Open events at Havant & South Downs College – find out how to maximise your potential

At HSDC, we offer a variety of pathways to suit each and every student and will support you each step of the way in fulfilling your potential and achieving your dreams.

We are a three-campus college and therefore able to bring exceptional industry knowledge into the classroom too, ensuring our students are fully supported alongside the use of state-of-the-art facilities. Not to mention an array of academic extra-curricular activities including our ‘Be Extraordinary Programme’, which allows you the opportunity to go above and beyond your curriculum.

Our South Downs Campus is home to our large range of Vocational and Technical courses which offer ‘hands-on’ experience in your desired field. From our newly refurbished Engineering department to our realistic Aviation Suite, we really do have outstanding facilities that will prepare you for your future career.

Success story

In 2020, we were the only college in Hampshire chosen to launch the T Level qualification, which is the perfect combination of classroom learning and first-hand industry experience – thanks to the placement aspect of the course. Our T Level students also achieved a commendable 97% pass rate on results day this year with many receiving job offers in their chosen industry following a successful placement.

Former T Level in Design, Surveying & Planning for Construction student Louie Kattenhorn secured a job as an Assistant Project Manager at Peter Marsh Consulting after completing his studies.

Louie said: “The T Level courses really do have the potential to unlock a career path that you wouldn’t necessarily believe that you would go down. I absolutely would not be in my current position if it was not for T Levels.”

Additionally, our Havant Campus is devoted to academic excellence, offering over 40 A-Level subjects ensuring you have a large range of options to choose from to suit you and your future endeavours. Many of our students progress onto Higher Education after completing their A-Levels with us, including those who secure places at Oxbridge and other Russell Group universities.

HSDC Havant has also recently been successful in securing £3.5 million in funding, which will be used to facilitate a mix of general-purpose and IT classrooms in the form of a new building to support the continued growth of our A Level Centre of Excellence.

Former A-Level student Bethan Lodder, who left HSDC this year, said: “I really enjoyed all the subjects I took and developed even more of a passion for them whilst studying here. My teachers helped make my time here amazing – I really loved my lessons and learned a lot.”

Open days on October 4 and 10

Don’t miss the chance to visit our campuses first-hand, while exploring our top-class facilities on Wednesday 4 October at Havant Campus and Tuesday 10 October at South Downs campus. Make the most of the opportunity to meet our incredible teaching staff and expert in-house careers advisors.

For more information, visit hsdc.ac.uk/