Residential Courses

Welcome to the ARCA, the Adult Residential Colleges Association
Web Site.

Over 150,000 people every year follow a course of study in one of the residential colleges in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The ARCA colleges are a group of small colleges specialising in short-stay residential adult education courses for the general public. Feel free to browse our site, or email us with any enquiries.

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