Welcome to City and Islington College. We achieve excellent academic results year on year for our students, with almost 1500 progressing on to higher education, and create pathways to careers for people of all ages. That is why we are the first choice of Further Education College for thousands of young people and adults across London.
With our unique identity, we deliver high-quality learning experiences for our students. We encourage them to achieve their ambitions, expand their horizons and grow as individuals. Many of the achievements made by our students are incredible and out of the ordinary. From a wide range of starting points, our students consistently show us that with the right attitude and approach exceptional things can happen.
At City and Islington we offer you:
- Modern and exciting places to learn
- Skilled and highly qualified teachers with industry experience who are passionate and brilliant at what they do
- Individual support to ensure you are successful
- Enrichment opportunities, work experience, and mentoring to help you gain key life and employability skills
Innovation within our curriculum is key to student achievement, and as creative professionals, we always seek out new ideas and develop new and exciting approaches. Students learn in one of our five centers, each of which is a learning community of students focused on courses and qualifications within a particular specialism, which come together to form a single College that is diverse and exciting. Across each center, we work with over 200 employers to provide you with clear lines of sight to work.
At City and Islington College exceptional training and education:
- Is rigorously focused on creating the best outcomes for students
- Enables and encourages all students to set their sights high and achieve their ambitions
- Goes beyond qualifications giving students the skills and qualities they need for long-term success in a global economy
- Has a clear line of sight to work
- Is highly relevant, innovative and future-focused
Our values are the key ideas and principles that people within our organization and our partners believe are important they define the way we work.
- Excellence
- Ambition
- Collaboration
- Opportunity
City and Islington College welcomes anyone who wants to study here and we aim to create an environment that supports all our students achieve no matter what their gender, age, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith, disability, marital/civil partnership status, gender -orientation, or social background.
Since 1993 over a quarter of a million young people and adults have studied in further education at City and Islington College. They have come with all sorts of experiences and ambitions and represented every kind of London background. They have studied at many levels – from beginners in English as a second language to Foundation degrees – and grappled with a vast range of subjects and skills. The time they have spent at the College ranges from one to four years and some have completed multiple programs of study.
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