INDUCTION DAY West London Vocational Training

MISSION STATEMENT The mission of the college is “to ensure that through high quality teaching and learning the diverse and wide range of students gain the desired qualifications, broad knowledge, skills and experience to allow them to achieve the well-deserved career goals and participate in a competitive global economy’’

COLLEGE HISTORY AND BACKGROUND  West London Vocational Training (WLVT) has been delivering high quality academic and vocational courses since 2006 through its centre in West London. We have a study centre at East London.  We offer various vocational qualifications from entry to advanced level, taught by highly qualified staff, along with a network of support services to prepare you for success. You will be studying in modern and safe environment with well equipped learning resource centres and access to industry standard software and equipment.

HEALTH AND SAFETY  There will be a mock fire drill at beginning or during the course. On hearing the fire alarm all the students are required to assemble at Fire Assembly Point B in the card parking. The students will be made aware of fire exits and what to do in emergency on the first day of the class.  Please note that your first point of contact will be your class tutor in any emergency.  Students must familiarize themselves with any notices detailing Health & Safety and Fire Safety procedures.

VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT  You will receive an from the student management system (SMS) with your login details when you will be registered with the virtual learning system.  If you are studying assignment based qualified, you may access VLE for submission of assignments and receive feedback from the tutor Also, this system will send you important communication from time to time.

SEMESTER PLANNEER & TIME TABLE  Semester planner is available in the student handbook. The admin department sends the time table by . Contact the admin department if you have not received.

ATTENDANCE POLICY  Students at The College are expected to attend college and classes regularly  To stand the best chance of successfully finishing your course, you are expected to attend all timetabled sessions. The students are expected to maintain at least 85% attendance. If you can’t meet these requirements, speak with tutors who will work with you on how to improve your attendance.  Students will be marked as late if they arrive more than 15 minutes after start of the class. Students marked late for more than 3 occasions in a semester will be treated as absent on next occasion.  In case of international students sponsored by the college under Tier 4 category, if the student attendance falls below 80% or he misses 10 contacts with the college, he will be reported to UKBA. In such cases the student may be terminated from the college as per UKBA guidelines.  For students eligible for financial assistance, in most cases payment depends on regular attendance on a course.

STUDENT SUPPORT  Request for letters: The student can submit the request for issue of any letter required for Surgery registration, Bank Account or any other purpose on the specified form available at the admin department. The admin department will normally issue the required letter on the next working day.  Change of Circumstances: The student can obtain ‘Change of Circumstances’ form the admin department to notify any change in contact details or circumstances.  Communication with the college: All communications to the students will be made at the postal/ address provided to admin department at the time of enrolment.  General notices and communications will be placed at the notice board and / or VLE.  The students can communicate with the college at:  address :  or personally at the admin department.

ACCREDITATIONS  The college is accredited by the following bodies: Association of Accounting Technicians Edexcel ATHE OCR

NEARBY PLACES  There are various eating places within close vicinity of the college. There are canteen facilities in the building and a cafeteria in Sainsbury just 2 minutes walk away from the college. The students can go to relax and unwind.  We conduct various tours for students for socialising, please contact administrator for more details  Discounted leisure facilities within 100 yards of the college are also available for our students.  Alperton Station on Piccadilly underground line is at just 5 minutes walk from the college.  Wembley Stadium is appx 2 miles from the college.

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR STUDIES