Guidance
Guidance is available to you before you start at the College, as well as throughout your course, from Induction to Exit, so that we can help you progress with your plans for the future.
The College has a dedicated Guidance team, staffed by 5 advisers, who are on duty at each of the main campuses and by request at the outreach locations. Students, or prospective students, can make an appointment to see one of the advisers in private about concerns that arise. We can help with:-
Contact: To make a Guidance appointment, visit or telephone the campus you would like to be seen at:
- Kirkcaldy — St Brycedale: (01592) 223400;
- Kirkcaldy — Priory: (01592) 223712;
- Glenrothes — Stenton: (01592) 223038;
- Leven: (01592) 223260;
- Mitchelson Campus Drop in: 09:00 to 12:00 Mondays and Wednesdays.
Personal Matters
Our skilled team is there to help you if you need advice and support during your course. You can discuss various matters in private, for example:
- financial worries;
- housing problems;
- health issues;
- concerns about your course.
If need be we can put you in touch with other agencies who are there to support and help you as the College is a member of the Fife Community Guidance Network.
Financial Concerns
The Guidance staff can help advise you about funds you may be eligible for, for example ILAs, Bursary, SAAS funding, Student Loans, Professional and Career Development Loans, Scholarships and also the internal Money Does Matter system to help students who are having financial difficulty linked to being a student, for example with Childcare and rent. Help with managing debt can also be given.
Educational Choices and Concerns
The College is committed to ensuring students feel supported while they are at college and, should they decide to progress, preparing them for further study. Guidance staff are available to help students think about progression, research information on courses and find out about funding that may be available to them.
The College offers prospective and current students:
- a Guidance team who are available for individual interviews;
- support with course choice or academic problems;
- advice on grants, loans and other financial matters;
- a range of computer assisted career guidance packages to help you make relevant career choices;
- an extensive range of prospectuses from colleges and universities which can give details on entry qualifications etc.
Careers
Careers Scotland staff are available to see students by appointment at the Kirkcaldy - St Brycedale and Glenrothes - Stenton campuses. You can make an appointment to see one of their advisers by telephoning:
- Kirkcaldy - St Brycedale (01592) 223400;
- Glenrothes – Stenton (01592) 223038.
A careers library is also available at each campus with resources to help people consider job options and a range of educational opportunities.
Skilled and professional staff from the Guidance Team and Careers Scotland can help you to:-
- match your interests and abilities to a job or course;
- make job and course applications;
- develop job-seeking skills;
- develop interview techniques.
And find out about:
- a range of careers including entry requirements and job availability;
- local and national employers;
- specific job vacancies;
- courses at college and universities;
- opportunities for self-employment.
Careers Scotland provides free career planning and information services to the people of Scotland — whatever their age, background or circumstances. The services are available online at www.careers-scotland.org.uk and via Centres across Scotland. As well as individuals, Careers Scotland also works to support employers and the learning and guidance sector.
Assessment Centre Practice
It has always been common practice for employers to use interviews as their main method of recruitment. More recently however organisations have realised that interviews, on their own, do not provide enough information about your ability to cope with the requirements of the job.
If you are invited to attend an Assessment Centre, as part of the job application process, you could be asked to undertake a combination of some of the following: a one to one interview, a personality test, a group discussion, scenario questions, and an ability test.
Further information, along with sample exercises will be coming soon, but in the meantime if you would like help preparing for attendance at an Assessment Centre please make a Guidance appointment.