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High House Production Park, Purfleet
Costume Construction and The Backstage Centre
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High House Production Park, Purfleet
Telephone
020 3668 5753
Address
High House Production ParkVellacott Close
Purfleet
Essex
RM19 1RJ
United Kingdom
Opening hours
| Day | Time |
|---|---|
| Mon to Fri | 9am to 5pm |
| Sat/Sun | Closed |
The Backstage Centre
Located in the High House Production Park, Purfleet and purpose-built in 2013 to accommodate major productions, live events, rehearsals, conferences and workshops, The Backstage Centre was designed in consultation with industry experts from some of the world’s best theatre live production venues. The result is a stunning state-of-the-art production environment.
Permanently occupied by industry professionals, The Backstage Centre provides ideal opportunities for work-based learning and has provided many hours of work experience to students-in-residence. Artists that have hired The Backstage Centre include: Clean Bandit, David Gray, Disclosure, Rod Stewart, Leona Lewis, Rudimental, Pet Shop Boys, Years & Years, The Foals, The Blue Man Group and numerous theatre companies.
Filming hires include adverts for brands such as Pepsi Max, Guitar Hero Live and Pantene, and television shows such as Derren Brown and ‘Humans’.
All of this provides an invaluable opportunity for our students to learn in a real working environment.
More information: here
The Bob and Tamar Manoukian Costume Centre
The Bob and Tamar Manoukian Costume Centre, built in partnership with the Royal Opera House, hosts the College’s BA (Hons) Costume Construction degree.
This unique programme gives students the opportunity to work alongside professionals from one of the most prestigious theatres in the world.
Free parking is available on site.
Success stories
Learning is ageless and I’ve really enjoyed being a student again and pushing myself to reach my potential
Mark Ganyu, from Stanford-le-Hope, studied HNC General Engineering at University Centre South Essex.
He was nominated for being a motivated, punctual, well-mannered, hardworking individual and for consistently maintaining his high standard performance since in his level 3 part-time engineering course four years ago.
His tutor said: “Mark’s work and performance have been exemplary and has exceeded expectations in the last four years whilst tending to family commitments, changing jobs and overcoming a language barrier. He has been an asset to this programme and we wish him all the success.”
Mark would recommend University Centre South Essex as a mature student as it helped him in many scenarios and was very flexible and supportive.
Mark commented on his nomination and said: “It was a complete surprise to be winning an award and makes me feel good. Learning is ageless and I’ve really enjoyed being a student again and pushing myself to reach my potential.”
“It’s a kind gesture from the awarding bodies and tutors to recognise my efforts and would like to thank them all for their dedication during my time at the university centre.”
Mark has aspirations of studying for a higher education degree course but may take his knowledge and skills to his current company, where he can continue accepting new challenges and opportunities.
I would highly recommended the university centre for its variety of different courses, professional and expert tutors, it is extremely well organised and student orientated.”
Aniku has carried off the HNC/HND Student of the Year award because of his excellent attitude towards learning.
He said: “It is an absolute honour to win this award and I'm humbled that my mentors/teachers think of me so highly.”
Aniku said he chose to study at University Centre South Essex because it is one of the only higher education institutions that offer the course he wanted study - electro-mechanical engineering. Being employed as a multi-disciplined engineer, this was the perfect course for him.
His tutor commented: “Aniku is motivated, punctual, well-mannered, committed, hardworking, and an excellent collaborator. He is very thorough in implementing given feedback and is improving his work consistently.
“Aniku’s distance travelled in such a brief time since he joined L4 HNC programme in September 2021 is remarkable. He has flourished from a quiet student to an accomplished confident team member not hesitating to offer his assistance to his peers and tutors. He is an asset to his programme of study.
Aniku added: “It is an extremely well organised course. Considering my course is part-time it can get intense. Having a course that’s organised so well just makes everything, especially the learning part, easier to digest.
“I like that the different aspects of engineering are covered well and taught in a professional and easily digestible manner.
“My greatest achievement so far has been gaining promotion from maintenance technician to regional reliability engineer. I would highly recommended the university centre for its variety of different courses, professional and expert tutors, it is extremely well organised and student orientated.”
Aniku said that he would really like to continue his education and get a degree in Electromechanical Engineering. His future ambition is to take up a Chartered Engineering role or become a senior consultant.
Celebrating Success 2022: Andy Amoako
Course studied
The environment is quite serene and calming. The college gives the opportunity to fully explore your academic visions.
Building Services Student of the Year, Andy Amoako, was nominated for his enthusiasm to learn and progress while pursuing his aspiration of becoming an electrical engineer.
The 20-year-old from Grays studied Electrical Instillation at the college’s Thurrock Campus and is described by his tutors as a ‘model student’.
His tutor added: “It is truly a pleasure to have Andy in my class, he is a credit both to himself and the college.’
Andy said it was amazing to win the award.
He said: “It felt so good to receive an academic recognition, I have never been really recognized for anything like this, so it felt so great to be seen like that!
“I chose to study at the college because among all the available choices, South Essex College stood out more. The environment is quite serene and calming. The college gives the opportunity to fully explore your academic visions.
Andy is now looking to progress onto university to further his skills. As for the future he said: “I want to reach a height so high, I can't see the ground.”
