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Level 3 childcare diploma course closes down

A university with campuses in London and Reading is to withdraw its level 3 Diploma in Childcare and Education from September in a move it blames on 'falling demand'.

Thames Valley University (TVU) will not allow new students on the two-year course, based at its Reading campus. The university will still offer NVQs up to Level 4.

Twelve first-year students who are currently enrolled on the level 3 diploma course will have to transfer to alternative providers to complete their studies. The majority are expected to go the Berkshire College of Agriculture.

Lee Nicholls, executive director of the Reading campus, said, 'Arrangements, including transport, are being made to ensure this causes minimum disruption to students.'

He added that most of those affected were in their second year and would complete the course at TVU this summer.'

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