GET READY for September 2025

Empowering you to succeed and unlock your full potential

Sam

Professional Cookery

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What does your future hold?

A Levels
Access to Higher Education
Apprenticeships
Art, Design and Digital Creative
Beauty Therapy
Business and Law
Construction
Early Years
Engineering
Esports
Foundation and SEND
GCSEs
Hairdressing
Health and Social Care
Hospitality and Professional Cookery
IT and Computing
Media
Media Makeup
Motor Vehicle
Music
Performing and Production Arts
Public Services
Science
Sport
T Levels
Teaching and Education
Travel and Tourism

Limited spaces still available

Last chance to start this September!

There are still a few spaces left on some courses. Visit us at clearing to secure your space - no need to book, just walk in from 5-6:30pm on Monday, Tuesday or Thursday!

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Foundation and SEND
Art, Design and Digital Creative
Apprenticeships
A Levels
Construction
T Levels
GCSEs
Science
Hospitality and Professional Cookery
Hairdressing
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October 2025

Reading College October Open Event

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8

November 2025

Reading College November Open Event

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News and updates

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Data Breach: Data associated with DBS checks (APCS)

New Way to Report Absences – Launching 8 September

GCSE Results Day success for Reading College and University Centre students 

Activate Learning’s Reading College and University Centre students celebrate T Level success

Activate Learning’s Reading College and University Centre students celebrate A Level success

The benefits of staying in touch with your former college

Reading College students highly commended in national poetry competition

Activate Learning ranked top by students in national survey and beats UK averages

Keeping yourself safe over summer 

Reading Art students showcase their creativity at their Private View

Activate Learning signs Memorandum of Understanding with Puy du Fou

Local church unveils murals designed and painted by Reading art students

Reading students cook up a storm at Royal Ascot

Activate Learning Online celebrates 10,000 enrolments 

Your choices

ADULT LEARNING

ADULT LEARNING

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HIGHER EDUCATION

Joseph

Business and Enterprise

HIGHER EDUCATION

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FURTHER EDUCATION

Alex

Games Development

FURTHER EDUCATION

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APPRENTICESHIPS

Sarah

Construction

APPRENTICESHIPS

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