About Us
Based in Bangor County Down, The Virtual Learning College has been developed due to the changing needs in education and training due to the Pandemic. Whilst there has been a shift to virtual learning the Pandemic of 2020 has moved technology forward by several years.
Kilcooley Womens Centre have been providing services for women in North Down since 1995. The Women's Centre is a key player within the wider Kilcooley area and works collaboratively with other agencies towards improved outcomes for all residents of the estate, with a particular focus on early intervention programmes and projects to address educational underachievement and poor health and wellbeing outcomes. As the only women's centre serving Ards/North Down and unique in Co. Down, where possible we offer outreach training to smaller towns and villages in the Borough. On 2nd June 2017, HM Queen Elizabeth announced in the London Gazette that she had awarded the centre the 'Queens Award for Voluntary Service' in recognition of the service to the community from 1995.
The centre operates a regional programme across the Ards North Down and Peninsula area, working from Holywood, the gateway to Co Down to the tip of Portaferry at the most distant part of the peninsula. This work links urban and rural, crosses the different community and social divides and has developed a positive proactive working partnership with the Co Down Rural Network linking towns and villages. The partnership considers collaboration and transfer of innovation, experience and sharing of resources, skills and expertise is the way forward for women, children and families residing or working in the Ards North Down region.
The Womens Virtual College offers a diverse menu of inspiring and engaging virtual and blended training solutions, with each course is designed by our team of experienced tutors using bespoke delivery methods which are reinforced by great learning technology.
At Womens Virtual College we believe in breaking down barriers to empower individuals and organisations to achieve more than they ever thought was possible Our team are encouraged to come up with innovative ideas which expand thinking and contribute to our ambition of being the most learner focused training organisation in Ards and North Down. Innovation paired with optimism and growth are key and from sharing our knowledge across teams we have developed a diverse and varied menu of both virtual and blended learning solutions.
Womens Virtual College understands people. By providing an enjoyable, stress free environments with space to learn, individuals are able to learn at their own pace. With this in mind each course will have a bespoke delivery method which has been carefully chosen to ensure both a quality learning and assessment experience. These delivery methods are; Scheduled Virtual Course, Flexible Virtual Course, Blended Course and Face-to-Face delivery. For more information on what each delivery method involves, click here.
