Computing for England

The Higher National Diploma (HND) in Computing for England is a rigorous specialist vocational programme, linked to professional body requirements and with a strong work related emphasis. The programme is a Higher Technical Qualification designed to develop knowledge and skills for a career in computing. The course is designed for you to build your programming and data analysis as well as your academic skills required for a variety of progression routes. Studying the HNC in year 1 and HND in year 2 provides a more open and flexible route towards a full bachelor's degree, where you can secure a higher level qualification at the end of each year as you progress. The course offers you a vocational progression route to higher level study offering an exciting variety of units that focus on key areas of the computing industry.

On the course you will have the opportunity to enhance your computing knowledge and practical skills to enable you to be an effective computing professional and provide a progression route into employment, top-up degree or to higher-level apprenticeship. You will design, develop, test and build applications within a practical space developed to allow you to enhance your understanding.

This two-year higher education course offers both practical and theoretical units combined with an extensive range of teaching and learning methods that enhance the learners' knowledge and skills. You will be taught in a nurturing environment with lots of expert support from our experienced and industry qualified staff who will tutor you on how to use professional tools and programs through a blend of lectures, guest speakers, seminars, case studies as well as individual and group work.

Special features of this programme include: You can progress onto a final top-up year and achieve a full degree from a range of universities, including Chichester College. Small group sizes ensure you get the support you need to succeed You will be taught by an experienced teaching team whose expertise and knowledge are closely matched to the content of the modules on the course. The team includes senior academics, professional practitioners with industry experience, demonstrators and technical officers and guest speakers. After the course ,the HND in Computing for England allows progression into or within employment in the IT and computing sectors, either directly on achievement of the award or following further study to degree level. Benefit from studying at our STEM building, a recent multi-million pound facility that demonstrates that STEM subjects are at the heart of Crawley's future plans. Be amongst the first cohort of learners to benefit from the development of the Institute of Technology (IoT). IoT is a collaboration between Further Education (FE) providers, Universities and employers to address local and regional skills shortages. This Higher Technical Qualification is approved against occupational standards decided by employers. Find out about Higher Technical Qualifications here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/higher-technical-qualification-overview