‘Find a course that works for your future’ at FVC

Fantastic opportunities are now on offer for school leavers and new students to snap up a place on cutting edge, full-time Forth Valley College courses starting in August 2027. 

On Tuesday 3 November, the College’s full-time courses went live across all three teaching departments: Care, Sport, Business and Communities; Creative, Digital and Leisure Industries, and STEM and Construction, and applications are being sought from potential students for FVC’s three campuses in Falkirk, Stirling and Alloa – buildings and facilities totalling £128 million.

Applicants could be school leavers eager to push on and enter a trade, or someone who realised that school was not for them and are keen to flourish in further education. 

Anyone hoping to study science, engineering or construction at the FVC Falkirk Campus should know that the College is one of Scotland’s leading STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) colleges and strategically linked to the Grangemouth strip with its numerous strong industry links. 

And now with the cutting-edge new Skills Transition Centre (STC) - a flagship £4m project for FVC and part of the £90m UK and Scottish Government Falkirk and Grangemouth Growth Deal - at the Falkirk Campus featuring the latest Simulation, Augmented Reality, Hologram, Virtual Reality and Robotic technology, which is set to enhance nearly every subject area, the College is positioned perfectly to offer skills for the future in any sector. 

The STEM and Construction Department has created state-of-the-art training facilities which allow the College to offer innovative integrated degree programmes in this field, linked to the University of Strathclyde, Heriot-Watt University, Napier University and the University of Stirling and provides training to more than 1000 Modern Apprentices (MAs) every year in everything from engineering to construction.

Care, Sport, Business and Communities courses can also be found at the Falkirk Campus – opened in 2020 – and is arguably one of the best learning facilities to be found anywhere in Scotland.

Computing courses are another area of expertise at the Falkirk and Alloa Campuses and the skills students learn in this area will put them at the forefront of the challenge of cyber security in the UK in the years to come.

At the Stirling Campus perhaps applicants could serve up a new career for themselves by applying for a course in Hospitality as the classy Gallery training restaurant - which is open to the public – educates the next generation of chefs and front of house staff. Likewise, the College’s training hair and beauty salons at Falkirk and Alloa, have built up a respected reputation for producing work-ready and talented hairdressers and beauty therapists.

Creative Industries are also particularly strong at Stirling and BA degrees in Art and Design and Digital Media, in partnership with the University of Highlands and Islands, are developing respected reputations across the country.

Business and care courses are a speciality at the Alloa Campus – especially with its Healthcare Simulation suite - and FVC are confident they will have exactly what potential students are looking for as they look to start their career path from scratch or enhance their existing skills.

To cap it all the College works closely with a wide range of partners to ensure they are delivering opportunities which meet the needs of learners, employers, local industry and national skill agendas – in short FVC are Making Learning Work in everything that they do and they want to help people choose a course that works for them.

Visit www.forthvalley.ac.uk/2027 to browse the wide range of courses available. Course information will be regularly updated till the start date of all courses to keep those applying informed of availability.

Open evenings are also being held on Tuesday 10 November (4.30pm – 7pm) at the Falkirk Campus, and on Wednesday 11 November (4.30pm – 7pm) at the Stirling Campus and Thursday 12 November (4.30pm – 7pm) at the Alloa Campus, and all will be promoting courses and apprenticeship opportunities available at FVC.