The post-school (tertiary) layer of the proposed Valley of Grace Learning Campus, and the part that gives the campus continuity. Graduates of Emil Weder, the campus’s English-medium boarding school, its school of skills, and its vocational training centre can all continue at the BLC into further study, research, and work in the valley (MS).
The BLC is designed as a node within the ~10,000-hectare Valley of Grace Realm, with defined learning corridors extending into the Greyton commonage, the Greyton Nature Reserve, Farm 39, and the Riviersonderend watershed. The centre is the base; the valley is the campus. Learners from every school on the campus, and Emil Weder learners who choose to join, take stewardship of allocated restoration blocks (wetland rehabilitation, alien clearing, erosion management, species monitoring). The conservation area’s condition becomes part of their learning record.
Its tertiary role starts small: occupational qualifications at higher NQF levels through the QCTO, short courses and field programmes for visiting students and professionals, and degree-level study and research through university partners (TBV). Registration as a private higher education institution is a long-term option only. The BLC also runs community education and heritage and ecological tours, and hosts research on the 2038 Genadendal tercentenary, the leopard corridor, and bioprecipitation.
International reference points include the Schumacher College Small School (UK), the Findhorn Foundation (Scotland), SEKEM (Egypt), and the Sustainability Institute (Stellenbosch).
See also
- Valley of Grace Learning Campus
- Learning Campus option profile
- Learning Campus design brief
- Place-based education
- Treverton College
- Nature Realm
This page is part of the Valley of Grace High School Decision Tool Glossary.