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Crdiff nd Vle Collee InterntionlWorkin with overnments, ents, schools

nd businesses cross the world


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Crdiff is one of the best

cities in the world to visit.*

Crdiff nd Vle Collee

Interntionl is ret plce

to stud whether ou wnt

to tke the rst steps intohiher eduction, lern new

lnue or dd voctionl or

professionl quliction

to our CV.

www.cvc.c.uk/interntionl +44 (0)29 2090 8006 [email protected]

* Ntionl Georphic Mzine chose Crdiff s one

of the 10 best plces in the world to visit in Summer 2011.


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Our prormmes

1. Summer nd Winter Schools (Enlish lnue)2. Enlish lnue courses nd exms

3. A levels

4. Mnement nd professionl trinin

5. Voctionl trinin

6. Hiher Eduction

7. Interntionl student exchne


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Crdiff becme cit in 1905 nd

ws crowned the cpitl of Wles

in 1955

Tod, Crdiff hs popultion of

346,000 nd ttrcts more thn

18 million visitors er (2011)

Crdiff is one of the ttest cities

in Britin nd hs more hours of

sunliht thn Miln

Crdiff is cit of prks nd hsmore reen spce per person thn

n other UK core cit

Crdiff hosted the ver rst me of

the London 2012 Olmpics, two ds

before the openin ceremon

In 2011, TripAdvisor nmed Crdiff

one of Britins best vlue cities for

tourists

Crdiff is home to the worlds oldest

record store Spillers, which opened

in 1894

Crdiff hs been nmed one of

the best shoppin destintions

in the UK

Crdiffs Ntionl Museum is home to

the bi-nnul Artes Mundi prize which

is Britins most vluble rt wrd

Ntionl Georphic mzine

chose Crdiff s one of the 10 best

plces in the world to visit in 2011

Crdiff will be the Europen Cpitlof Sport for 2014

The Ntionl Museum in Crdiff

is home to one of the best

Impressionist rt collections outside

Pris, bostin works b Monet,

Renoir, Vn Goh nd Cznne

A recent surve found tht Crdiff is

sfer Universit cit to live in thn

Bristol, Birminhm, Leeds, Liverpool,

Mnchester nd London.

Cmbinin hist with mdenit, Cdiff hs becme ne f the UKs tp tuist

destintins, s nw is the time t visit nd discve the cpitl f Wles:

Gettin here Situted just 20 minutes from

Crdiff Interntionl Airport

Within wlkin distnce

of ll UK trnsport links

2.5 hours from London

Wh choose Crdiff?



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Further Eduction (FE) collees re prt of the UK stte eduction sstem nd re

ofcill reulted. Four million people ech er ttend FE courses in the UK nd

there re over 413 such collees throuhout the countr with 20 in Wles.

Cllees f Futhe Eductin pmte lifeln lenin nd pvide:

Acdemic, voctionl nd professionl courses

nd trinin for people ed 16+

Specilist trinin courses for emploers nd emploees

Full-time, prt-time nd evenin courses

A pthw to universit for thousnds of students

ech er

Full ccredited qulictions which re ntionll

reconised nd interntionll respected

A ood rne of lernin nd recretionl fcilities

Full support nd dvice services for students

About Further Eduction Collees

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Wh Crdiff nd Vle Collee Interntionl?

Crdiff nd Vle Collee Interntionl is prt of Crdiff nd Vle Collee one of the lrest nd most excitin Further

Eduction Collees in the UK, providin excellent eduction nd trinin for people of ll es. The Collee offers more thn1,000 courses to 21,000 students. Hundreds of these students re interntionl nd come from over 30 different countries.

This ure is incresin ech er.

We e:

3 mjor provider of eduction

nd trinin in Wles

3 dnmic collee meetin our

needs, rted b Estn s Excellent,

or Grde 1, for how well the lernin

experiences meet the needs nd

interests of lerners nd the wider

communit.

We hve:

35,500 students on full-time nd

16,000 on prt-time courses

31,200 students on pprenticeship

prormmes

3been welcomin interntionl

students for over 30 ers

3 cit centre cmpus in the hert of

Crdiff ve minute wlk from the

min shoppin centre nd Queen

Street trin sttion nd ver close

to ood rne of coffee shops nd

resturnts.

