Courses

Hastings

Fused Glass

Course Code: 13078-01

Type: Adult
Academic Year: 26/27

Hastings

Fused Glass

Course Code: 13078-01

Type: Adult
Academic Year: 25/26

Hastings

Stained Glass Workshop

Course Code: 18038-01

Type: Adult
Academic Year: 26/27

Hastings

Stained Glass Workshop

Course Code: 18038-01

Type: Adult
Academic Year: 25/26

Hastings

Summer School - Stained Glass

Entry Level

Course Code: 61125-01

Type: Adult
Academic Year: 26/27

Hastings

Summer School - Stained Glass

Entry Level

Course Code: 61125-01

Type: Adult
Academic Year: 25/26

Hastings

Summer School Warm Glass

Course Code: 61124-01

Type: Adult
Academic Year: 26/27

Eastbourne

Make A Mosaic

Course Code: 60270-01

Type: Adult
Academic Year: 25/26

Hastings

Creative Craft For Wellbeing - Mixed Media Memory Mosaic

Course Code: 61876-01

Type: Adult
Academic Year: 26/27

Hastings

Picture Framing Workshop

Course Code: 61903-01

Type: Adult
Academic Year: 26/27

Hastings

Designer Maker BA (Hons)

Level 6

Course Code: 61343y1

Type: HE (Degree Level)
Qualification: Higher Education (HE)
Academic Year: 26/27

Hastings

Illustration with Design BA (Hons)

Level 6

Course Code: 61346y1

Type: HE (Degree Level)
Qualification: Higher Education (HE)
Academic Year: 26/27

Eastbourne

Thai Cuisine

Course Code: 61045-01

Type: Adult
Academic Year: 26/27

Eastbourne

Thai Cuisine

Course Code: 61045-01

Type: Adult
Academic Year: 25/26

Eastbourne

Classic Italian Cooking

Course Code: 60238-01

Type: Adult
Academic Year: 26/27

Eastbourne

Classic Italian Cooking

Course Code: 60238-01

Type: Adult
Academic Year: 25/26

Hastings

Experimental Drawing with Collage

Course Code: 61369-01

Type: Adult
Academic Year: 26/27

Hastings

Experimental Drawing with Collage

Course Code: 61369-01

Type: Adult
Academic Year: 25/26

Hastings

Exploring Abstraction in Drawing and Painting

Course Code: 61371-01

Type: Adult
Academic Year: 26/27

Hastings

Exploring Abstraction in Drawing and Painting

Course Code: 61371-01

Type: Adult
Academic Year: 25/26

Hastings

Creative Crafts for Wellbeing- Knit to Unwind

Course Code: 61460-01

Type: Adult
Academic Year: 26/27

Eastbourne

Beginners Drawing

Level 1

Course Code: 60229-01

Type: Adult
Academic Year: 26/27

Eastbourne

Beginners Drawing

Level 1

Course Code: 60229-01

Type: Adult
Academic Year: 25/26

Hastings

Life Drawing and Painting

Course Code: 13054-01

Type: Adult
Academic Year: 26/27

Hastings

Life Drawing and Painting

Course Code: 13054-01

Type: Adult
Academic Year: 25/26

Hastings

Creative Crafts for Wellbeing: Knit without seams

Course Code: 61559-01

Type: Adult
Academic Year: 26/27

Hastings

Introduction to Drawing

Course Code: 18032-01

Type: Adult
Academic Year: 26/27

Hastings

Introduction to Drawing

Course Code: 18032-01

Type: Adult
Academic Year: 25/26

Hastings

Jewellery Open Workshop

Course Code: 13076-03

Type: Adult
Academic Year: 26/27

Hastings

Jewellery Open Workshop

Course Code: 13076-03

Type: Adult
Academic Year: 25/26

Hastings

Political Prints

Course Code: 50058-01

Type: Adult
Academic Year: 25/26

Hastings

Sculpture in your Pocket

Course Code: 61372-01

Type: Adult
Academic Year: 26/27

Hastings

Sculpture in your Pocket

Course Code: 61372-01

Type: Adult
Academic Year: 25/26

Eastbourne

Upholstery - A Follow-On Workshop

Entry Level

Course Code: 61015-02

Type: Adult
Academic Year: 25/26

Eastbourne

Upholstery - A Follow-On Workshop

Course Code: 61015-02

Type: Adult
Academic Year: 26/27

Eastbourne

Eastbourne ESOL

Entry Level

Course Code: 18066-03

Type: Adult
Academic Year: 26/27

Hastings

Hastings ESOL

Entry Level

Course Code: 18066-01

Type: Adult
Academic Year: 26/27

Hastings

Beyond the Sketchbook: Artists' Books, Sketchbooks and Zines

Course Code: 61370-01

Type: Adult
Academic Year: 26/27

Eastbourne

Healthier Christmas on a Budget

Entry Level

Course Code: 60895-01

Type: Adult
Academic Year: 26/27

Hastings

Early Years Care And Education FdA

Level 5

Course Code: 61349y1

Type: HE (Degree Level)
Qualification: Higher Education (HE)
Academic Year: 26/27

