2. THIS PRESENTATION The College Essentials Support from the College
Course details
Communications

3. Catherine Winslow – Chair of Board of Governors
The Head of Service and Chair of Board of Governors wish you a fulfilling and enjoyable time at Sutton College!
Dipa Ganguli – Head of Service
Catherine Winslow – Chair of Board of Governors

4. The College – A learning community
Over 5,500 diverse learners
Over 1,300 varying courses
Two main sites – Sutton and Wallington
Delivered and supported by 300 staff
Important considerations - health and safety including fire evacuation procedures
Safeguarding – the College is committed to promoting safe learning and working.

5. ID Badges Students to wear at all times
Please attach passport sized photo a.s.a.p.
If lost/damaged, please contact your centre office
If you have a Sutton ID badge from Carshalton College, this can be used at all centres.
If lost/damaged, please contact

6. Learner Agreements Please check details and amend if necessary Sign
Return to tutor

7. Important things you need to know
Fire evacuation
The centre has clear procedures for evacuations in case of emergencies, familiarise yourself with them
There are guidelines in rooms for exit routes
Noticeboards
Notice them! All centres and most classrooms have noticeboards with key College information including safeguarding and the prevent duty

8. 1. Prevent 2. Be SMART 3. E-Safety

9. PREVENT and British Values
The College is committed to promoting British values as required by Government
British values are defined as "democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance for those with different faiths and beliefs",
This means promoting respect for all cultures and creeds and demonstrating tolerance
This applies to all who work and study at Sutton College
The College actively promotes diversity and requires all to follow this commitment

10. The Government’s ‘Prevent’ strategy aims to stop people being radicalised.
If you have concerns that someone is being radicalised, you should inform your tutor immediately and provide an account of what you have heard or seen.

11. Be SMART
Safety - Do not give your home address, phone number or personal to other students.
Meetings - Take care when arranging to meet fellow students outside the College.
Acceptable - Sutton College expects students to behave in a way that is in keeping with the College’s PRIDE values.
Respect - It is important to respect staff and fellow students while at the college.
Tell - If the behaviour or comments of another student make you feel uncomfortable.

12. Three ‘Golden Rules’ of E-Safety
Keep your personal details private.
Do not give out your Sutton College VERA password or share your Online Enrolment Account details with anyone else. Remember to ‘Log-Out’ whenever you have accessed your account.
Think about what you say or publish online and on Social Media (Facebook, Twitter, etc).

13. GDPR
Sutton College is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy when you use our services. 
All of your personal data we collect is treated in strict confidence and dealt with in accordance with Data Protection Act 2018, in particular the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). 
To ensure that the service you receive is effective, we may need to share your information with our partner organisations. 
This data sharing, among other things, supports our funding and financial planning, performance monitoring, and enables us and our partners to produce statistics and research. 
We also collect at the end of the course which determines the destination of learners to fulfil our funding contracts and also to identify any need for improvements to our services.

14. College Pride Values P Putting students first R Respecting all
I Inspiring others
D Delivering Excellent Service
E Exceeding expectations

15. What we expect from you CARE! Come to your class on-time
Attend all sessions as far as possible, tell us if you can’t
Respect all
Explore and Engage in the life of the College
If you are unable to attend a class you can:
Student absence on the college website under student reference section
Telephone the centre where your class is held

16. What we expect from you Inform us of any change of contacts
Tell us what you think and how we can improve ‘How are we Doing?’ area on the website. Your feedback makes a big difference
Course evaluations
Reporting absences
Use the Student Reference area on the website for information and support

17. What do we offer you? CARE! Come and visit you in your class
Advise you on your progress and how you may improve
Review what we do based on your feedback and give you feedback
Exceed your expectations wherever we can

18. Student Support Services
iClick Centre
Sutton College VLE VERA
Access to WiFi in main centres
Additional Learner Support
Advice and Guidance
Learner Support Fund
Exams
Designated Safeguarding and Prevent Officers (Dipa Ganguli, Laurie Nicholls, Michelle Bagshaw)
Downloadable Guides

19. Communications
The website and VLE are kept up to date with all the latest information including:
- College news - Any bad weather closures - The latest Student newsletter
You can also report any absence from class via the website in the ‘How are we Doing?’ area
Join us on social media!
Use the address your tutor will give you for all your College communications
Student Reference Section on the website contains all useful information
Student Reference Section

20. Communications
All students should have a learn.scola address- your tutor will give you this information
A Student Newsletter is published with key information – it is available on the VLE
The College puts on new courses all the time – please use the website to keep informed
If you have any questions please ask your Tutor or centre staff to help you
Have a great learning experience!

21. The Induction presentation can be found in our "Student Reference" section on the website.
- linked under 'Course Induction'