We ive:

3lerners ccess to dditionl

excellent fcilities nd

strenthenin dvice, support

nd uidnce sstems.

We led:

3the w on new curriculum

inititives, workin with prtner

ornistions to provide n

unrivlled nd semless pthw

from school to Hiher Eduction

nd emploment.

We ffe:3outstndin support

to students in inin the ver

best cdemic rdes

3full-time Generl Enlish courses

3full-time Interntionl Enlish

Lnue Testin Sstem (IELTS)

courses vlid for 2 ers from the

dte the Certicte is issued

3Enlish for Interntionl Students

(EIS) rne of prt-time d nd

evenin courses

3Enlish courses ccredited

b the British Council

3Universit of Cmbride ESOL

Exmintions the Collee is n

ccredited Exmintion Centre.

Cdiff nd Vle Cllee hs

vst ne f specilist

techin fcilities, develped

f indust includin:

Construction nd enineerin

workshops

Automotive workshops

Aerospce enineerin fcilit

Arts nd performnce studios

TV nd rdio studios

Hirdressin nd beut

slons

IT trinin suites

Professionl kitchens

nd resturnts

Science lbortories

Mnement trinin suites



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1. Summer nd Winter Schools

Our Summer Schools re for durtion of three weeks or loner. Students will be

tuht skills lessons in redin, writin, spekin nd listenin, with more focus

on verbl communiction to build their condence in spekin Enlish.

Our interntionl prormmesEnlish Lnue

Summer & WinterSchools British Council Accredited

15 hours of Enlish lnue

tuition per week

Experienced, hihl-qulied

techers

Focus on topic-bsed

Enlish & British culture

Stte of the rt clssroom

fcilities

Computer suites with internet

ccess

Full socil prormme

includin full-d nd hlf-d

trips s well s evenin events

Self-cterin ccommodtion

close to the collee

Most courses led to n interntionll reconised quliction.

For exmple: KET PET FCE CPE CAE IELTS Trinit

Qulictins

IELTS Intensive Summe

Pmme

Eiht week full-time intensive IELTS

preprtion course. Course includes:

Spekin

Writin

Listenin

Exm techniques & stud strteies

Redin

Exm prctice mterils

Durin the course students will hve

the opportunit to tke t lest four

prctice IELTS exms nd will be

iven scores nd feedbck on ws to

improve. Students will be entered for

the IELTS exm in Auust.

Intentinl Fundtin

Pmme Business

Mnement & IT

Full-time 1 er course from

September to June or Februrto December

Gurnteed proression to

Business or Business-relted

deree t one of our prtner

universities

Enlish lnue component

includin IELTS, Business

Enlish nd Writin Skills clsses

Stte of the rt clssroom

nd self-stud fcilities

Top qulit techin nd

tutoril support.

2. Enlish lnue courses nd exmsOur Enlish lnue provision offers EIS, ESOL, IELTS, ledin to n

Interntionll reconised quliction. For exmple, KET, PET, FCE, CPE,

CAE, Trinit nd Cmbride Enlish.

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Art nd Desin

Biolo

Business Studies

Chemistr

Criticl Thinkin

Drm nd Thetre Arts

Economics

Enlish Lnue

Enlish Literture

Environmentl Studies

Film Studies

French

Georph

Government nd Politics

Grphics

Histor

Informtion Technolo

Lw

Mthemtics - Pure,

sttistics, mechnics.

Medi Studies

Philosoph

Photorph

Phsics

Pscholo

Reliious Studies

Spnish (evenin onl)

Sociolo

Welsh

World development studies

Accountnc

Administrtion &

Secretril Skills

Aeronuticl Enineerin

Art & Desin

Automotive Brickwork

Business & Mnement

Crpentr

Computer Aided Desin

Electricl Instlltion

Enineerin

Entr nd Foundtion

Skills courses(for individuls with lernin

difculties)

ESOL

Helth & Sfet

Hospitlit & Cterin

IT & Computin

Lnues

Lw Pintin & Decortin

Plsterin & Tilin

Plumbin

Retil

Sport & Fitness

Techin & Trinin

Trvel & Tourism

3. A Levels

The Advnced Level Prormme is trditionl cdemic course nd populr choice with students who would like to in

entr to Hiher Eduction or hiher level trinin. ou select up to four core subjects, which re studied over two ers. outke AS (Advnced Subsidir) exms t the end of er one before proressin to the A-Level (A2) quliction t the end

of the second er. Subjects cn include:

4. Business, Mnement & ITWe cn offer rne of hihl rerded mnement trinin courses in number of sectors includin Accountnc,

Administrtion, Business, Finnce, retil nd Ledership nd Mnement.

