| • | Full time, 16 week programme |
| • | High quality learning resources and ‘industry standard’ equipment, visits to local, regional, national cultural facilities |
| • | High quality ‘live’ projects, on themes of relevance to young people (eg. Great Teams, Drugspotting, Neighbourhood Images, Pathways photography, mosaics ...) |
| • | Accessibility & anti-poverty package of a realistic training allowance or the choice to retain benefits, plus travel, meals and dependent care expenses |
| – | 32 hour week: 24 hours direct teaching, plus eight hours ‘study time’ for preparation, research, course journal, portfolio, etc. |
| • | Teaching occurs in small groups of one tutor to eight participants (average) |
| – | One-to-one support is always available – friendly and respectful learning | |
| – | Personal tutorials, ‘pastoral’ support and action planning for ‘progression’ (what to do after the course) |