The first college in the country to get this right
Young Money awards Centre of Excellence status to organisations that do financial education properly rather than as an afterthought. We were the first college in the UK to receive it, we have held it for three years, and we have now been through the reaccreditation process.
- A national programme with a proven record of helping young people understand money
- Independently assessed, not something we award ourselves
- Built around preparing students for life in modern Britain
What that actually means for you
How Financial Education works
It is not one lecture in September that everyone forgets by October. It runs through the year in a few different forms, and it is contextualised so it connects to your own life rather than sitting as abstract theory.
Online modules
A series of modules you work through at your own pace, built around the topics students themselves said they wanted covering.
Tutorial and pastoral
Promoted in tutorial and during pastoral sessions, so there is someone to actually ask when something does not make sense.
Events and activities
Timed to key points in the academic year, when money questions are actually on your mind rather than months before.
Built into your course
Trained staff embed money topics into the curriculum, so it lands in the context of the trade or profession you are heading into.
Our Financial Champions
Holding Centre of Excellence status is not just about what students receive. Our Financial Champions promote financial education across the college, and make sure staff have the training and support to embed money topics into their own curriculum areas.
If you want to know more about the programme, whether you are a student, a parent, a colleague or another organisation, Gavin is the person to ask.