Intentinl Fundtin Pmme

Our Interntionl Foundtion Prormme (IFP) is chllenin, intensive course for those who wish to proress to Hiher

Eduction but do not et possess the cdemic nd/or Enlish entr requirements necessr for universit stud.

The min focus of the course is business, mnement nd IT. The course ims to prepre students for n underrdute

deree level course in business focussed subject. Full detils cn be seen on our website: www.cvc.c.uk/interntionl

5. Voctionl TrininAs n lterntive to cdemic stud, ou m prefer to tke one of our voctionl prormmes in the re of our chosen

creer such s our BTEC Extended Diplom courses. These re knowlede nd skills bsed s well s work-oriented.

Extended Diplom courses cn help ou in ccess to Hiher Eduction or the work plce.



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6. Hiher Eduction

Gin Univesit eductin t

Cdiff nd Vle Cllee IntentinlCrdiff nd Vle Collee offers rne of hiher eduction courses in

prtnership with Welsh universities t vriet of levels from HND riht

up to postrdute stud with the PGCE.

We hve stron prtnership links with the Universit of Glmorn, Crdiff

Metropolitn Universit (UWIC), Universit of Wles Newport nd the Open

Universit. There re mn resons to stud hiher eduction course with

Crdiff nd Vle Collee:

Courses tuht in smller roup sizes

Access to both collee nd universit fcilities

Gin stnd-lone quliction

Techin nd expertise of Universit nd the Collee

Bein ble to stud full-time or prt-time

Hvin the option to continue our stud to in full deree

7. Interntionl

studentexchneCrdiff nd Vle Collee

prticiptes in interntionl

student exchne prormmes

includin the Comenius project

which is funded b the British

Council. For the lst six ers

the A Levels deprtment

hs hosted four Norwein

students er, nd in

return our own students visit

Hordlnd in Norw.

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I would like to recommend

the Collee to n prospectivestudents especill the Enlish

course becuse I hd er full

of success, experience nd fun.

Kzhl Shmsddin, Irq

This course hs rell helped to

improve m lnue skills nd

knowlede of British culture. I would

recommend this collee to none.

Federico Terzi, Itl

Our st in Crdiff hs been

wonderful nd unforettble.Wherever we re we will never foret

our British friends nd hopefull we

will be bck. Chinese student

All I hd to do ws to show up in the

Interntionl Ofce nd there ws

lws someone vilble to help.

From pplin for course to ndin

ccommodtion, the Collee took

cre of it ll.

Jckie Adms, Liberi

If someone sked me to recommend

plce to stud Enlish, I would

denitel recommend this Collee.

erim Hon, Kore

I m hpp to be studin t

Crdiff nd Vle Collee in 2013.

Everone hs been ver helpful nd

supportive. Kim Bo-Kun, Crdiff

Cit FCs South Koren Interntionl

footbller (pictured)

Clssrooms, lbortories nd desin

studios re well equipped.

Ctherine Nrte, Ghn

I hve mde mn friends from ll

over the world. Sometimes we o on

trips in roup nd we rellenjo ourselves.

Frzneh Hjlikbri, Irn

This is the best school for lernin

Enlish tht Ive ever known nd Im

so proud to be prt of this Collee.

Glomr Toled, The Philippines

The techers re ret nd the

Collee is close to the cit centre.

Rodrio Heffner, Brzil

Lessons re ver interctive.

The techers re ver ood nd re

constntl motivtin students to

be better nd et better mrks.

Nicol Abreu, Venezuel

Wht our students s bout us

The most recent British Council inspection in Jul2012 wrded points of excellence for cdemic

resources, cdemic mnement, techin ndpstorl cre.

