05.04.2004
The University of Brighton is giving a boost to foundation degrees after being allocated over 10% of new places in the south-east for these qualifications.
Foundation Degrees are vocational qualifications designed with employers that aim to give people the intermediate technical and professional skills that are in demand from employers and to provide more flexible and accessible ways of studying. Studied full-time they take two years, but around half the students are studying part-time.
Brighton, with its partner colleges, will now offer over 100 more places for students to study at this level in playwork, health and social care and hospitality, alongside existing courses in eSystems Design and Technology and Early Years Education over the next two years.
Announcing the extra foundation degree places in the south-east, Lifelong Learning, Further and Higher Education Minister Alan Johnson said,
“This is great news for the south-east. Local students and the local economy will really benefit from these extra vocational foundation degree courses which have been built with employers to provide graduates with the relevant skills needed in the workforce.”
Professor Stuart Laing, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Academic Affairs) at the University of Brighton said,
“We are delighted to have been chosen to provide so many of these new foundation degree places. It will help in our work to widen and increase participation in higher education, and help to meet local and regional skills needs.”
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