#One of the family
#One of the family
At SMB College Group, our aim is for you to leave college with a fantastic qualification, new friends, amazing memories and, most importantly, the skills and knowledge you need for your future career. We're always looking at ways to improve what we do in order to give you the best possible experience - so it’s always great to get feedback!
Hearing from other students, in their own words, is always more useful than us just saying how great we are - so here are just a handful of past and present students’ testimonials.
The reason I chose to study at SMB’s Brooksby Campus is because of the smaller class sizes, meaning we got more personalised teaching in our lectures. I really enjoyed the course, especially when we worked in small groups on a variety of projects – allowing me to get a good understanding of all areas of the industry including the behaviours, health and biology of a wide range of animals.
I choose Brooksby for the hands-on learning. I learn best by doing, and I like to be out and about. Brooksby has a great programme and lots of space with a whole host of animals, so it was a ‘no brainier’ for me.
The Uniformed Public Services course at the Brooksby Campus prepared me for getting into the Army by giving me the time and facilities to get up to the physical standard – for example I was able to practise the bleep test as much as I needed to. The expertise of my Lecturers also helped me to ensure that I was training correctly, both physically and mentally. I also learned valuable skills like map reading so that I had a good grasp of the basics before developing these skills once I joined the Army.
I took the Mental Health First Aid and Self-Harm & Suicide Prevention courses in 2023 for personal development. They were both really interesting, challenging and thought provoking. Being able to study along side others, in college, was excellent. The teaching and discussions with the lecturer and other students were invaluable.
I found studying on a distance learning course through SMB to be really rewarding.
I chose the booklet option so I could learn and complete questions in my own time around work!
My tutor Tracy was really helpful and responsive whenever I had questions and was periodically checking in with me to check my progress!
Completing this course has helped me add another tool to the toolbelt needed for my role in SMB! I would recommend them to anyone looking to upskill themselves in work, or just to pad out their CV!
