Truro College

Truro College is located in Truro, Cornwall, in the United Kingdom.Truro is a tertiary college and provides education and training across a wide range, targeting groups throughout the age and educational spectrum. The College recruits from the whole of Cornwall for further and higher education. It has Beacon College status, a status which acknowledges excellence and innovation in teaching standards [QIA 2008. QIA Excellence Gateway. Available Online at: http://beaconstatus.excellence.qia.org.uk/] .

Truro College offers a broad range of A-level, FE, HE and vocational qualifications. Truro College is part of the IB Diploma Programme. Degrees granted in partnership with the University of Plymouth include BA (Hons) in Contemporary World Jazz Studies, BA (Hons) in Silversmithing and Jewellery, BSc (Hons) in Archaeology, BSc (Hons) in Sports Performance and Coaching [Truro College/Higher Education 2008. "Degrees". Available Online at: http://www.trurocollege.ac.uk/page.php?pageID=439] , BA (Hons) in Education and Training and an Integrated Master's Programme (IMP) in Education [Truro College/Higher Education 2008. "Education - Teaching Courses" Available Online at: http://www.trurocollege.ac.uk/page.php?pageID=442] .

Following an exchange of governing bodies Truro College merged with Penwith College in April 2008 to improve standards in local college provision ["BBC News" 2008. Merger plan approved for colleges. 7th April. Available Online at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/7335369.stm] ["West Briton" 2008. Truro College enhances reputation. 20th August. Available Online at http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/westbriton/Truro-College-enhances-reputation/article-279794-detail/article.html] .

College Statistics

Established in 1993, Truro College has a record of high achievement. It is 11th in The Guardian 2008 league table ["The Guardian" 2008. School Exam Results Summer 2008, A-Levels: Colleges. Available Online at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/schooltables/2008/alevels/colleges] , and has often been in the top ten FE colleges [e.g. "The Guardian" 2006. A-Levels 2006: Colleges. Available Online at: http://education.guardian.co.uk/alevels/page/0,,1852554,00.html, & "The Times Higher Education" 1998. The top ten colleges and improving colleges based on A-level point scores. Available Online at: http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=110031&sectioncode=26] . The UK government’s league tables issued April 2006 listed Truro College as the leading public institution in Cornwall in terms of A-level achievement. The average points score per student for 2005/2006 were 310.2 [Dept. for children, schools and families 2006. "Performance Tables: Truro College". Available Online at: http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/cgi-bin/performancetables/dfe2x1_05.pl?School=9088005&Mode=Z&Type=] . In fact, The Telegraph has recently compared it favourably with a nearby independent school in its Town Versus Gown series [Davidson, M. 2008. Town vs gown: Truro, Cornwall"The Telegraph" 16th August. Available Online at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/education/2008/08/16/fatownvsgown116.xml] .

Truro College is also fast growing college. In the year 2006-7, for example, it grew by 20% ["Falmouth Packet" 2006. Increase in student numbers at Truro College. 11th October. Available Online at: http://archive.falmouthpacket.co.uk/2007/10/11/118555.html] . Starting with a cohort of 743 students, there have been over 150,000 students who have studied at the college in the last 15 years ["Falmouth Packet" 2008. Truro college celebrates 15 years. 12th September. Available Online at: http://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/truro/3669155.Truro_college_celebrates_15_years/] .

Achievements

The latest OFSTED report described the college as 'Outstanding'. This means that Truro is the first college of its type to be given such a [http://www.westbriton.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=144143&command=displayContent&sourceNode=144131&contentPK=16385885&moduleName=InternalSearch&formname=sidebarsearch status.]

Truro College won the 'College of the Year Award' at the National Business Enterprise Awards in 2007 [IAB 2007. Winners of BE Awards. Available Online at: http://www.iab.org.uk/win.asp]

Examples of Staff Publications:

Dr Caradoc Peters' "The Archaeology of Cornwall" [Peters, C. 2005. "The Archaeology of Cornwall". Fowey: Cornwall Editions - [http://www.amazon.co.uk/Archaeology-Cornwall-Caradoc-Peters/dp/1904880134/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1222386222&sr=8-1] ] &Andy Hughes' "Dominant Wave Theory" [Hughes, A. & Carson, D. 2006. "Dominant Wave Theory". London: Booth-Clibborn - [http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dominant-Wave-Theory-David-Carson/dp/0810993090/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1222386340&sr=1-2] ]

Smoking

Truro College is a strictly non-smoking campus. Users are reminded of this frequently, with 'no smoking' signs on every corner of all college buildings, and notices on television screens inside the buildings. Any student caught smoking on campus will be taken to a PTL's office where he will be disciplined. College staff have a duty to ensure crowds of smokers are standing either by the busy A390 or in the residential estate.

College users must also refrain from smoking in the Nisa Local car park, where security guards enforce this. Although the college do not help those who wish to quit, the Director of Operations echoes the advice given on billboards and the back of some cigarette packs: the NHS Stop Smoking Service is there to help.

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External links

* [http://trurocollege.ac.uk/about/about.htm] Information about Truro College on the college's website
* [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/portal/site/Internet/menuitem.7c7b38b14d870c7bb1890a01637046a0/?urn=130629&providerCategoryID=128] OFSTED Report
* [http://www.westbriton.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=144143&command=displayContent&sourceNode=144131&contentPK=16385885&moduleName=InternalSearch&formname=sidebarsearch] OFSTED awards top marks to college