Adult Courses Overview
Adult courses at Bury College have been designed to provide you with the skills, knowledge and experience needed to reach your potential and achieve your goals.
Bury College offers a variety of adult courses ranging from different levels. Whether you are looking to brush up on existing skills, enhance your career prospects, change career direction or get back into work, Bury College provides something for everyone.
Study can be full or part-time and depending on your circumstances you might be eligible for an Advanced Learner Loan.
Should you wish to discuss your options or receive free, impartial careers and educational advice, the Bury College Information Advice and Guidance team are on hand to help. Please call: 0161 280 8280.
Adult Course Guide
To view the most up to date courses please download the latest Adult Course Guide click here:
Or browse our adult courses below:
Return to education with an Access course. Access courses are designed for individuals with significant life experience and who are looking to secure professional qualifications.
Gain the skills and qualifications needed to unlock your employment opportunities within a competitive industry.
Turn your passion into a career with our practical, hands-on courses and gain valuable employability skills within work experience settings.
Turn your passion into a career with our practical, hands-on courses and gain valuable employability skills within work experience settings.
Choose from our wide range of courses and further develop your skills in a discipline of your choice.
Prepare yourself for work within a fast-paced exciting industry with our range of hands-on courses.
Work in our professional industry standard kitchen and restaurant facilities and gain experience in all aspects of catering and hospitality.
Secure transferable skills to help kick-start a rewarding career within the childcare sector.
Develop your knowledge and understanding of the principles of IT and embrace the logical skills to create the technologies of tomorrow.
Gain an understanding of theories needed to become a counselling practitioner and progress in a rewarding career.
Develop the skills to deliver high quality products and services to customers and thrive within a business environment.
Our English courses provides you with the academic grounding to progress your career and succeed within your chosen field.
Develop the knowledge to successfully manage the property, energy conservation, security and cleaning of businesses.
Meet the demands of a cutting edge industry with our range of courses and gain the knowledge and experience needed to succeed within your chosen industry.
Combine classroom learning with industry placements and gain the skills needed to progress into a career where you can help to make a difference to the lives of others.
Embark on a career that can make a difference to people from working in organisations across the globe.
Express yourself in your chosen language and develop transferable communication skills valued by employers.
Gain the knowledge, ability and experience to lead, inspire and motivate a team with our range of professional qualifications.
Gain a work-related qualification which will provide you with a progression pathway onto higher education or directly into employment.
Apply scientific knowledge to the world we live in and gain a qualification highly regarded by universities and employers.
Explore the workings of human society with our curious and thought-provoking Social Sciences courses.
Open the door to new opportunities with our career-driven Sport qualifications and develop the knowledge and skills in practical sport activities, health and fitness.
Prepare for a career within education and gain an understanding of the teaching practices needed when supporting learning.
| Subject Area | Description |
|---|---|
| Access | Return to education with an Access course. Access courses are designed for individuals with significant life experience and who are looking to secure professional qualifications. |
| Accounting and Finance | Gain the skills and qualifications needed to unlock your employment opportunities within a competitive industry. |
| Adult Courses | Turn your passion into a career with our practical, hands-on courses and gain valuable employability skills within work experience settings. |
| Animal Care | Turn your passion into a career with our practical, hands-on courses and gain valuable employability skills within work experience settings. |
| Art and Design | Choose from our wide range of courses and further develop your skills in a discipline of your choice. |
| Beauty and Media Make up | Prepare yourself for work within a fast-paced exciting industry with our range of hands-on courses. |
| Catering and Hospitality | Work in our professional industry standard kitchen and restaurant facilities and gain experience in all aspects of catering and hospitality. |
| Childcare | Secure transferable skills to help kick-start a rewarding career within the childcare sector. |
| Computing and IT | Develop your knowledge and understanding of the principles of IT and embrace the logical skills to create the technologies of tomorrow. |
| Counselling | Gain an understanding of theories needed to become a counselling practitioner and progress in a rewarding career. |
| Customer Service | Develop the skills to deliver high quality products and services to customers and thrive within a business environment. |
| English | Our English courses provides you with the academic grounding to progress your career and succeed within your chosen field. |
| Facilities Services | Develop the knowledge to successfully manage the property, energy conservation, security and cleaning of businesses. |
| Hairdressing | Meet the demands of a cutting edge industry with our range of courses and gain the knowledge and experience needed to succeed within your chosen industry. |
| Health and Social Care | Combine classroom learning with industry placements and gain the skills needed to progress into a career where you can help to make a difference to the lives of others. |
| Human Resources | Embark on a career that can make a difference to people from working in organisations across the globe. |
| Languages | Express yourself in your chosen language and develop transferable communication skills valued by employers. |
| Management and Professional | Gain the knowledge, ability and experience to lead, inspire and motivate a team with our range of professional qualifications. |
| Maths and Further Maths | Gain a work-related qualification which will provide you with a progression pathway onto higher education or directly into employment. |
| Science | Apply scientific knowledge to the world we live in and gain a qualification highly regarded by universities and employers. |
| Social Sciences | Explore the workings of human society with our curious and thought-provoking Social Sciences courses. |
| Sport | Open the door to new opportunities with our career-driven Sport qualifications and develop the knowledge and skills in practical sport activities, health and fitness. |
| Teaching Assistants | Prepare for a career within education and gain an understanding of the teaching practices needed when supporting learning. |