Sussex Downs College provides a range of courses including A levels, GCSEs and vocational qualifications such as NVQs and BTECs.

There is also Brooklands College, for sixth form students in further education focussing particularly in BTECs.

As well as making new friends and enjoying the numerous activities cadets can obtain a number of qualifications including BTECs.

BTECs are vocational / work-related qualifications that are exclusively offered by Edexcel.

BTECs range from Entry Level to Level 8 ( postgraduate level ) on the National Qualifications Framework ( NQF ), offering a progression route across all levels, starting with BTEC Firsts and Nationals as GCSE and A level equivalents.

In 2005 / 06, 260, 000 students studied BTECs at college ; 63, 000 studied BTECs in schools ; 23, 000 studied BTECs at university ; and 14, 000 employees studied a BTEC while at work.

* Department of Education and Adult Learning-Works with the College of the Sea and deals with Cadet Vocational Qualifications, BTECs, Institute of Leadership and Management and other recognised qualifications.

* 14 – 19 diploma to replace GCSEs, A-and AS-Levels, BTECs and AVCEs.

BTECs are offered in business, sport, ICT and health & social care.

The school offers GCSEs for ages 11 to 16, and A-Levels / BTECs for students wishing to go to the sixth form at ages 16 to 18.

`` we the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common Defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America ''.

nor was she moved by a letter from Wright pointing out that if he was not `` compelled to spend money on useless lawyer's bills, useless hotel bills, and useless doctor's bills '', he could more quickly provide Miriam with a suitable home either in Los Angeles or Paris, as she preferred.

These amendments to the Vocational Rehabilitation Act were designed to help provide for more specialized rehabilitation facilities, for more sheltered and `` half-way '' workshops, for greater numbers of adequately trained personnel, for more comprehensive services to individuals ( particularly to the homebound and the blind ), and for other administrative improvements to increase the program's overall effectiveness.

The central area of the ground floor of a heavily constructed apartment building, with concrete floors, should provide more fallout protection than the ordinary basement of a family dwelling.

The first substantially complete stereo Giselle ( and the only one of its scope since Feyer's four-sided LP edition of 1958 for Angel ), this set is, I'm afraid, likely to provide more horrid fascination than enjoyment.

There must be a restriction in the deed to provide that the customer may not be charged more than the current market price for the oil, an obvious precaution, since the account is permanently wedded, just like with gas or electricity.

Every new scandal which would provide more `` copy '' for Marshall's pen would thus mean more publicity for Welch.

The philosophy has been that if they could find the time to attend class why not encourage them to get the credit and perhaps provide an incentive to do the work more effectively.

The bill is designed to provide special schooling for more deaf students in the scholastic age at a reduced cost to the state.

They `` operate on a volume basis '', it was contended, `` and are not essential to provide the more limited but vital shopping needs of the community ''.

More than 20 million people live on farms and they own a fourth of the nation's trucks, buy more gasoline than any other industry and provide a major market for home appliances, chemicals and other products.

One of the central characteristics is that anthropology tends to provide a comparatively more holistic account of phenomena and tends to be highly empirical.

Within the last courses of brick, bond beams are laid across the top of the bricks to provide a horizontal bearing plate for the roof to distribute the weight more evenly along the wall.

These are collegiate foundations, which provide a home and an income for unmarried ladies, generally of noble birth, called canonesses ( Kanonissinen ) or more usually Stiftsdamen.

A diesel engine operates under even more extreme conditions, with compression ratios of 20: 1 or more being typical, in order to provide a very high gas temperature which ensures immediate ignition of injected fuel.

According to the anthropologist Tim Ingold, animism shares similarities to totemism but differs in its focus on individual spirit beings which help to perpetuate life, whereas totemism more typically holds that there is a primary source, such as the land itself or the ancestors, who provide the basis to life.

Pausanias, the second king of Sparta ( see Spartan Constitution for more information on Sparta's dual monarchy ), was supposed to provide Lysander with reinforcements as they marched into Boeotia, yet failed to arrive in time to assist Lysander, likely because Pausanias disliked him for his brash and arrogant attitude towards the Spartan royalty and government.

It had feature limitations such as being unable to output more than one channel of sound, ( and provided fewer Envelope-shaping options ) where the BBC was capable of three-way polyphony ( plus one noise channel ) and the inability to provide teletext mode.

During development, engineers had made the decision to use the Zilog 8530 serial controller chip ( SCC ) instead of the lower cost and more common UART to provide serial port connections.

