What Can You Do in the Open Learning Centre?
Open Learning Centre (Room 305)
The Open Learning Centre is in room 305and has seating areas, desk space and PCs and is open at the following times:
Monday – Thursday 09.00-20.30
Friday& Saturday09.00-16.00
You can use the Open Learning Centre at any time during opening times except for when it has been booked for an ESOL class (see the Open Learning Centre timetable). If it is being used for an ESOL class, you can use the library on the 6th floor (room 601).
What can you do in the Open Learning Centre?
- Study independently on homework or assignments for your course
- Get support with job search (eg looking for work, writing a CV or application etc)
- Get careers advice
- Improve your computer skills with free online courses from beginner to advanced (including learning how to use social media)
- Improve your literacy, numeracy and language skills
- Get support from teachers or Additional Learning Support staff
There is a range of support available in the Open Learning Centre. Below is an explanation of the support and activities that are offered. A timetable is displayed in the Open Learning Centre and on i-Learn, showing current times when this support is available.
Support / Activity / Explanation/ During drop-in hours a teacher is available, who canhelp you with study skills,job search, basic computer skills, finding self-study resources online, developing your literacy, numeracy or ESOL, or help you make an appointment with the Careers Service or with Additional Learning Support.
/ Workshops, (for example ICT workshops) are open to everyone and you do not need to book in advance; however these are designed to support small groups of learners and spaces are restricted so if the workshop is full, we may need to ask you to come back at a different time, or wait until we are able to put on additional workshops.
/ An advisor from the National Careers Service is based at WMC one day a week to provide 1-2-1 careers advice and guidance.
/ These conversation clubs are short evening courses – to join you need to enrol.
Additional Learning Support / Although not shown on the OLC timetable, Additional Learning Support (ALS) assistants will be running small group or individual ALS sessions at various times throughout the day and you can always ask them for help. If they are unable to help you at the time, they will suggest a time when you can come and get help from a teacher. If you think you may need ongoing help and may qualify for ALS, they can also arrange an ALS assessment for you.
Open Learning Centre Timetable November-December 2017
9.00 / 10.00 / 11.00 / 12.00 / 13.00 / 14.00 / 15.00 / 16.00 / 17.00-20.30Mon /
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/ A drop-in maths workshop is also running on Mondays in room 402 from 1.30 – 2.30.
Sat
The Open Learning Centre is open any time that WMC is open, except where it is booked for an ESOL class. At all other times you can use the Open Learning Centre even if another activity is timetabled there. Note that to join the evening language conversation clubs, you need to enrol at reception.