Support Services and Academic Facilities at Waltham International College

This portfolio discusses the support services and academic facilities provided by Waltham International College. It covers induction, library facilities, IT support, computing and internet facilities, English language support, teaching facilities, and healthcare support.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Waltham International College........................................................................................................1
Mission.............................................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
College Environment.......................................................................................................................1
Academic Support............................................................................................................................2
Induction.................................................................................................................................2
Library facilities.....................................................................................................................2
IT support...............................................................................................................................2
Computing and internet facilities...........................................................................................2
English language support.......................................................................................................3
Teaching facilities and resources............................................................................................3
Photocopying/ Printing Facility..............................................................................................3
Health Care Support.........................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................3
REFERENECS................................................................................................................................4

INTRODUCTION
The current portfolio is based on a Portfolio on the Waltham international college which is
focusing on the main support services and academic facilities provided by this organisation for
its students and faculty to support better learning and development programmes (Little-Wienert,
and Mazziotti, 2018). A discussion about key academic facilities like induction, library frailties,
English support, IT support, computing and internet facilities, etc are made along with discussion
about pastoral support and healthcare support.
Waltham International College
It is a well known alternative provided of further and higher education programmes for
students which is situated in the Barking, London, UK which offer a range of demand-led further
and higher education programmes. The Waltham international college focuses and emphasis on
robust of academic and quality skills of students through applying and leading out a standard and
innovative approach and way of learning and teaching along with assessment of a campus that
engage and inspire students to utilise their full potential for better growth and development
(Bhargava and et. al., 2015).
Mission
The mission statement of Waltham International College is "to constantly unlock the talent
of learners to assist them accomplish their aspirations as well as maximize opportunities for their
personal fulfilment and career progression. The college will continue to invest in student
experience, by development in enhancement of infrastructure, educational programs and
facilities and through recruiting best academic staff as well as tutors who promote respect, share
values and champion excellence. The outlook of college is, and will remain, aspirational and
ambitious, setting high expectations in supportive and collaborative learning environment
(Mission Statement of Waltham international college, 2020)."
MAIN BODY
College Environment
The Waltham International College environment is very good. The college provide its
students with welcoming environment as well as fantastic support in order to ensure that each
student accomplish their full potential. The college have range of extensive facilities for all its
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study programs including access to online library, information Technology facilities and modern
teaching resources are available for students to access 24/7.
Academic Support
The academic facility comprises of all the supporting utility, infrastructure, residents and
site improvements within an organisation to have improvement in understanding and learning
process of a student to achieve the role ad mission of institution (Shenvi, and Wagner, 2017).
Some of the key academic facilities which are being provided by the Waltham international
college are discussed below:
Induction
A proper induction and welcoming programme is provided by Waltham international
college for its student to provide proper direction and guidance to them to settle in down before
getting stuck into the course. The induction mainly comprises of providing general information
about the key prcatises and facilities along with the various courses offered for the student to
make them more comfortable and friendly with their new environment.
Library facilities
Proper libraries are maintained and provided by Waltham international college in its
campus in order to support better curriculum related information along with facilitating support
with research work and other projects for university students as well as faculty. Thus, library
facility is important and vital within Waltham international college to give a better opportunity
for students to explore more ideas with the help of credible materials stocked in library that can
be easily acquired, purchase or lease out by student for referral (Greco, 2015).
IT support
Effective IT support services are also offered by Waltham international college for its
student, teachers and faculty to ensures proper business and technical expertise in them by
enabling them to properly create, manage and optimize the practises to vital information and
business processes. These IT services are helpful to support and boost the confidence level of
student along with leading and emphasising on innovative learning process.
Computing and internet facilities
Within the campus of Waltham international college proper computer facilities and internet
services are also offered for students which consist of digital computer labs along with computer
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programming and graphic lab to support better learning and development programmes for
students. The computing and internet facilities provided by Waltham international college
consists of the Glenelg Shire Council systems, computer equipment, global networks, hardware
like PCs, laptops, printers, scanners, projectors, etc along with needed software, electronic mail
facilities, Microsoft Office and other similar facilities are also provided too students (Brock, and
Symington, 2018).
English language support
The college provides student with English language support so that while continuing their
studies, students can get opportunity to enhance their academic English skills and they are
encouraged to attend the classes regularly to get good command over the English language.
Teaching facilities and resources
In addition to other facilities, Waltham International College has overhead projectors and
portable multimedia projectors in the classroom for the teaching purpose. The college provide its
students with good teaching facilities along with all the resources required in learning.
Photocopying/ Printing Facility
The college provides students with photo copies and printers to use. Apart from this,
handouts are provided to them without any cost at the time of class so that student can learn in an
appropriate way.
Health Care Support
Apart from all the above provided facilities and support, the Waltham International College
also provide its students with health and social care learning by providing them opportunities of
choosing from distinct pathways at level 4 and 5 and to proceed onto degree level qualification
(Student Facilities in Waltham international college, 2020).
CONCLUSION
As per the above mentioned report, it has been concluded that the portfolio of Waltham
International College provides various support services and facilities to students which highly
contributes in their growth and development and improve their learning. The college is provided
with various academic support including induction, library facilities, information technology
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support, teaching facilities and resources, photocopy and printing facilities and English language
support. All the support provided by the college help in growth and development of student.
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REFERENECS
Books and Journals
Little-Wienert, K. and Mazziotti, M., 2018. Twelve tips for creating an academic teaching
portfolio. Medical teacher, 40(1), pp.26-30.
Bhargava, P., and et. al., 2015. Academic portfolio in the digital era: organizing and maintaining
a portfolio using reference managers. Journal of digital imaging, 28(1), pp.10-17.
Shenvi, C. and Wagner, M.J., 2017. The Academic Portfolio: A Primer for Residents.
Greco, A.N., 2015. Academic libraries and the economics of scholarly publishing in the twenty-
first century: portfolio theory, product differentiation, economic rent, perfect price
discrimination, and the cost of prestige. Journal of Scholarly Publishing, 47(1), pp.1-43.
Brock, D. and Symington, S., 2018. Effective ways to promote scholarship: the academic
scholarship portfolio'. Springer, NY.
Online
Mission Statement of Waltham international college, 2020. [Online]. Available through:
<https://walthamintcollege.ac.uk/vision-mission.html>
Student Facilities in Waltham international college, 2020. [Online]. Available through:
<https://walthamintcollege.ac.uk/facilities.html>
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