The Alpha Plus Group - formerly Davies, Laing and Dick Education Group - was founded in 1931 and currently comprises twenty independent schools and sixth form colleges, Lyn Fry Associates and the Best Practice Network. The schools and colleges within the group have developed a longstanding reputation for delivering premium quality education.

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Facilities & Accommodation

DLD College moved to Marylebone, central London, in 2004.

The College’s buildings and teaching facilities are excellent; they comprise:

  • 42 classrooms, 20 of which have interactive whiteboards
  • 80-seat theatre with cinema screen
  • Music recording studio with sound booth, 8 Apple Macs and Cubase and Sibelius software
  • 3 art studios for fine art, sculpture & ceramics, textiles
  • Photography dark room with 9 enlargers
  • 3 large well-equipped science laboratories
  • 2 Computer suites with 24 PCs
  • Media editing suite with 5 Apple Macs equipped with Quark, Final Cut and Photoshop
  • Library, with 16 PCs for student use
  • Student Cyber Cafe and common room

Two supervised study areas with space for 75 students

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80 seat theatre with 42 lanterns

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The theatre is also equipped with a cinema screen and surround sound

A music recording studio equipped with sound booth, 8 Apple Macs with
Cubase and Sibelius software

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Three art studios – Fine Art and Screen Printing, Sculpture and Ceramics, Textiles

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Photography: a dark room with 9 enlargers, a light room and a studio

Separate laboratories for Biology, Chemistry and Physics equipped with
interactive white boards

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DLD Virtual School: online course notes, past papers, homework assignments,
revision programmes

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Two ICT teaching rooms equipped with 24 PCs and interactive white boards

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A library with an adjacent IT Study with 16 PCs exclusively for student use

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A Media and Film classroom with large screen and surround sound

An adjacent edit suite equipped with Apple Mac G5s equipped with I Movie, Final Cut Pro,
Quark Express, and Photoshop

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A Canteen and Common Room

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ACCOMMODATION

 

International Students House

From the age of 17, students are able to stay at International Students House,
which is a ten minute walk from the college, next to Great Portland Street
Underground station. All rooms are twin. Details of the residence can be found on our website at www.dld.org

Facilities

  • Internet connection in rooms
  • Internet Café
  • Restaurant
  • Regents Gym (in house)
  • Fitness classes including yoga, pilates,
  • dance and martial arts
  • Social programme of events such as Live
  • Music, Pub Quiz, Films, Discos etc
  • Laundrette

Fees 2008/09

A year at ISH costs £9530. Fees include access to all facilities and ISH membership
Fees will be collected in 2 instalments of £4765. The first instalment is payable on booking, the second instalment will be invoiced in December.


Homestays


DLD works closely with Britannia Student Services (BSS), an accommodation agency
specialising in serving international students who have come to London to study. The
organisation has a large portfolio of trustworthy and vetted hosts which allows them to offer a
wide range of choices depending on the students' needs and wants. The staff at BSS are fully trained in student accommodation and welfare and speak a range of different languages. They have a team of Accommodation Assessors who visit all accommodations before accepting them onto their database thus ensuring students are placed in friendly, comfortable and safe homes. All accommodation complies with the English UK Homestay Code of Practice Hosts provide accommodation, meals as booked and rooms are cleaned weekly with bed linen
and towels being changed.

Cost is typically between £140-£250 per week. A booking fee of £25 is payable to BSS.
Payment for accommodation is made twice yearly; the first at least 28 days before the student's arrival and a second payment in the fourth month of the student's stay. If the room
is to be held during holidays a retainer fee is required. Office hours are from 9.30 am until 6pm Monday to Friday. Students are invited to visit the office at any time during their stay in the UK and are giving a 24 hour emergency number to contact them out of hours.

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