Basingstoke College of Technology

51°15′50″N 1°05′50″W / 51.2639°N 1.0972°W / 51.2639; -1.0972InformationTypeFurther education collegeLocal authorityHampshire County CouncilPrincipalAnthony Bravo ^[1]GenderCoeducationalAge16++Websitehttp://www.bcot.ac.uk/

Basingstoke College of Technology (BCoT) is a further education college in Basingstoke, Hampshire, United Kingdom.^[2] The college is located in the centre of Basingstoke on Worting Road, and consists of three campus buildings: North, South, and STEM. The college is listed as a Centre of Vocational Excellence^[3] in certain areas, and was rated as 'Good' by Ofsted in 2016.^[4]

Courses

BCoT offers a wide range of vocational courses and qualifications on both a full-time and part-time basis. The courses are broken down into subject areas which include:

• Access to Higher Education
• Animal Management
• Art and Design
• Automotive
• Beauty Therapy and Media Make-Up
• Business
• Childcare
• Computer Science
• Construction
• Counselling
• Education and Training
• Engineering
• English and Maths
• Future Pathways
• Hair and Barbering
• Health and Social Care
• Hospitality and Catering
• Media and Games Design
• Public Services
• Science
• Specialist Provision
• Sport
• Travel and Tourism

Facilities

BCoT is well known for its wide range of industry-standard facilities which includes an in-house restaurant, known as The Restaurant at BCoT.^[5] Renovated in July 2012, the Restaurant at BCoT is open to the public and provides students with the chance to learn and gain experience in a professional environment.

Evolve Salon^[6] is BCoT's on-site training salon, which is also open to the public and is run by the Beauty Therapy and Hair and Barbering department. Opened in 2017, the Mike Taylor Barbering College^[7] is a training barbers for barbering students which is also open to the public and run in partnership with leading UK barber Mike Taylor.

As well as a restaurant, salon and barbers, the College also has an Animal Discover Centre, air cabin crew training room, onsite professional nursery^[8] (which is open to the public), a library, gym, science labs, large automotive workshop, three engineering workshops, lecture theatre and dedicated Art and Design studios.

Students are able to buy hot and cold food from an in-house catering outlet known as Taste BCoT who operate a refectory on the South Campus and a cafe on the North Campus.

Support for Students

Students have access to an onsite professional counsellor, nurse, careers centre and English and Maths support hub, as well as a dedicated personal tutor.^[9]

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