The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer and a copyright notice . Drumchapel, in Glasgow, is one of these. The project is a partnership between Drumchapel Opportunities and Anniesland College, Glasgow, and has received funding from the European Social Fund each year since 1993.
Trainees can work individually or in classes, under the guidance of three tutors.
They can apply for training in each area separately, and the demand for IT training has been particularly great. The emphasis is on informality, and the college deliberately avoids an institutional atmosphere, so that starters with low confidence are not put off. While mainstream education commonly uses continuous assessment and time limits, in the Reflex project, trainees are only assessed when they feel ready. The project has attracted many visits and praise from educationalists from other countries in Europe, and Reflex staff have advised in the setting up of a similar project in Salonika, Greece. The project will continue to feed into discussions on curriculum development and the implications for funding and certification of projects.