Beaumont College
Address:
Karten CTEC Centre
Beaumont College,
Slyne Road,
Lancaster,
Lancashire,
LA2 6AP
Centre Head:
Rohan Slaughter
Phone number:
01524 541400
Email:
slaughterr@beaumontcollege.org
Website:
Host organisation name:
Beaumont College (a SCOPE College)
Date centre established:
January 2002
Focus of Centre:
We have two Karten Centres at Beaumont College
Karten 1: Digital Learning Centre (15 workstations)
• Allows students to follow an extensive list of courses and achieve appropriate qualifications
• Delivers vocational training programs specifically designed for disabled people, including IT and work skills
• Is a stepping stone towards further integration and inclusion
• Enables communication and overcomes barriers
• Provides an opportunity for the College to be a specialist resource for the local disabled community who have more complex needs.
Karten 2: Beaumont Digital Arts Centre (14 Workstations)
This centre further enhances both our creative arts and technology provision in ways that reinforce pre-existing courses such as media, fine art, sculpture, basic skills and IT skills development. We aim to provide short courses that will utilise this facility for adults in the wider community to access during College holiday periods. We also feel that new courses will be stimulated such as ‘digital arts’ or ‘theatre technology’ which are not currently possible for many of our students to undertake. We expect that some alumni of Beaumont College will be able to access courses at both Further Education and Higher Education providers in the digital arts space after their exposure to these technologies at Beaumont College. We also aim to influence such ‘mainstream’ providers and demonstrate to them how students such as our can be included in subjects previously judged to be inaccessible to those with disabilities. This CTEC facility at Beaumont College aids our ability to give our students an accessible and innovative world class learning environment.
The Clients
All students have cerebral palsy or an associated condition involving some degree of physical disability and learning difficulty. Many students have significant communication difficulties and/or sensory impairments, and many students have complex needs.
The Technology
The workstations cover:
• Digital art (Adobe Photoshop etc)
• Accessible 3D modelling, 3D scanning and printing (for sculpture)
• Music and sound recording
• Video editing
• Desktop Soundbeam
Assistive Technology
A range of assistive technology
Any other information
The Centre is situated in Scope’s Beaumont College in a pleasant residential area on the outskirts of Lancaster. This is a fully accessible modern building. The Karten CTEC Centre consists of three suites – workstation suite, interactive suite and digital media room.