Welcome to the induction information for community students
What you can expect from us:
- A friendly, safe classroom environment to learn in
- Respect from all College staff and other learners
- Quality teaching from well qualified and experienced tutors
- Have weekly feedback from tutors on how you are getting on
- Help to decide what to do next
What we would like from our students:
- To arrive on time and attend every week
- To come prepared to learn, with willingness to participate in sessions and work with others
- To behave in a way that shows respect to others and their right to learn
- To complete your student diary weekly
- To use Microsoft Teams for course communication with tutors
How to download Microsoft Teams on your phone
Students should use Microsoft Teams whilst on the course. Microsoft Teams is a free, safe online app used by Nottingham College for tutors to contact students. Using Teams will also enable students to develop, and feel confident, using digital skills.
To download the Microsoft Teams app onto your phone, follow the instructions below:
If you are using an Apple phone, go to the App Store, then search and download the Microsoft Teams app.
If you are using an Android phone, go to Google Play, then search and install the Microsoft Teams app.
How to use Teams
Once Teams has downloaded, you will need to sign in:
To sign in your username will be your college email address, for example: studentnumber@student.nottinghamcollege.ac.uk
The password will be your date of birth for example: 01 01 80
Your teacher will add you to your online class and your classes will show in the Feed section of Microsoft Teams:
Click on ‘Activity’ at the bottom of the screen, when added by your teacher.
You can talk to your teacher and other students in your class about work by going to the chat button at the bottom of the screen and searching for their name, then creating a message:
Important information for community students
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion is at the heart of what we do at Nottingham College. It is important to us that everyone is supported to learn, achieve and progress.
The college will:
- Make sure everyone has access to its facilities
- Make sure everyone’s individual needs are taken into account
- Work with staff and students to create a culture of respect
- Challenge any language and behaviour which may cause offence
- Celebrate the college’s diverse community through activities and events
At Nottingham College we have a duty to promote British values.
What are British Values?
- Democracy
- Equal rights
- Having a voice
- Improving experience
- Mutual respect and tolerance for others
- Respect for all backgrounds
- Accepting faiths and beliefs
- Dignity
- Individual liberty
- Expressing yourself
- Being yourself
- Right to act
- Rule of law
- Respect for civil laws
- Taking responsibility
Prevent forms part of the government's CONTEST counter-terrorism strategy. It aims to stop people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism.
What we are doing in college:
- Promoting equality and diversity and encouraging positive relationships between students
- Referring any concerns via our safeguarding team to the relevant support agencies, including Channel
- Educating our students about the dangers of radicalisation and extremism, and promoting shared British Values
- Vetting external speakers and removing any posters or other materials of an extremist nature
- E-safety - using firewalls, filters and monitoring software to ensure appropriate use of IT
- News monitoring for any concerns nationally or locally
- Training all staff to raise their awareness around the signs that someone may be vulnerable to radicalisation
Nottingham College is committed to safeguarding the welfare of all students. If you or anyone you know is experiencing:
- Physical abuse
- Sexual abuse
- Neglect
- Emotional abuse
- Domestic violence
- Radicalisation
- Discrimination
- Bullying including online bullying
If you experience bullying, harassment or abuse REPORT IT!
Nottingham College have an internal email students can use if they would like to report incidents of bullying, abuse or harassment that they experience – and they don’t know who they can talk to: report-it@nottinghamcollege.ac.uk
For more information, you can visit the Wellbeing Hub on StudentNet.
Thank you for reading this induction information- we hope you enjoy your course!
Enjoy your course!!
