Confidence Building & Assertiveness
Identifying Routes into University and Making Career Choices
- Feel Confident for the future OCNW Level 1 START
- If you want to change direction in your life and feel more confident in everyday situations, then this introductory and supportive course will help you develop the skills to do so. You will produce a portfolio of work.
- Confidence Building and Assertiveness – OCNW Level 2 Stage A
- You may feel secure in some familiar situations but find it difficult to present yourself confidently in new situations or with people you don’t know. This course will help you build on those basic skills and develop the techniques to help you present yourself more assertively in a range of situations, at home or in the work place.
Assessment is by coursework and portfolio.
Qualification Descriptions
- OCNW Level 1/START
- courses are short introductory and specialist courses of up to 10 weeks duration.
- OCNW Level 2 Stage As
- are an equivalent level to GCSEs but are shorter in length. Assessment is by portfolio and written assessment.
- OCNW Level 3 Stage Bs
- are an equivalent to A2s (previously A Levels). Assessment is by written assignments, projects and end of year exams. Level 3 courses are intensive and demanding in terms of time, commitment and skills.
- Study Skills
- are an integral part of the access to HE programme. Classes and workshops are held throughout the year to help you with reading for your course, writing essays and preparing for tests and exams.
