Study at Black Mountains College - Black Mountains College

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A view across fields

Join us on our mission to promote ecological action and adaptation.

Short Courses

A range of courses to help you make sense of the times we are living through and take action.

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Further Education

BMC offers further education vocational training in future skills. We aim to get you ready for a high-tech, zero carbon future with skills such as seasonal catering, organic horticulture, coppicing, coding and regenerative farming.

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Higher Education

Multi-disciplinary thinking to develop critical transferable skills and implement real-world change. Our three year degree is completely original. Designed from scratch, it will develop the graduate who understands the need for change on our planet, and their role in it.

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“Black Mountains College is an important, timely and exciting project; a vision, really, of what 'education' might need to become to help us not only survive but thrive in our uncertain future. Progressive, generous and imaginative, it will bring good of many kinds to rural Wales and beyond.”
Robert MacFarlane

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Next Steps
Thank you for your application. We will be in touch to confirm that we have received it! Applicants must go through our interview process which last approximately 30 minutes each. You will be invited to interview during the week commencing 18th July, or the week commencing 1st August. Places on the courses will be offered during the week commencing 15th August.

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