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University Campus St Albans (UCSA)

is a joint venture between the University of Hertfordshire and Oaklands College

Focused on developing the skills that employers need for the future, UCSA has created innovative pathways for people with experience to gain academic recognition for this and accelerate their studies in quite unique ways.

UCSA students work towards a University of Hertfordshire part-time honours degree delivered at both Oaklands College and the University; courses are offered in business, leadership and management, construction and engineering, and can be delivered as a levy funded degree apprenticeship or selffunded. Students are taught through day/block release and at the weekends.

Our Mission is to help shape Higher Education by delivering flexible and affordable part time degree courses, enabling people to return to education and realise their potential. “UCSA broadens the Higher Education offering and is designed to allow students to build their degree in way to suit their lives, giving them more flexibility and choice. It is the solution for those who don’t have the time to devote to full-time study or feel they missed out early in life.”

Quintin McKellar Vice-Chancellor, University of Hertfordshire.

“I’m delighted to be at the helm of such a great organisation who works in partnership with local employers allowing them to maximise their levy spend. UCSA offers fantastic courses which are developed with extensive employer feedback about what it is needed to upskill the local workforce. We have an amazing team of lecturers who are not only great educators but are industry experts with their finger on the pulse when it comes to new innovation, bringing the degrees to life with their enthusiasm and their passion.”

Celeste Jones, Executive Director of UCSA

One of our most popular part time degrees is CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, a top-up Construction Management Degree Programme commencing at level 5 which provides a progression opportunity for students who have achieved a Higher National Certificate or equivalent qualification in a Construction related discipline and experienced managers or supervisors without formal qualifications at this level. Accredited by the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), the programme is delivered one day a week and includes: • The Construction Environment • Leading and Managing People • Sustainability for Construction • Team Project • The Legal Context and Construction

Contract Law • Construction and Commercial

Management Practice • Construction Project Management • Modern Methods of Construction • Building Information Management • Construction Technology and

Innovation • Professional Development Portfolio • Professional Inquiry Project

For further details about this degree or any of the others in the UCSA portfolio please email celeste.jones@oaklands.ac.uk, call 01727 737403 or visit our website www.uc-sa.co.uk

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