Newcastle College

Newcastle College

Established	1930 (officially) / 2007 (merged)
Type	General Further Education
Headteacher	Bev Robinson
Location	Scotswood Road Newcastle upon Tyne Tyne and Wear England
DfE URN	130552
Ofsted	Reports
Students	c23,000
Gender	mixed
Ages	14+
Colours	blue. white & red
Website	ncl-coll.ac.uk

Newcastle College is a Further Education and Higher Education college in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It is the largest mixed economy College in the country and claims to offer more courses in more subjects than any of its geographical competitors.^{[citation needed]}

In 2004, the College received a Grade 1 ("outstanding") Ofsted inspection, placing it among the top three in England and Wales. This was followed in 2005 with the prestigious Learning and Skills Beacon Status award, only nine of which have ever been awarded to an FE college. The college maintained its outstanding grade in the 2008 Ofsted inspection^[1]

Campuses

The Parsons Building at the main campus.

The college has several campuses, with the main one, Rye Hill, being on Scotswood Road, opposite the Metro Radio Arena and a 10 minutes walk through the Life Science Centre to Central Station. Another is next to the Northumbria University city campus, a short walk from Haymarket. There are several other campuses in neighbouring towns. In addition, Newcastle College has a campus in Skelmersdale and Ormskirk, Lancashire following the merger with Skelmersdale & Ormskirk College in 2007^[2] (Now renamed West Lancashire College).

The Rutherford (left) and Trevelyan (tower block) Buildings

Higher education

The main area of business for Newcastle college is its elite contact centre set up in 2005 to promote training in the workplace, with its highly trained members of staff.

Newcastle College offers HE qualifications as well as FE. These include bachelor’s degrees, foundation degrees, Higher National Certificates and Diplomas. Because the College cannot issue higher education qualifications itself, its HE course are validated by Leeds Metropolitan, Newcastle, Northumbria and Sunderland Universities.

The college has over 3,000 HE students. These students have access to HE-only facilities such as Space. These students also have access to the facilities of the university that is validating their qualifications.

The College Factfile

The College was founded in 1894 as "Rutherford College for boys only", in 1930 Charles Travelyn founded the Travelyn Building for girls. This was the year in which the college became "Newcastle Further Education College", shortened to "Newcastle College" in the early 60s.

In March 2008, Newcastle College bought the majority of the troubled training organisation Carter & Carter.^[3]

Notable alumni

• Joe McElderry - X-Factor 2009 winner.^[4]

References

1. ^ 2008 Ofsted report. Retrieved 6 October 2010
2. ^ "Skelmersdale College (Dissolution) Order 2007". Office of Public Sector Information. 2007-08-01. http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2007/uksi_20071747_en_1. Retrieved 2008-08-27. 
3. ^ FT.com | Carter & Carter sell-off bucks trend
4. ^ Leah Strug (8 October 2009). "Support for X Factor Joe is top class". Shields Gazette. http://www.shieldsgazette.com/news/Support-for-X-Factor-Joe.5714678.jp. Retrieved 17 November 2009. 

External links

• Official website

Coordinates: 54°58′02″N 1°37′43″W / 54.96722°N 1.62861°W / 54.96722; -1.62861

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