- Sheffield College
Sheffield College is a
further education (FE)college inSheffield ,England . It was formed by the merger of six FE colleges in 1993. The main centres are Castle College (in the city centre), Hillsborough College (which replaced Loxley College in Stannington, and Parson Cross College in 2005) and Norton College. Norton College also includes the Peaks Centre. Castle College is currently being rebuilt, with the planned completion in 2010. The Sheffield College also hosts the [http://www.sheffcol.ac.uk/OnlineCollege Online College] , offering a range of online professional development and academic courses. [http://www.sheffcol.ac.uk/index.cfm?ID=6b7dfd0f-faf1-4fcb-91e3-e5c8f252ee7e Skills for Business] is the employer facing arm of the college.Sheffield College Students' Union
Sheffield College Students' Union is a rapidly expanding organisation representing the interests of all students at Sheffield College. Members of the Union can get involved in it through events and elections organised by their Local College Union Committees and Union Executive Committee.
Sheffield College Students' Union is affiliated to the
National Union of Students .Kat Fletcher , President of the National Union of Students 2004 - 2006, is a former General Secretary of Sheffield College Students' Union.Lifelong Learning Network
The Sheffield College is a partner institution of Higher Futures, the Lifelong Learning Network (LLN) for South Yorkshire, North Derbyshire and North Nottinghamshire.
Evening Courses
Sheffield College runs a range of good quality evening courses for adults dispersed at its six locations. In particular it runs art and language courses at its
Bannerdale centre. Some artists who have studied there in the past have gone on to be influential in forming new art movements such asNouveau Surrealism External links
* [http://www.sheffcol.ac.uk/index.cfm?ID=6b7dfd0f-faf1-4fcb-91e3-e5c8f252ee7e Skills for Business]
* [http://www.sheffcol.ac.uk The Sheffield College]
* [http://www.scsu.org.uk SCSU Online]
* [http://my.sheffcol.ac.uk/courses/onlinelearning Online learning in the Sheffield College.]
* [http://www.higherfutures.org Higher Futures] Lifelong Learning Network
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