If you are looking for a great student experience, with excellent teaching facilities, quality accommodation, and support services to help you get your new career off to the best possible start, there is one city for you - Sunderland.
With fantastic schools, a top performing college and university and excellent career opportunities in great companies, Sunderland has everything you’d need, as a place to study.
College:
Sunderland boasts an award-winning further education establishment, City of Sunderland College. With a choice of courses delivered from centres across the city, the college offers the highest possible standard of education, in a way that best suits its students’ needs.
Vibrant, modern and full of life, City of Sunderland College has four sixth-forms, offering top class teaching, superb support services and state-of-the-art facilities. There are additional centres where students can enjoy a different style of learning, in a ‘campus’ set up, for a more formal learning approach.
With 99% of City of Sunderland College students passing their A-Levels in 2009, and higher education courses gaining recognition as the best in the region when it comes to student satisfaction in a 2009 National Student Survey, it is easy to see why people are choosing this city as a place to study.
University:
The University of Sunderland is an innovative, forward-thinking university with high standards of teaching, research and support. With some of the most modern and best-equipped facilities, the university delivers the highest standard of education to over 15,000 students from all over the world.
With two main campuses, one in the city and one on the coast, the University of Sunderland reflects the area’s urban and rural lifestyle mix, offering a student experience like no other. It is this that led to the University of Sunderland being named as the best English university for student experience by the Times in 2006.
Prospects:
Career support services for students in the city are second to none, and from thriving innovative businesses, to national and international brands, Sunderland has a whole host of companies to build a career with. And with support available through the city’s Connexions service, you will get all of the advice you need to succeed. Visit
www.connexions-tw.co.uk/sunderland for more information.
Lifestyle:
The student lifestyle in Sunderland really does set the city apart. Here, you can enjoy the buzz of living in a big-city, but with a relatively low cost of living, and a ‘chilled out’ pace of life.
There is no shortage of quality student accommodation located close to the university campuses, and transport links to get you from place-to-place are excellent.
And key to Sunderland’s student offer is the city’s excellent leisure facilities, with trendy bars and restaurants, and great shops and cafes. It is this balance of culture, attractions and of course facilities, that makes Sunderland such an attractive offer for people looking for a place to study.