School Summary
The Oldham College
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Opened:
Principal & Chief Executive: Alun Francis
The Oldham College
Rochdale Road
Oldham
Lancashire
OL9 6AA
Telephone: 01617854000
Website: https://www.oldham.ac.uk
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Some enrichment courses result in a qualification with some resulting in complete AS\/A level qualifications.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"The college offer over 100 courses that include academic, vocational and even GCSE courses.\n\nStudents may take between two and four A level subjects to study; but some students have been known to take five subjects due to various reasons.\n\nStudents who take three subjects study in the college for around 18 hours each week whereas students who take four subjects study in the college for around 22.5 hours.\n\nStudents at the college are also able to take enrichment courses which are held once a week on a Wednesday afternoon. These enrichment courses can be vocational or academic. Some enrichment courses result in a qualification with some resulting in complete AS\/A level qualifications.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Banner Hampton","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/100892859547123015099\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/AAcHTtfxSeg3HvAkW2hM_6xFD0oUWfp2MA5EkKYA1qC9VWEp=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo-ba6"},"publishTime":"2018-02-05T06:36:24Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"7 years ago","rating":5,"text":{"text":"This is an amazing college. The staff are really supportive. The facilities, especially the Library and the Regional Science Centre are very useful and are popular amongst students. The behaviour and atmosphere is good and positive. The range of subjects offered have helped 1000s to go on to study at well recognised Universities and establishments! So many ways for students to get involved too.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"This is an amazing college. The staff are really supportive. The facilities, especially the Library and the Regional Science Centre are very useful and are popular amongst students. The behaviour and atmosphere is good and positive. The range of subjects offered have helped 1000s to go on to study at well recognised Universities and establishments! So many ways for students to get involved too.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Zed","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/104239750096613181291\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/AD_cMMTBzusknGugL_-21tSnm55mwy-RTZv50cQ8jlnCUP9QLcTM=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo-ba5"},"publishTime":"2016-06-28T19:30:29Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"5 years ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"A decent college but some staff are atrocious, namely the Know's staff, the college's personal library. Many of them are ill mannered, overly harsh, and cannot talk to students without raising their voices. Their facial expressions and body language demonstrate a dislike for their work. If they are not fond of working with young people then WHY ARE THEY?","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"A decent college but some staff are atrocious, namely the Know's staff, the college's personal library. Many of them are ill mannered, overly harsh, and cannot talk to students without raising their voices. Their facial expressions and body language demonstrate a dislike for their work. If they are not fond of working with young people then WHY ARE THEY?","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Mehz","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/102769913042125557866\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/AAcHTtdaBQyPaOTuQBnAwTBPWhrKpY8I0zBN10O5eoGjN_cP=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2018-06-21T14:01:09Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"4 years ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"Teaching was ok but they still teach an overdated course which ict BTEC level 3 which still talks about the floppy disks. Need to also give work experience and not just care about the grades.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"Teaching was ok but they still teach an overdated course which ict BTEC level 3 which still talks about the floppy disks. Need to also give work experience and not just care about the grades.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"User 4","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/102034192751396647980\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/AD_cMMSm20pOKmYCiOJJ2t6XSY8-r5NVnEvrbf6DiRnW7s1n7A=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2019-08-06T19:50:30Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"4 years ago","rating":2,"text":{"text":"Too many cancelled lessons , many at very short notice .\nStaffing changes causing inconsistency in teaching .\nTotally wrong careers advice when filling in UCAS forms from their Careers advisor .","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"Too many cancelled lessons , many at very short notice .\nStaffing changes causing inconsistency in teaching .\nTotally wrong careers advice when filling in UCAS forms from their Careers advisor .","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Susan Whitley","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/116549341072959180458\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/AAcHTtcif44j5_pd_6hVRlXQD7p2LX2uu0SK6lnpV0QzaxQj=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2019-08-18T05:05:34Z"}]