Eastbourne

French Regional Cooking

Course Code: 60249-01

Type: Adult
Academic Year: 26/27

Hastings

Silversmithing

Course Code: 60884-01

Type: Adult
Academic Year: 26/27

Hastings

Silversmithing

Course Code: 60884-01

Type: Adult
Academic Year: 25/26

Hastings

Ceramics for Beginners

Course Code: 20609-01

Type: Adult
Academic Year: 26/27

Hastings

Ceramics for Beginners

Course Code: 20609-01

Type: Adult
Academic Year: 25/26

Lewes

Intermediate Patchwork And Quilting

Level 1

Course Code: 61900-01

Type: Adult
Academic Year: 26/27

Eastbourne

Sugar Craft Cake Decorating

Course Code: 60280-01

Type: Adult
Academic Year: 26/27

Eastbourne

Sugar Craft Cake Decorating

Course Code: 60280-01

Type: Adult
Academic Year: 25/26

Eastbourne

Improvers Poetry

Course Code: 61913-01

Type: Adult
Academic Year: 26/27

Hastings

Early Years Care And Education BA (Hons) Top Up (UEA)

Level 6

Course Code: 61350

Type: HE (Degree Level)
Qualification: Higher Education (HE)
Academic Year: 26/27

Hastings

Improvers Fiction Writing

Level 1

Course Code: 60256-01

Type: Adult
Academic Year: 26/27

Lewes

One Day Pottery

Entry Level

Course Code: 61185-01

Type: Adult
Academic Year: 26/27

Hastings

Creative Quilting for Wellbeing

Course Code: 61626-01

Type: Adult
Academic Year: 26/27

Hastings

Etching

Course Code: 13090-01

Type: Adult
Academic Year: 26/27

Hastings

Etching

Course Code: 13090-02

Type: Adult
Academic Year: 25/26

Hastings

Contemporary Crochet and Knit

Entry Level

Course Code: 50007-01

Type: Adult
Academic Year: 26/27

Hastings

Contemporary Crochet and Knit

Entry Level

Course Code: 50007-02

Type: Adult
Academic Year: 25/26

Hastings

Exploring Watercolour and Inks

Entry Level

Course Code: 61215-01

Type: Adult
Academic Year: 25/26

Hastings

Wood Engraving

Course Code: 19299-01

Type: Adult
Academic Year: 26/27

Hastings

Wood Engraving

Course Code: 19299-01

Type: Adult
Academic Year: 25/26

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Mosaic And Stained Glass

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Top tips for looking after your eyes to prevent stress

If you wear glasses, choose lenses that reduce glare. New blue-light prevention glasses can also prevent mental and physical fatigue.

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East Sussex College lecturer becomes a published author

After a three-month delay, my release date arrived on 19th August. I celebrated with an online book launch and invited people to join me for a virtual read along, with mugs of tea and glasses of bubbly in hand! In the first few months of it going on sale, it is doing really well and has received some incredibly positive reviews. It even has a glowing review from Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall!

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Project Dalek

The shiny black motorised robot was built with trade skills used in fields such as engineering, carpentry and motor vehicle maintenance. The makings of the Dalek began with a wood skeleton, then into a mould to create a fibre glass body. The Dalek has now become quite a complex project. It has the requisite plunger arms, is encased in thermal plastic and it is soon to become remote control. Hopefully it has not been programmed to exterminate mankind, but it looks like it could.

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Esports Students Rally Support for Carers Charity

To make it fun and to engage the online audience, students decided that they had to do a forfeit when a donation was made - these included taping up their fingers, wearing a Wookie mask, a bucket on head, gardening gloves, coloured tinted glasses and bunny masks, they also played sitting on the ground!

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Creative Media students hustings coverage goes viral

The first-year students, who study the extended diploma in Creative Media Production, were invited to cover the event and produce promotional videos for all four candidates for the Hastings Independent Press. Applying strict rules of journalistic impartiality the students devised a set of standard questions from a student perspective to ask all the candidates. They then put the candidates in the college’s glass elevators and asked them for their elevator pitch for the youth vote of Hastings.

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WorldSkills entry showcases a creative cut and burst of colour

Melanie’s next goal is to build her own clientele in the salon where she’s just started to work. What else does she enjoy that’s enough of a compelling challenge? “I like styling bridal hair,” Melanie responds. When we comment how hard bridal hairstyles must be, Melanie smiles, “It’s not the hair that’s hard, it’s the brides.” Bridezillas aside, Melanie looks forward to developing her craft. “My biggest challenge right now is working in a mask, because I wear glasses, they keep steaming up and I can’t see anything! So if anyone finds a good brand of mask that this doesn’t happen with, please let me know!”

