Open Events at HNC

Our Open Event series for 2026 entry is now concluded.

While our Open Event series is now complete, all applicants will have an opportunity to revisit HNC for our applicant lesson tasters ahead of the admissions evening. These will take place on Wednesday 11 February 2026 and will allow applicants to select up to four lesson tasters so that they can experience their potential choices in action and make an informed choice about their potential subject choices at the Admissions Evening. Please note that all sessions are on a first come, first served basis and this is the only date that lesson tasters are available, and a link to book has been issued to applicants.

Please note that due to capacity, parents/carers of applicants are not permitted to attend lesson tasters but are invited to join our parent/carer talks which provide information about a wide range of aspects of life at HNC. A full list of these can be found below. The invitation to book these sessions has been issued to the parent/carer email address inputted on the student application form.

Meet the Principal: See your son/daughter becoming their best self and learn more about your parent/carer journey
Come along to gain an insight into what we mean when we promise to educate, enrich and enlighten your son/daughter and how in doing so they will become their best selves. We’ll also share more about how as a parent/carer we’ll engage with you during this journey, and the bespoke tools and resources our parents/carers can access that ensure they staff connected and informed.

Perfecting exam performance – supporting your son/daughter during their GCSEs (2 sessions available – 6:50pm & 7:30pm)
Here at HNC we support students to learn more about effective strategies for revision, including memory training and retrieval techniques. This session will give you some practical techniques you can use with your son/daughter during their GCSEs to support their revision. We’ll also share our top tips for preparing for Level 3 study.

Happy, healthy, resilient students
Join us to hear more about the wellbeing support available at HNC. This will share more about our services, and also how we work to ensure students protect their mental and physical wellbeing and build their resilience. We’ll also be sharing some top tips to help you support your son/daughter during their GCSE exams (note this will explore health and wellbeing tips and how to cope with any exams based pressure, please see our perfecting exam performance for practical exam strategies)

Helping your son/daughter to become their best selves: enrichment and careers at HNC (2 sessions available – 6:50pm & 7:30pm)
Today universities want to see much more than an outstanding set of qualifications. Join us to learn more about how your son/daughter will become their best self and grow their skills through an enlightening enrichment programme and extensive careers support. We’ll also share some examples of the enrichment and work experience opportunities currently on offer to students.

The Admissions Evening & Cosy Campus and the HNC Shuttle
Supporting your son/daughter to apply to College is likely to be a new experience for you as a parent/carer. This session will explain more about how and why we use predicted grades to match students to the right study programme. We will also help you to understand how the Admissions Evenings at HNC work, including the pre admissions activity we encourage you to support your son/daughter with. This session will also incorporate information about our Cosy Campus offer, and the HNC shuttle bus service.

Applicants who are offered and accept a place will receive a range of information, advice and access to opportunities including Hudd Fest, our welcome event for new students. Further information about these will be issued in due course.