Student Stories

Beauty Therapy student Nyasha started at college on level 1 and has since progressed to level 3. She moved to the UK from Bermuda and says her passion for beauty therapy was inherited from her grandma.

She’s thoroughly enjoying the course and loves conducting treatments on her fellow classmates and clients of The Academy. The tutors have really helped her to enjoy and understand the importance of beauty therapy theory, and the positive energy that her tutors bring to the salons and classrooms is infectious.

In the future she hopes to open her own one-stop-shop style salon, where clients can receive a whole number of treatments under one roof.

Thomas finds the best part about his course to be the tutors, who are incredibly helpful and friendly. Tom wears a cochlear implant and receives tailored learning to ensure that he is supported throughout his course. When he completes his course, Tom dreams of becoming a Head Chef at his own restaurant.

“The tutors want me to achieve and be the best chef that I can be. They treat me like a real chef working in a real kitchen to prepare me for my future in catering.”

Dylan enrolled on the IT Level 2 course looking to use his existing technical talents.

“We are constantly immersed in technology on the course. We get to use state-of-the-art software such as Photoshop for image editing, and study everything from coding to networking and even learn how to build a computer.”

Dylan finds the support he gets from tutors incredibly useful, especially as they have different specialisms and can use their industry experience to enrich students’ learning. Dylan has since enrolled onto the IT Level 3 course, and hopes to continue onto university before embarking on a career in networking.

Rebecca decided to enrol at Warrington & Vale Royal College after seeing a poster of a female motor vehicle student at one of our Open Evenings. Being the only girl on the course she was initially terrified, but after meeting the tutors she felt instantly at ease. She has made great friendships with all of her course mates, even socialising with them outside of college. She loves that the course is so practical and hands on.

"I learn so much faster than I expected, and we consistently finish projects way ahead of schedule."

Alisha chose to study at Warrington & Vale Royal College because of the huge variety of dance styles on the course, with traditional styles such as ballet and tap, as well as contemporary and urban dance. At first, she was nervous about coming to college, as all of her school friends decided to go to competitor colleges.

“If anyone feels nervous about going to college on your own, just go for it. If you go to a college just because your friends are going, you won’t succeed. You need to love what you’re doing.”

Alisha wowed judges at a recent choreography competition, winning the coveted 1st place title. After finishing her course, Alisha will be auditioning to become a dancer at Disneyland Paris.

After leaving school, Kai initially secured a place with a football academy to help him pursue his dream of becoming a professional football coach. Kai found quite quickly that the course wasn’t for him and was less practical than he had hoped a sports programme would be.

After making the decision to move to Warrington & Vale Royal College, he said: “I have never once regretted my decision to come to Warrington & Vale Royal College. I immediately felt more comfortable and relaxed here and the support from my tutors has been exceptional. I absolutely love my course”

Upon completion of this course, Kai hopes to continue at at the college and study toward his HNC / HND before completing his degree.