Fareham College

I'm a current student on one of the L4 courses here. Although some (and I mean some) lecturers are clearly well versed in their subject matter, the teaching is inconsistent and appears to value just getting the grades out of students over actually teaching the content to them. Some of the best staff and subject matter experts have either etired or resigned, and these voids aren't filled but rather barely covered by staff who have clearly not prepared, themselves saying "they don't know what they're meant to be doing". Any students doing well here are either having to do most of the work themselves, being supported by at most one member of staff, or being supported by their peers.

However, the main issue comes down to the management. They don't seem to want to run the college like an educational institution, but rather operate like a business. When the management is confronted with issues with scheduling, the blame is either diverted to teachers or completely sidelined, with no accountability or real action taken to fix the problems. With a change in management, this could be improved, but until this happens, I don't see it getting any better.
This is reflected in miscommunications regarding start dates, a lack of preparation regarding things like ID cards (which brings into question safeguarding and security of an institution with students ranging from 15-60), staff being double booked during regular weeks, and days of learning being cancelled for outreach events - advertising to prospective students before actually providing for those currently studying there.

Higher level course have been stripped of essential learning, an example from someone on an engineering course who has been told there is no CAD/CAM module which is ridiculous in the modern world. That which is still being taught comes down to rote learning rather than actual involvement with the subject matter. If you want a true education, I'd look elsewhere. That said, most colleges in this area appear to be going this way so this appears to be the best of a bad bunch.

Bad college! Miscommunication coming from the staff to students is awful!! it took over half the year to get my LSA put in place because i have autism which was given to the wrong course!! I then also left my lanyard in an exam room so couldn't open any doors, when i went to go ask to borrow an "i forgot my lanyard" the receptionist wouldn't give me one and said she would get management involved because im argumentative!!!!! Do not recommend i have had nothing but trouble with the college

My teenager attended CEMAST, which is part of Fareham College. Some teachers were nice others, lied, manipulated and mentally abused my son. He has mental health issues (bereavement and trauma) and is neurodivergent. Because he struggled and was a bit hard work, they lied and manipulated him to make sure they got their good marks and then chucked him out. The staff lied to me. Do not trust them to do what's best for your child.

I knew it was a bad college before I started but actually being in an apprenticeship at fareham is worse than I imagined. No lecturer for most of the year(not underestimating), when we did have a lecturer he would play online games in front of us rather than teach. So unorganised from the top all the way down to the cleaners, spent 50k on some high end screens that have never been used to teach us. Not allowed to use the new tools that they bought, somehow loads of the ‘new’ tools were missing I. The 2 instances we were allowed to use them before the 1st lecturer disappeared abruptly.The main thing is that no one cares about you, you are on your own, honestly I could put a better apprenticeship on in my garden with a kids tool kit and one LED! Not joking as I helped some of the level 2 guys when they had questions and the lecturer couldn’t be bothered to help them before their big exams. GO ANYWHERE ELSE!