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Top 5 virtual festivals

Glastonbury 2019

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Stress: my unwanted friend

The grass isn’t always greener. Tomorrow’s a new day…Comments like these, although perhaps just as cliched, are more helpful.

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East Sussex College provides the soundtrack to the South of England Show 2019

Marie White: Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition Winner 2019

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Students nominated for prestigious Farley Arts Trust Award

Thomas Barling-Gasson has created a typeface in response to sea pollution.

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From College to Elite Coaching: Progressing Through UEFA Levels

“Get on the grass! Familiarise yourself with coaching different players, genders, ages, and abilities to give yourself the best experience. Whilst I have learned loads from doing my licences and degrees, I also learned loads coaching post 16-year-olds, and coaching 4-year-olds.”

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East Sussex College Extends Partnership with Hastings United FC Until July 2027

The extended partnership underscores both organisations’ dedication to grassroots football, youth development and community engagement in Hastings and across the South East.

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Eastbourne Youth Radio 2022 Roundup

The guests talked about how they got into the media industry. Dan Gasser shared how he started out writing letters and hanging around studios. He told students, "You've got to hustle a little bit."

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5 of the best... MiniFest Special!

Also performing live will be former Ministry of Sound DJ, Mike Sherwood, and Glastonbury’s Emerging Talent 2019 winner, Marie White, Vocal coach Atlanta Hurley, and college favourite, Morgan James.

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East Sussex College announced as Main Club Partner for Eastbourne Town FC 2026/27 season

The new partnership is a significant opportunity to strengthen links between education and grassroots sport, supporting wider community engagement and creating pathways for students to explore careers within the sports and leisure industries.

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Thousands of students enjoy free college festivals to end year in style

Other acts to perform at the festivals included former Ministry of Sound resident DJ, Mike Sherwood; Glastonbury’s Emerging Talent 2019 competition winner, Marie White; Vocal Coach Atlanta Hurley; college favourite, Stevie B; and college alumni, Morgan M James.

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Council Helps Students Build Bright Careers

Construction and Building Services students, led by brickwork lecturer Dan Cobby, have rebuilt a fallen wall between the grass verge and road in Linden Close, as the first project in the joint initiative.

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East Sussex College Announces Partnership with Eastbourne Town FC

Eastbourne Town FC, founded in 1881, is one of the oldest football clubs in the country and has a strong track record of supporting grassroots football in East Sussex. The club shares the College’s values of inclusion, teamwork, and nurturing individual potential.

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Eastbourne Youth Radio Roundup

The panel included; Joe Miller - Kelsey Media’s Head of Video for motoring titles and Staff Writer on Classic Car Buyer, Rik Scott - freelance Radio Production and Voiceover Artist, Dan Gasser - Radio X DJ/Presenter, and India Wentworth - Eastbourne Herald journalist.

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Top nine places to go for a walk in East Sussex this spring

Either way, walking across the South Downs will give you the chance to see many different animals, from birds and butterflies to sheep and bunnies. And with many benches and short grassed areas, there is no reason why you can’t enjoy a picnic.

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Meet the professionals

Meet the Media is one of EYR’s flagship shows, and this year proved as popular as ever, as the college welcomed Simon Jenkins, Senior Broadcast Journalist for BBC Sussex; Hanna Neter, Heart FM newsreader; Dan Gasser, Radio X DJ; Lynsey Bartlett, newspaper columnist, and Rik Scott, voiceover artist.

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Kaiya Swain is ready to represent the UK in the WorldSkills Final

Kaiya excelled in the UK Skills competitions, competing in the National Finals at Level 3. She was then selected to compete for a coveted spot on the UK Squad. Kaiya made the squad spent two years training in the competition. In November 2016, the UK Squad was whittled down to two competitors: Kaiya and a Beauty Therapist in Glasgow. In March 2017, it was announced that Kaiya would represent the UK in Abu Dhabi this autumn.

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From Eastbourne Youth Radio to Royal Ascot: RaceTech Broadcast Engineer Returns to Inspire Students

“Following EYR I spent three years at University studying Television and Video production at Southampton Solent University,” Oscar told the College. “Whilst at University I took to gain as much hands-on experience in a variety of production roles (and earn a bit of money as a student). I worked, amongst others, a lighting engineer in night clubs; sound engineer in local pubs; camera operator festivals including Bestival, Glastonbury, Kaiser Chief's and Paloma Faith; and vision engineered a R&D project involving music producer Nile Rodgers that was shortlisted at the International Broadcast Convention in Amsterdam.

