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Course Finder

Our Course Finder section enables you to search all our courses by a number of different search criteria.
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Subject Areas

Why now scroll and browse to discover all the different subject areas on offer at EDC. More than any other college in the region!
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Course Types

Use this section to quickly search our courses by course type, such as: A Levels, T Levels, Vocational, Higher Education, SEND
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Age Groups

Search our courses by Age Group: 16 to 18, 16 to 24 SEND or Adult Learners (+19).
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EDC Upcoming Courses for Adults

Want to learn something new, increase your skills, meet some new people or improve your career prospects? Get started with our fantastic range of part-time courses - many of which are free & available exclusively for adults!
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Search by Career to Find Your Perfect Course

Not everyone knows the right course to study. Our Pathways Explore tool helps students explore over 800 different careers with detailed information about the role, salary and employment data.
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Distance Learning Courses

Learn new skills from the comfort of your own home or workplace with our range of completely FREE distance learning courses!
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Download/Request a Prospectus

Want to get an idea of everything full-time or part-time course-wise we've got to offer at EDC in one comprehensive document? Then why not take a look at one of our main prospectuses!
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E-Learning

EDC offers several different E-learning courses in health and safety, ICT and much more through our partnership with specialist online training company e-Careers.
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Land Based Short Courses

Whether it’s specialist occupational training to develop your professional skills and enhance your career prospectus, or just a hobby, our Houghall Campus is sure to have a short course to suit.
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Other Study Options

East Durham College provides several other specialist study pathways such as our 14 to 16 year old provision Engage, Elective Home Education and specialist adult SEND programme Spadeworks. Find out more here.
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Skills For Jobs - Study on a Level 3 Course for FREE!

Thanks to the government's Skills for Jobs initiative, eligible adults can study certain Level 3 programmes at East Durham College utterly FREE* of charge!