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Education,
schools and learning
Other educational establishments
Detailed below are other educational establishments that fall in the Adur area with their contact details. Establishments are listed alphabetically, by type.
- Non-LEA maintained and independent schools and colleges
- Youth centres / youth wings
- Activity centres
- Information shops
Further education / Higher education :
See also :
- Student support
- Sixth form schools and colleges (WSCC website) (www.westsussex.gov.uk/learning/sixth_form_schools_and_college.aspx) (Ages 16+)
Non-LEA maintained and independent schools and colleges
- Lancing
College website (www.lancingcollege.co.uk) (boys
and girls aged 13-18)
- Shoreham College and Nursery School website (www.shorehamcollege.co.uk) (boys and girls aged 3-16)
- Sompting Abbotts School (www.somptingabbotts.com/) (boys and girls aged 3-13)
- See also :
- Search independent schools on West Sussex County Council website (www.westsussex.gov.uk/learning/schools_ages_4-16/directory_of_west_sussex_schoo/search_west_sussex_schools_ac.aspx)
- Independent Schools Council (ISC) website - listing independent private schools and independent private education (www.isc.co.uk)
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Youth centres / youth wings
- Search for youth centres/youth wings on the West Sussex County Council website (www.westsussex.gov.uk/learning/schools_ages_4-16/directory_of_west_sussex_schoo/search_west_sussex_schools_and.aspx)
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Activity centres
- Adur Outdoor Activities Centre website (Shoreham-by-Sea) (www.aoac.org.uk)
- Search for Activity centres on the West Sussex County Council website (www.westsussex.gov.uk/learning/schools_ages_4-16/directory_of_west_sussex_schoo/search_west_sussex_schools_and.aspx)
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Information shops
Are you 13 to 25 and looking for information, support and/or advice? Then the Adur team are available to listen and help at Information shops in Lancing, Fishersgate and Shoreham.
- Adur Information Shops (Your Space website) (www.yourspacewestsussex.co.uk/advice_and_info/organisations/information_shops/adur_information_shop.aspx)
- Search for Information shops on the West Sussex County Council website (www.westsussex.gov.uk/learning/schools_ages_4-16/directory_of_west_sussex_schoo/search_west_sussex_schools_and.aspx)
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Adult education
The adult education service provides a wide range of part-time learning opportunities. This includes basic education and literacy, introduction to work courses and leisure courses. Many of these courses lead to qualifications. There are several ways of studying without paying fees. You can find out more by calling one of the colleges.
- Find out more and search for centres and courses (WSCC website) (www.westsussex.gov.uk/learning/adult_and_community_learning/adult_learning_courses.aspx)
- Northbrook College
: Northbrook
College website (www.northbrook.ac.uk)
For information about all courses call (01903) 606060.- Shoreham and Southwick Adult Education Centre,
The Community Centre, Southwick Street, Southwick, West Sussex
Tel : (01273) 234392 or (01273) 234393 - Worthing Adult Education Centre
Elm Lawn House, Union Place, Worthing, West Sussex
Tel : (01903) 606003 or (01903) 606100
Main Campus, Littlehampton Road, Worthing, West Sussex
Tel : (01903) 606060
- Shoreham and Southwick Adult Education Centre,
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Colleges, Universities and Open University
Colleges and Universities
For information on the closest colleges see :
- Worthing College website (www.worthing.ac.uk)
- Northbrook College (Worthing) website (www.northbrook.ac.uk)
- City College Brighton website (www.ccb.ac.uk)
- Sussex Downs College (Lewes, Newhaven and Eastbourne campuses) website (www.sussexdowns.ac.uk)
- Plumpton College website (www.plumpton.ac.uk)
- Chichester College website (www.chichester.ac.uk)
- See also : Learning pages on the West Sussex County Council website (www.westsussex.gov.uk/learning.aspx)
For information on the closest universities see :
- University of Sussex (at Falmer, Brighton) website (www.sussex.ac.uk)
- University of Brighton website (www.brighton.ac.uk)
- University of Chichester website (www.chiuni.ac.uk)
For information about jobs in larger regional universities and colleges refer to the following external websites :
- UCAS (www.ucas.com)
- Universities in England - Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) (www.hefce.ac.uk/unicoll/HE/)
- Universities in Wales - Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW) (www.hefcw.ac.uk)
- Universities in Scotland - Scottish Funding Council (SFC) (www.sfc.ac.uk)
- Universities in Northern Ireland - Department for Employment and Learning (Northern Ireland) (www.delni.gov.uk/index/further-and-higher-education/)
The Open University
The
Open University (OU) is the United Kingdom's only university dedicated to
distance learning.
Visit the New to the OU website to read how with most courses there are no previous qualifications required to study, you have to be aged 18 when your course starts but there is no upper age limit.
- The Open University website (www.open.ac.uk)