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Engineering students have Trebuchet project displayed at Bodiam Castle

Beatrice Rapley, Experience and Visitor Programming Manager at Bodiam Castle said, “Bodiam Castle experienced a bumper summer season this year with visitor numbers exceeding all of our targets and expectations. It was a real joy to see families back together after periods of lockdown and isolation spending time together in the grounds of the castle, enjoying playing together in the fresh air and having fun with our medieval style games on the grass outside of the castle.

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Eastbourne Youth Radio Returns to the Airwaves

The packed three-day schedule kicks off on Wednesday 16 November at 10am. ‘Meet the Media’, the flagship show sponsored by East Sussex College, is set to get underway on Thursday at 12pm. Meet the Media provides students with a fantastic opportunity to face a panel of media professionals and receive top tips and advice ahead of potential futures in the industry. Guest names lined up to be quizzed by students about their industry include Yetunde Yusuf, BBC Broadcast Journalist; Peter Lindsey, Bournefree Magazine Editor; Dan Gasser, Radio X Presenter; Rik Scott, Voiceover Artist, and India Wentworth, Eastbourne Herald Trainee Reporter.

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From Classroom to Cabin Manager: Hannah's Journey from ESC to British Airways

Hannah’s career has taken her from the seas to the skies, offering her a unique perspective on different aspects of the travel industry. Comparing her experiences, she explained, "Working at the airport and on the cruise ships was very different in the sense you always had somewhere to go if you needed a minute to yourself or even just a small breather. Working in a cabin on board an aircraft (especially on short haul) you don’t have that. You are continuously in the public eye."

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From Creative Classroom to Cabin Crew: How Changing Direction Can Lift Your Future

“The most challenging part of the training was definitely remembering the content,” she says. “There is a lot to learn in cabin crew – all the procedures, first aid, fire training, survival, self defence just to name a few.”

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From Hastings Classroom to the National Portrait Gallery: Alumni Runner-Up for Major UK Photography Prize

“My partner passed away, and I was practically forced to move to Hastings. It was not a decision I wanted to make, but rather an unfortunate event I had to experience.”

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From Ted Lasso to the Stage: A Journey in Performing Arts

Currently, Kiki is in the midst of auditioning for top drama schools, a process she describes as “vigorous and exciting.” She’s making big strides, with her third-round audition for RADA coming up next week and a second-round audition for Guildhall the week after. “This course made me realise how deep my love for theatre is and I want to continue exploring that passion at drama school,” Kiki said, highlighting how the course has helped solidify her aspirations.

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Students given barbering master class at Goodman’s Barbers

Chris Stevens, Barbering Lecturer, said:

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East Sussex College Receives Grant for Digital Skills & Interactive Collaborative Classroom as Part of £1 Million Skills Capital Fund

This new facility at East Sussex College is one of several local projects to receive funding. The Skills Capital Fund’s investments aim to address training needs across the area and support growth in priority sectors, while utilising new technologies to enhance the quality and accessibility of local skills development.

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Motor Vehicle students raise £2,100 for St Wilfrid’s Hospice with classic car project filmed for Bangers & Cash

The proceeds were donated to St Wilfrid’s Hospice, giving the project a positive community impact that stretched far beyond the classroom.

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A Guide to Clearing: Your Next Step Starts Here

Smaller class sizes with dedicated tutor support

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College Apprentice Excels in Business Industry

Californian Classics is a motor vehicle dealer in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex and is where Jake is developing and already thriving in his desired industry.

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East Sussex College expands T-Level offering with new Business and Marketing course

Alongside classroom study, students will also develop transferable skills such as communication, teamwork, problem-solving and professional confidence.

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New Digital Skills Hub Opens at East Sussex College to Boost Employability & Tech Readiness

This classroom, designed to equip students with essential digital literacy and job readiness skills, features cutting-edge mixed reality technology creating hands-on learning experiences to prepare students for a rapidly evolving digital workforce.

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Students Raise Money at Art Fair

“The class went into production, using their newly learnt printmaking skills to create a range of amazing outcomes. Over last weekend at the Fair they made a grand total of £535.50 in sales from their work. This is particularly impressive when many of the works were selling for under £10 each. I just want to say a big thank you to all those involved!”

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The Proof is in the Pudding

These classes are free but you will need to purchase your own ingredients and register your place. Tutorials will be hosted through Google Classroom, with spaces allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. To access Google Classroom, you will need a Gmail account. Don't worry if you don't have one - you can register for free at Google.com.

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5 reasons why you should start a degree this October

Our smaller class sizes have always been a huge benefit to your learning. They give you the chance to learn and absorb an abundance of knowledge from our excellent lecturers, utilise our resources and facilities to fine-tune your skills, and gain one-to-one support whenever you need it.