Housing education courses in the South East
01/10/09
There are two educational establishments in the South East running CIH courses at present - Southampton Solent University and West Kent College (as part of the Housing & Communities Training Partnership, South East). There is also a specialist CIH-accredited development and regeneration course run by Chichester-based housing consultants, Adams Integra. Other options are distance-learning courses, centres in the London region and in-house arrangements.
Southampton Solent University offers a Diploma in Housing which starts in October. This course has a practical and contextual emphasis, and includes collaborative working with social care students. The Diploma can be topped up to an honours degree.
Housing & Communities Training Partnership, South East (West Kent College, Real Strategies CIC and West Kent Housing Association) offers CIH Level 2 courses from employer venues in Kent, Surrey and Sussex, starting this October. These are free to certain categories of learners. You can try A Taste of Level 2 - a free, lively staff and resident two-hour taster session conducted on request.
Adams Integra Housing Consultants offers a CIH Level 3 Housing Development and Regeneration Certificate. This is a one-year blended learning course involving monthly workshops and distance learning supported by mentors.
National providers: CIH and the Centre for Housing & Support
Both CIH and the Centre for Housing & Support (CHS) offer distance-learning and blended-learning courses, as well as running courses at central venues including London. Both can also work with organisations to provide courses in-house or at a local venue.
Blended learning is a mixture of classroom and computer-based learning. Distance learning includes study material, a residential induction course and online or telephone support.
CIH offers Level 2, 3 and 4 courses, its Professional Diploma and an MSc Housing. Joint maintenance qualifications are offered with the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), Levels 2, 3 and 4. The closing date for the next intake is 6 November 2009.
CHS offers Level 2 and 3 housing courses and a Foundation Degree in Housing and Support which incorporates the Level 4 Certificate and Diploma. It also offers City & Guilds qualifications in Mental Health and Assistive Technology, and Modern and Advanced Apprenticeships in Housing.
The Level 2 Certificate - the introductory qualification - is not available on a distance-learning basis.
Potential local providers
- Geoff Hart, Buckinghamshire - CIOB-CIH Certificates in Housing Maintenance.
- Mid Kent College has previously offered CIH Level 3 and 4 courses on a day-release basis at the college and company premises. Provision may be interrupted following the move to its new site in Medway this summer.
More information
Please check with individual centres for up-to-date information on their courses, and pathways within courses.
Adams Integra Housing Consultants
Web: www.adamsintegra.co.uk
Centre for Housing & Support
Email: info@chs.ac.uk
Tel: 01905 727272
Web: www.chs.ac.uk
CIH
Email: dlc@cih.org
Tel: 024 7685 1789
Web: www.cih.org/distancelearning
- A list of housing education course providers for certificate level courses (pdf - 223kb)
- A list of housing education course providers for professional qualification courses at undergraduate and postgraduate level
Housing & Communities Training Partnership, South East
Email: sue@realstrategies.co.uk
Tel: 020 8310 0302
Web: www.realstrategies.co.uk
Southampton Solent University
Contact Bob Keats, Course Leader
Email: robert.keats@solent.ac.uk
Tel: 02380 319024
Web: www.solent.ac.uk