Basingstoke College of Technology

Basingstoke College of Technology (BCoT)
Address
Worting Road Basingstoke , Hampshire , RG21 8TN United Kingdom
Coordinates	51°15′50″N1°05′50″W / 51.2639°N 1.0972°W / 51.2639; -1.0972
Information
Type	Further education college
Local authority	Hampshire County Council
Principal	Anthony Bravo [1]
Gender	Coeducational
Age	16+
Website	http://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]

References

1. "Senior Management Team".
2. "Basingstoke College of Technology".
3. "BCOT's new status is accompanied by cash". Basingstoke Gazette. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
4. "BCoT 2016 Ofsted inspection" (PDF).^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}
5. BCoT. "The Restaurant at BCoT, Basingstoke, Hampshire". therestaurantatbcot.org.uk. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
6. drose. "Evolve Salon". www.bcot.ac.uk. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
7. gtosek. "Mike Taylor Barbering College". www.bcot.ac.uk. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
8. "The BCoT Nursery".
9. drose. "Support for Students". www.bcot.ac.uk. Retrieved 3 September 2018.