Art historian Richard Poss took a more flexible approach, maintaining that the astronomical rock art of the North American Southwest should be read employing " the hermeneutic traditions of western art history and art criticism " Astronomers, however, raise different questions, seeking to provide their students with identifiable precursors of their discipline, and are especially concerned with the important question of how to confirm that specific sites are, indeed, intentionally astronomical.

The Nova provided four accumulators, AC0-AC3, although AC2 and AC3 could also be used to provide offset addresses, tending towards more generality of usage for the registers.

However, a narrow strip may be very practical for small developments, or to provide additional stream frontage for a fisherman's trail, or include scenic strips within the park unit.

Business firms provide 20 weeks of practical employment to supplement classroom instruction in these fields.

And in this country Gustave Weigel's delineation of the line between the sacral and secular orders during the last presidential campaign served to provide a most impressive Roman Catholic defense of the practical autonomy of both church and state.

Symmetric-key ciphers are suitable for bulk encryption using shared keys, and public-key encryption using digital certificates can provide a practical solution for the problem of securely communicating when no key is shared in advance.

Drexel University was founded in 1891 as the Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry by Philadelphia financier and philanthropist Anthony J. Drexel to provide educational opportunities in the “ practical arts and sciences ” for women and men of all backgrounds.

Without it, democracy loses any tie ─ argumentative or practical ─ to a coherent design of public policy endeavoring to provide the resources for the realization of democratic citizenship.

* LaBiche Aerospace's LaBiche FSC-1 is a developmental prototype Flying Car and is an example of a practical flying car capable of utilizing today's automotive and aviation infrastructure to provide true " door-to-door " travel.

The general higher education and training that takes place in a university, college, or Institute of Technology usually includes significant theoretical and abstract elements, as well as applied aspects ( although limited offerings of internships or SURF programs attempt to provide practical applications ).

Without it, democracy loses any tie ─ argumentative or practical ─ to a coherent design of public policy endeavoring to provide the resources for the realization of democratic citizenship.

However, the League was unable to provide any practical measures ; on 4 October, it turned the case over to the Nine Power Treaty Conference.

He drew on his contacts with early Quattrocento artists such as Brunelleschi and Masaccio to provide a practical handbook for the renaissance artist.

Most practical compression algorithms provide an " escape " facility that can turn off the normal coding for files that would become longer by being encoded.

The program has already produced practical results and is currently projected to provide the next U. S. military rifle.

These discourses, transcribed or worked up by close disciples from points given by Baba, address many aspects of the spiritual life and provide practical and simple direction for the spiritual aspirant.

Early childhood education occurs through imitation ; teachers provide practical activities and a healthy environment.

The Egyptians and Hindus made some use of ornamental footwear, such as a soleless sandal known as a " Cleopatra ", which did not provide any practical protection for the foot.

The triode was the first device to provide power gain at audio and radio frequencies, and made radio practical.

Symmetrical aerofoils are, in general, less efficient and lack the lift provided by cambered wings at the zero angle of attack but are used in aerobatics, as they provide practical performance both upright and inverted.

Vista points on Interstate 80 through California's Truckee Canyon provide a panoramic view of many miles of the original Central Pacific line and of the snow sheds which make winter train travel safe and practical.

IOM works to help ensure the orderly and humane management of migration, to promote international cooperation on migration issues, to assist in the search for practical solutions to migration problems and to provide humanitarian assistance to migrants in need, be they refugees, displaced persons or other uprooted people.

The Egyptians and Hindus at times wore ornamental footwear, such as a soleless sandal known as a " Cleopatra ", which did not provide any practical protection for the feet.

For very large wind tunnels several meters in diameter, a single large fan is not practical, and so instead an array of multiple fans are used in parallel to provide sufficient airflow.

A possible practical reason for building such a solid residence rather than an Italianate-style villa was to provide shelter from the adverse weather conditions which could affect the Cheshire plain.

In telecommunication, a technical control facility ( TCF ) is a telecommunications facility, or a designated and specially configured part thereof, that ( a ) contains the equipment necessary for ensuring fast, reliable, and secure exchange of information, ( b ) typically includes distribution frames and associated panels, jacks, and switches and monitoring, test, conditioning, and orderwire equipment, and ( c ) allows telecommunications systems control personnel to exercise operational control of communications paths and facilities, make quality analyses of communications and communications channels, monitor operations and maintenance functions, recognize and correct deteriorating conditions, restore disrupted communications, provide requested on-call circuits, and take or direct such actions as may be required and practical to provide effective telecommunications services.