finishes; Timber Crafts and Building Technology

Support for learning
Guidance Tutors and the Learning Support Team provide support for learning. There is additional help with English and maths.
Extra support is provided for students with special needs, including dyslexia. The College has specialist equipment and can provide materials on tape, in large print or in Braille.

Child care
The Nursery, at the Village Centre, East Kilbride, takes children aged 2.5 to 5 years.

Mature entrants
Mature students are welcome. You may not need the normal entry qualifications.

Access courses
The College runs an Access to Humanities with Primary/Secondary Education Routes, leading to Higher National or degree study.

Part time study
The College publishes prospectuses of part time day and evening courses in May/June. Details of flexible/open learning courses are updated on a regular basis.

Community courses
The College runs courses in Cambuslang, East Kilbride and Hamilton, as well as Blackwood, Blantyre, Bothwell, Carluke, Coalburn, Douglas, Kirkmuirhill, Lanark, Lesmahagow, Rigside and Rutherglen.

Find out more
There are Open Events in the College and in local shopping centres. Details are on the College's website.

Did you know?
South Lanarkshire College

will move to a single new campus, on the Scottish Enterprise Technology Park in East Kilbride, in 2007

was the first Scottish college to win a trophy presented by the Worshipful Company of Plaisterers to the UK college with the highest number of students gaining vocational qualifications in plastering
won the 'College Restaurant of the Year' award in London in March 2006

Address
South Lanarkshire College
Cambuslang Campus
Hamilton Road
G72 7NY

Telephone Enquiry Line: 01355 270750

Fax: 01355 231044

Email: Admissions@slc.ac.uk

Web: www.south-lanarkshire-college.ac.uk

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