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New College Swindon is committed to protecting your privacy. The information collected in this form will be used to progress your application and will passed internally for administration tasks related to this. We have a statutory requirement to share details of your application with other organisations such as the local authority, previous education providers, and youth offending teams to ensure that you are properly supported throughout your studies, we may also want to share your information with other organisations that are supportive of our aims and objectives. In these cases you will be asked for your consent to do so when we collect your information. You can change your mind at any time by contacting the College on info@newcollege.ac.uk. We may also need to disclose your information if required to do so by law.
For more details on how we use your personal information, you can access our privacy notice
For an Access course, you need to be aged 19+ and over at the start of the course, been out of education at least a year and have either GCSE English OR Maths at grade 4/C or higher.
To help us monitor equal opportunities, please indicate how you would describe your origin
Under the Rehabilitation of Criminal Offenders Act (1974), you are required to disclose if you have any unspent criminal convictions. You will need to provide this information within 7 days of making this application by contacting the Customer Services Manager at New College by phone on 01793 732801 for a confidential discussion. Please note that some courses e.g. Care, Childcare or Heath Studies require you to undergo a DBS disclosure. This will include both spent and unspent convictions as well as cautions, reprimands and final warnings.
Please list below all the qualifications you have or will be taking before the start of the course.
To make sure that we get the most out of your time with us, we would like you to answer the following questions:
** The course for these categories must meet local labour market needs and be directly relevant to your employment prospects, to be advised by the College.
YOU MUST INFORM THE COLLEGE OF ANY CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES BEFORE THE START DATE OF YOUR COURSE WHICH MAY AFFECT YOUR FEE REDUCTION.
You may pay for the course by any of the methods listed below; or by instalments via Direct Debit for courses costing more than £250 providing the course duration is 10 weeks or more (50% deposit on enrolment with a further two dates, see below). We cannot enrol you onto any courses without a payment method, loan application or authority for us to invoice. Examination fees are included in the course fee except where stated. Any other costs are payable during the course.
You, the student, in signing this Learning Agreement, agree:
This privacy notice is issued by the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA), on behalf of the Secretary of State for the Department of Education (DfE). It is to inform learners how their personal information will be used by the DfE, the ESFA (an executive agency of the DfE) and any successor bodies to these organisations. For the purposes of relevant data protection legislation, the DfE is the data controller for personal data processed by the ESFA. Your personal information is used by the DfE to exercise its functions and to meet its statutory responsibilities, including under the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 and to create and maintain a unique learner number (ULN) and a personal learning record (PLR). Your information will be securely destroyed after it is no longer required for these purposes.
Your information may be shared with third parties for education, training, employment and well-being related purposes, including for research. This will only take place where the law allows it and the sharing is in compliance with data protection legislation. The English European Social Fund (ESF) Managing Authority (or agents acting on its behalf) may contact you in order for them to carry out research and evaluation to inform the effectiveness of training.
Further information about use of and access to your personal data, details of organisations with whom we regularly share data, information about how long we retain your data, and how to change your consent to being contacted, find out more at GOV.UK – ESFA privacy notice.
Please read the consents below and tick the ones you are happy to agree to. Please note that any agreements marked with * are required if you want to study with us.
We would love to send you relevant information on courses/initiatives appropriate to you by email. We will treat your personal information with the utmost care and will not sell or share them with any company for any purpose. We will retain your details for up to 24 months. We include an unsubscribe option on all our email correspondance so even if you opt-in now , you can opt-out any time in the future using that or by calling us on 01793 732809.
I am aware of the opportunities outlined in New Collegeâs publicity materials and I have made use of those I consider appropriate for enrolling on the course chosen. I am aware of my entitlement to advice and guidance as specified and I have received advice and guidance at induction. I have been made aware of the Additional Learning Support Fund. I have received a copy of the College Charter. I am satisfied with my choice of course and understand that I can obtain help or information from the College or from my tutor.
I understand that if I have declared false information, action may be taken to reclaim the tuition fees and any associated costs from me. I declare to the best of my knowledge that the information that I have given is correct and agree to abide by the terms and conditions of the College. I agree to New College processing personal data contained in this form and/or other data which may be obtained for legitimate reasons from me or other people whilst I am a student. I am aware that the European Union European Social Fund (ESF) may financially support my course.