Accredittion

The Collee ws inspected in

April 2008 b ESTN which

is the Ofce of Her Mjests

Chief Inspector of Eduction

nd Trinin in Wles.

The report included the

followin:

The qulit of cre support

nd uidnce is outstndin.

The ethos in the collee is one

of cre, respect & support.

Crdiff nd Vle Collees

Enlish courses hve been

ccredited b the British

Council since 2001.

Hundreds of students join

the Collee from over 30

different countries throuh the

dedicted Interntionl Ofce

tem, which offers dvice

nd uidnce on ll mtters,

includin ccommodtion

nd welfre.



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Our support for interntionl students

From enquir to touch down, to celebrtin students chievements nd sin oodbe when

students nish their course, Crdiff nd Vle Collee Interntionl offers full support prormme:

Viss & immitin

Crdiff nd Vle Collee Interntionl is on the UKBA list of Hihl Trusted Sponsors which mens tht we cn ct

s sponsor for students on both Enlish nd minstrem courses t the Collee. Informtion bout viss cn

be ccessed throuh our website: www.cvc.c.uk/interntionl

Students from EU countries cn nd immirtion informtion from the UKCISA website or from the Euro Desk.

Non-EU ntionls will need to ppl for vis before strtin their studies. The reultions bout pplin for viss

re lible to chnes so plese lws refer to the UKBA website nd the locl British Embss or Hih Commission

for the most up to dte informtion. Detils re lso vilble on the UKCISA website.

Accmmdtin

The Interntionl Ofce cn offer rne of ccommodtion options, from homest fmilies to hlls of residence,

hotels nd prtments.

Hmest

Crdiff is n excitin cit in which to

live nd stud with mn options for

ccommodtion vilble. Mn

interntionl students st with

crefull selected locl fmilies while

studin t Crdiff nd Vle Collee.

With Homest, the cost is xed so

students do not hve to worr bout

unexpected bills nd mels re

included.

Self-cteed ccmmdtin

in hme

This ccommodtion is similr to

Homest but students will hve to

prepre their own mels.

The Collee will rrne eitherHomest or self-ctered

ccommodtion for students nd ll

our providers re inspected reulrl

b our Accommodtion Ofcer in

line with the British Council code of

prctice.

Hlls f esidence

Crdiff nd Vle Collee

Interntionl does not hve its own

hlls but there re severl privte

compnies who offer students this

tpe of ccommodtion. This is

ret w to meet British nd otherinterntionl students.

For more informtion plese visit

our website. Students will need

to contct the hlls of residence

directl to book room.

If ou would like more informtion or to sk the Collee to

rrne self-ctered or Homest ccommodtion for

ou, contct [email protected] for Homest

Appliction Pck.

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Extr ctivities for students

On the ds when students re not lernin, the Collee

offers full rne of socil nd culturl prormmes:

Full d trips to other UK cities such s Oxford & Bth

Afternoon excursions to museums nd other locl

res of interest

Evenin events includin bowlin, cinem & quiz nihts

Tickets to sportin events

Proud sponsors of

Crdiff Cit Footbll Club

FA Cup Finlists 2008

N Power ChmpionshipPloff Finlists 2010

Crlin Cup Finlists 2012

Fcilities nd extr support

The collee hs n extensive rne of up-to-dte support

fcilities on cmpuses to help students with their studies

includin:

Full equipped nd modernised Lernin Centres

Computer suites with free internet ccess

A stud centre offerin one-to-one support

Expert dvice & uidnce on universitpplictions nd creers

Condentil counsellin service

Interntionl Ofce

Student common room

Reprorphics deprtment

Video-conferencin suite

Lifestle & tness suite

Nurser

We re multi fith collee nd we respect

ll reliion nd belief nd no belief.

We hve quiet rooms on ll cmpuses which

lerners from n fith or no fith cn use.



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Our Crdiffsites

Crdiff B Cretive Centre

(CBCC)

CBCC

Dumblls Rod 2

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Crdiff Construction Trinin

Centre (CCTC)

Construction Trinin

Enineerin

Enlish Lnue

Cretive Industries

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[email protected] +44 (0)29 2090 8006

www.cvc.c.uk/interntionl

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