The new courses will cost £4,000 and students will receive certificates of competency on completion
The Newark School of Violin Making (NSVM) has announced three new courses for guitar, woodwind and violin making, alongside the current courses for piano tuning and repair. Each of the one-year courses will cost £4,000 and learners will receive certificates of competency on completion. The new courses are being offered to students accepted on to the school’s degree courses which, it was announced in May, will be discontinued in the 2025–26 academic year.
According to Lincoln College, which administers the courses, they will provide learners with a course that relies more on ‘time at bench’ rather than on theory and written assignments; and place more importance on practical skills and refining technique. Lincoln College has also promised to ‘continue to explore further developments and partnerships that will secure a broader set of study options for learners in the longer term’.
‘We have always placed importance on the continuation of the course since learning the degree course was not viable this coming year,’ said Mel Watson, the college’s assistant principal for higher education, ‘so to be able to rework and develop a new course is great news for all involved.’
As the courses are not degree-accredited, learners will not be eligible for student loans. Regarding visa applications, international students are being encouraged to contact studentrecruitment@lincolncollege.ac.uk to obtain relevant information depending on country of origin.
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