Beauty, Spa and Hairdressing
the Devonshire Spa
The former Devonshire Royal Hospital was the last of the UK's eight 'hydropathic' hospitals to close in 2000. After an award-winning £23m restoration project and refit, the building reopened as the Devonshire Campus of the University of Derby. The hospital's own hydrotherapy area was built in 1914, and this has now become the training spa.
"In its life as a spa, the new facility will attract a broad client base offering an extensive spa treatment menu. This will enable our students to become highly skilled spa professionals providing an unrivalled service, giving a comprehensive selection of current treatments and preparing them for their careers in this country or abroad."
Karen Wardley, who leads the Hair, Beauty and Spa Therapies subject areas.
Hands on experience from the start
All our tutors have worked in the industry and so they give an academic understanding and practical knowledge. You'll get lots of hands on experience throughout your course in our high quality on site spa facilities and salons. We also have great links with employers, so you will have opportunities to take work placements and put your skills into practice. If you are already working in the industry, you'll be able to develop your skills in your own place of work.
Study which fits around you
You can fit your studies around other work and life commitments. You can choose to study some of our courses flexibly, so you can study at a time and place to suit you.
Close links to industry
We've got close links with employers in the beauty, spa and hairdressing industries, so you'll be kept up to date with what's going on.
From college courses to university degrees
If you're not ready for a degree, you can study an NVQ or a foundation degree first, because we're a college as well as a university - so we offer all levels of beauty therapy and hairdressing courses.
What our students say
"Good facilities, good products in the salon and great people to work with."
"The tutors are excellent and make the course enjoyable and have an excellent way of teaching. The facilities in the salon are also excellent."
Exhibitions
We're attending Salon International 2010 at London Excel from Saturday 16 October to Monday 18 October 2010, come and visit us at stand J230. Here's further information and how to book tickets.
