Truro and Penwith College — Attraction in Great Britain

I attended this college for three years and in my final year it went completely down hill. Members in charge removed smoking areas, which I understand as they don’t want students to smoke. However, students are going to smoke whether you like it or now. Removing smoking areas meant that students would go off campus in order to smoke, resulting in them being late for lessons. Removal of the smoking areas also meant that students are limited in the number of friends they are able to make. I made the majority of my friends during my time at college at the smoking area, and it makes me sad that other students are unable to share that experience. In addition to this, the college only cares about a level and IB students and getting their grades up, not about student development. I did a diploma in music and the music department was never really paid any attention to. The college also outsourced their parking to an external company. This was prompted by their want for number plate recognition systems upon entry to the car parks. When they outsourced the parking, the company implemented student and staff parking areas, which somehow resulted in there never being enough parking spaces for students. Students would be forced to either park along the edges of spaces, or in staff parking zones, which they would get fined for parking in. This, in my opinion, is outrageous. Students should not be receiving parking fines simply for turning up to college. Since I have left college, my sister has joined it. She has a learning disability, and the ld department is failing her. In maths, learning to count to 10 which is something she could do since the age of 5. In cookery… watching masterchef to learn knife skills. It’s really not that difficult to get a few knives and a courgette and show students how to use a knife and get them to have a go under supervision. She learns more about cooking and knife skills cooking dinner with me. College should be furthering her development, not boring her with things she can already do. Overall I believe the college really has some things to consider if they want to keep students there. Yes it’s a good opportunity to make friends, but that’s all it really seems to be good for these days....

During my time at Truro college I completed my GCSE maths and was finally able to achieve a grade 4 which was a huge stepping stone in terms of enabling myself to progress onto my integrated masters programme at the university of Exeter where I received the best level of academic support possible thanks to having fantastic academic lecturers and great classmates . Whilst I did very well in terms of achieving great grades I felt that the BTEC l3 in performing arts was mentally draining, a little runned down and affected my mental health especially being in too small groups which created a clique which I was not part of as well as having some lecturers who were clearly very unhappy in their jobs who occasionally would comment if I had lost weight which I found very unprofessional and unpleasant. However, I also had the opportunity to undertake part in LAMDA and EPQ which enabled myself to progress into a Russel group university but would have friends in different courses. My advice to any prospective student would be to plan your course carefully and also bear in mind that universities tend to be very flexible in terms of what degrees you can do at university as well as offering many rewards where you can progress into management...

Before I started at this college, I was really nervous and had no idea what to expect (especially since I was told by a member of staff at my old school I would regret coming here). However this turned out to be the complete opposite as I settled into college really quickly. Within the first couple of weeks I already felt like I settled into college. My lectures were/are very supportive throughout my course and the quality of teaching is also excellent at this college. And if you need any help with work all the staff here are happy to help. Also, there is a room called T2 (in the Tresillian building on the ground floor who the staff are very friendly) which is a nice quiet room where you can chill out, socialise with others and even do your work and I highly recommend any student attending this college to pop in as to T2. I only have a few more weeks left here and will miss this college as it has been a pleasure to study here for the past 2 years. If you are considering studying here at Truro college I highly recommend you that...