Facilities at Haywards Heath

There are excellent facilities at Central Sussex College designed to make the most of your time studying at our sixth form campus in Haywards Heath.

Information and Learning Technology

Central Sussex College’s Haywards Heath campus has over 350 networked computers for student use, making the ratio of students to computers 3:1 - something we are very proud of!

Using computers will be a key part of your college learning experience. Extensive classroom IT facilities exist in a number of subjects such as Computing, IT, Leisure and Tourism, Business, Art and Media; our policy of continually updating equipment and systems ensures that you always have access to up-to-the-minute technology.

The College Intranet provides material to support your studies. For example, self-study modules are available in a variety of subjects and you can work through course notes, use multiple-choice tests and submit work for marking. Through the network there is also access to the Internet for further research.

The Learning Centre

The Learning Centre at Haywards Heath campus provides computers, colour photocopier, colour scanning, laser and colour printing facilities and access to the Internet – all that you need to produce top quality assignments and projects.
The Learning Centre is also where you should go if you want additional help with Key Skills or subject-related skills. Staff based in the Centre will give advice and guide you towards learning materials, which may be on paper or databases. There are 60 computers available for use in the Centre, and these enable you to:

• make use of computer-based learning software
• learn skills such as word-processing
• access the Internet or College Intranet
• produce coursework and print it out

Digital cameras, video cameras and tape recorders can also be booked for project work. View disability information for the LRC.

Library

The Sixth Form Haywards Heath campus has an attractive and well-equipped Library, providing a quiet area for self-directed study. Well-stocked with up-to-date books, all ordered on request from teachers or students, the Library also offers a wide range of current newspapers, magazines and journals, DVDs, videos, and audio resources, as well as photocopying, laminating and binding facilities. All loans are free of charge and DVD viewing is available on all the Library PCs.

Networked computers are available for research on the Internet, and there is a wide range of online resources many accessible from home as well as College, including all the national newspapers on Proquest News; encyclopedias like Britannica online; and specialist subject resources from e-lawstudent.com to Childlink. You can search the Library catalogue over the Internet, or come to the Library where skilled and experienced staff are available to help with your research.

Haywards Heath students are also able to borrow resources on inter-library loan from the LRC at Crawley. View disability information for the library.

Private Study Areas

Private study areas with workstations that give access to the Internet and our Intranet are located throughout the College. Additional research and study resources are also located in these subject-centred bases.

College Shop

General stationery is on sale at the College Shop, which maintains extremely competitive prices. There is also a comprehensive range of specialist materials to help art and photography students with their studies.

Common Room

You can relax and meet friends in the student common room, where hot and cold drinks and snacks are accessible all day, and meals are available at lunchtime.

Specialist Facilities

All curriculum areas have dedicated teaching rooms where appropriate specialist facilities and up-to-date technology are used.
Facilities include digital language labs, an editing suite for media, art studios, photography dark room, theatre and dance studios, fitness suite, science labs and IT rooms.

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