Handbook

Once you're on a CPD course, this is the page you'll come back to. It covers timetables, what to bring, how attendance works, who to contact, and the practical stuff that comes up week to week.

Before your first day

  • ·You'll receive a welcome pack one week before the cohort starts
  • ·Login details for our learning platform and Slack channel
  • ·A short induction quiz to confirm your starting point
  • ·Directions to our Brighton centre + parking notes

What to bring

  • ·A laptop if you have one (we provide high-spec Macs in the suite — you'll mostly use those)
  • ·Notebook + pens
  • ·Lunch or money for lunch (loads of options within 5 mins of the centre)
  • ·An open mind and the willingness to make terrible first drafts

Attendance

Funded courses require evidenced attendance — the government has visibility over who is and isn't showing up.

  • ·You sign in each session day on the platform
  • ·Up to 2 unavoidable absences are fine if you let us know — Slack DM or text
  • ·Sustained absence triggers a conversation about whether the timing is right

Support and wellbeing

Sometimes the course isn't the hard thing — life around it is. We can help with:

  • ·Travel costs (in some cases, via discretionary support funds)
  • ·Childcare logistics
  • ·Wellbeing — we have a partnership with a local counselling service for individuals who need it
  • ·Accessibility — Disability Disclosed Adjustments are handled by Priya in admissions

Who to contact for what

  • ·Course content: your tutor (Slack DM, in person on session days)
  • ·Admin / attendance / paperwork: Priya (admissions)
  • ·Careers / portfolio / interview prep: Sarah (careers & outcomes)
  • ·Building / kit / facilities: Marcus (operations)
  • ·Complaints: see the complaints policy