Student Newsletter | July 2023

Opening Welcome

We’ve reached the end of the academic year. A massive well done to all our students on completing this year!

We hope you all have a fantastic, well deserved summer holiday and look forward to seeing those of you returning in September.

To those of you who aren’t returning we wish you all the very best in your next steps.

LRC Summer Opening Times

7 August – Tues 8 August

All Learning centres closed from Wed 9TH August until term starts Monday 11th September

Only students enrolled on a Summer course will be able to borrow items

Hello everyone!

My name is Pembe Kisa and I am the Safeguarding and Wellbeing officer at WLC. Safeguarding is of utmost importance to us and we are focused on ensuring we do all we can to protect all of our learners.

If you ever have any concerns about yourself, or any other student you can email safeguarding@wlc.ac.uk, drop into student services or speak to your teacher.

We can offer support with a wide range of problems and if we can’t we will find someone who can.

Safeguarding West London College

Summer Safeguarding

Although the term is over college does not close for the summer. We always want to hear from you if you are facing any problems that we may be able to help with, or if you feel that you or a friend are in danger.

There is lots of information on our college website and if you need to contact safeguarding just email us at safeguarding@wlc.ac.uk or ring the safeguarding number on 07776202409.

Laptop returns

If you still have a college laptop you need to return it to Student Services before the 7th July. Just drop it in any day.

Enrichment West London College

End of Year Celebration- Prom

Student Union and Student Services hosted the End of Year Celebration Prom at Hammersmith campus last Friday, it was a lovely event with food, music and games. Thank you to all the students who helped to organise the event and to everyone who attended and made it special!!!

West London College Enrichment

College is out for the summer and you can finally chill out and reflect on all your hard work this past academic year. It hasn’t always been easy but with determination and support from the College and your peers you were able to make it...so well done!!! Before College becomes a distant memory for the next month, we would love for you to reflect on the Enrichment activities you took part in this year, during class or independent study by completing this short Enrichment Activity feedback form. To all those who have completed College, good luck in your next steps! To those returning next term, we look forward to seeing you and making next term the best one yet!!!

West London College Enrichment

Pride is a special celebration within the LGBTQ+ community, it is about acceptance, equality, celebrating the work of LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ history and raising awareness of issues affecting the LGBTQ+ community.

Pride is a celebration of people coming together in love and friendship, to show how far LGBTQ+ rights have come, and how in some places there's still work to be done.

LGBTQ+ stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer, the + is an inclusive symbol to mean 'and others' to include people of all identities.

Pride is celebrated in the month of June, as that was the month when the Stonewall riots took place.

The Stonewall riots were important protests that took place in 1969 in the US, that changed gay rights for a lot of people in America and around the world. Pride is all about being proud of who you are no matter who you love!

If you would like to learn more about Pride, please visit https://prideinlondon.org

Applications for the 2022/23 academic year are now closed.

We hope that as many of you have applied and used the Bursary to help you throughout this academic year.

If you are enrolling next year, we advise you to apply as soon as possible from September to receive the full allowance possible.

Please remember your PMS login details though as you can use these again to start a new application.

Free College Meals will continue as normal up until the end of the Summer Term.

If you have experienced a recent change in circumstances that has put you into financial difficulties, please speak to a member of the Student Services team to discuss what support may be available

Bursary West London College

Letter Request

For those of you who require a letter to confirm you are studying at the college these can be requested via the Student Services centre all the way to the end of the Summer term.

You may need a letter for all types of things including; opening a bank account, Council Tax Exemption or just general proof of study. Please visit the Student Services Centre or email studentservices@wlc.ac.uk.

It can take up to five working days so please be patient while we get this prepared for you.

Once completed the letter will be ready for you to collect from the Student Services Centre. Unfortunately, we do put these in the post but can be emailed to you upon request.

Please note that all requests must be received during term time in order for them to be completed before the summer break. All requests after 1st July may have to wait until September when the new academic year commences.

For this and all other enquiries relating to Student Services you can email us on studentservices@wlc.ac.uk.