Chesterfield College

Chesterfield College

Chesterfield College is a further education further and higher education college in the town of Chesterfield in North East Derbyshire, England. The college consists of three campuses (Infirmary Road, Tapton House and Clowne) spread over the town of Chesterfield and serves over 21,000 students of which 5,600 are full time attends.[1]

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History

Chesterfield College started life as a cheese factory then in 1841 as the Chesterfield and Brampton Mechanics' Institute, and went through various incarnations, including the merger in 1984 of Chesterfield Art College and Chesterfield College of Technology, before becoming Chesterfield College. Chesterfield College become the first Associate College of Sheffield Hallam University in 1993.

The College offers a wide range of open and flexible learning courses for people who have home commitments such as caring responsibilities and want to study at home, shift workers who cannot attend classes, those who would like to update their qualifications or people who want to gain further qualifications.

Campuses

Chesterfield College consists of three campuses over the town of Chesterfield which is used by the college to tutor students for different courses. The main campus is on Infirmary Road and is where most of the students learn, s well as being home to the Advice and Guidance Centre and the administrative centre of the College. This campus has a North, South Block (largest), East and west. The Infirmary Road site is where the majority of the courses take place. Tapton House is the Higher Education campus of Chesterfield College, and now shares a site with the Innovation Centre. It was the former home of English mechanical engineer George Stephenson.

A third campus exists at Clowne, nine miles to the north-east of Chesterfield.

Beacon College status

Chesterfield College has been awarded Learning and Skills Beacon Status for excellence in community-based education.[2] This award was launched by the Department for Education and Skills and the Learning and Skills Council in 2002. This award was presented to the College in London on 15 March 2005.

Lifelong Learning Network

Chesterfield College is a partner institution of Higher Futures, the Lifelong Learning Network (LLN) for South Yorkshire, North Derbyshire and North Nottinghamshire.

Current courses and subjects

  • A-Levels and GCSEs
  • Art and Design
  • Automobile Engineering
  • Business
  • Childcare
  • Computing, Information Technology
  • Construction
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Hairdressing and Beauty Therapy
  • Health and Caring
  • Hospital and Caring
  • Learning with Learning Difficulties
  • Performing Arts
  • Plumbing
  • Science
  • Sport and Recreation
  • Travel and Tourism
  • Uniformed Services
  • Work-based Learning
  • Hospitality and Catering

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ "Chesterfield College: Information: Welcome...". Archived from the original on 2007-01-23. http://web.archive.org/web/20070123170500/http://www.chesterfield.ac.uk/chesterfield-college/information/welcome.htm. Retrieved 2007-01-29. 
  2. ^ "Beacon Status". Chesterfield College. Archived from the original on 2007-05-22. http://web.archive.org/web/20070522044318/http://www.chesterfield.ac.uk/chesterfield-college/beacon_status/index.htm. Retrieved 2007-07-19. 

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Coordinates: 53°14′22″N 1°25′28″W / 53.23944°N 1.42444°W / 53.23944; -1.42444

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