Harry T-C.
“You learn that the world is larger than the boundaries of your secondary school.”
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Education & access
If you studied here, you're part of the network. Former students on where they’ve got to, in their own words.
Katie B.
“I loved my course because of my teachers...”
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Janine T
“My time at Derby College helped me to develop as a person.”
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“A fantastic venue for enhancing the learning experience.”
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Helen D
“Derby College was instrumental in my ability to gain a university place.”
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Liam A
“The College kept me on track and was very open to helping me respond to any challenges.”
From the archive · 2022 Read their storyLauren Bamford
“My time at college allowed me to prepare for not only university but also my current job role. The style of teaching…”
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Amy Parry
“Derby College undoubtedly helped shape my career”
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Sophie Wright
“College helped me to decide that exploring digital marketing was the right choice for me”
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Charmaine Simpson
“The teaching staff are very helpful and if I run into difficulties I can talk to Jo, my student tutor.”
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Elizabeth Spinks
“The lecturers were really good. They kept me really interested, especially after teaching full-time all day, and then…”
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Shareen Akhtar
“Going to Derby College for my A levels is 100 per cent the reason why I’m now a qualified vet doing a job I absolutely…”
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Kyle Robertson
“The transferable skills I learned at College allowed me succeed at University.”
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“I would describe College as being the best thing that has ever happened to me!”
From the archive · 2017 Read their storyPaul Whysall
“Derby College is an excellent learning environment!”
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Samantha Duffield
“I would describe Derby College as a resourceful learning environment.”
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Sarah Wall
“A fantastic college that provides a very different and interesting way to learn!”
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Shannon O'Hagan
“My time at Derby College helped me learn that I am responsible for my own future.”
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Carolyn Wild
“I found Derby College to be an inspirational place to learn and develop my skills and career path.”
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Kirsty Bowler
“My time at Derby College helped me to get the grades I needed to do my PGCE and further my career!”
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Lara White
“I would describe my time at college as a coming-of-age experience”
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Alexandra Wood
“You aren’t spoon-fed like you are at school and the independent reading you have to do prepares you well for university.”
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Luke Wilkins
“The course covered everything from finance to marketing and equipped me well to study business at university. I really…”
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Hannah Curley
“I’d recommend Derby College – not just for A levels but for any course. It’s an ideal place to study if you’re a…”
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Emma Jarrett
“Coming from Ripley it did me good to break out of a small town and meet new people from different backgrounds. It took…”
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Danny Shooter
“Derby College was very important to me, without it I wouldn’t have had the confidence to go to acting school. They…”
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Heather Shaw
“My psychology tutors were great. Glyn Pickering was such a good teacher and I completely fell in love with the subject…”
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Rita Jansone
“Derby College has prepared me for life at university, and I was vital in my success in securing a place at university…”
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Chloe Henchliffe
“Derby College made me think that going to university was worth bothering with after all!”
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Jacqui Heath
“I think the most important thing I left with was the confident thumbs up from the excellent teaching staff.”
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Shannon Riley
“As well as opening doors at First Response Finance, the whole experience at Derby College gave me independent learning…”
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Zahir Mahmood
“Derby College helped me understand what type of career I can get with a law degree and it helped me understand what…”
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Jane Finch
“When you return to education, you become hungry for more: my life and career are going from strength to strength since…”
From the archive · 2016 Read their storyRehmat Ramzan
“I am so happy. As soon as the exams are over, you start fretting about the results but now that is all over and I am…”
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Rhiannon Elliott
“Derby College has offered me lots of support throughout my course... However, the College has kept me on track and has…”
From the archive · 2016 Read their storyStephanie Davis
“Every step of the way I've been supported by the college. I'm not a natural at English but the college has given been…”
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Steven Rimmer
“I want to emulate those lecturers who taught me on my access course and help other people like me get the chance to go…”
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Louise Rea-Allen
“The college tutors are excellent, the quality of their teaching and feedback is always of a high standard.”
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Yikai Shen
“My biggest challenge at College was obviously the language but I worked hard and gained a lot of support from tutors at…”
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Jazmine Greenaway
“Derby College really prepared me to be organised and also improve my time management.”
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Caroline Keeton
“Caroline Friel, our lecturer, played a major part in my decision, and that of other students on my course, to go on and…”
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Cinzia Corleto
“I’m loving it. They told to me to expect the most intense year of my life - and it really is intense but it’s really…”
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