Barking and Dagenham College

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Barking & Dagenham College
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Address
Barking and Dagenham College
Dagenham Road, Rush Green

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RM7 0XU

England
Coordinates 51°33′36″N0°10′23″E / 51.560°N 0.173°E / 51.560; 0.173
Information
Type Further education
MottoMore than a qualification
Established1961
Local authority Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council
Department for Education URN 130424 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Principal & CEONatalie Davison [1] [2]
Gender Mixed
Age range16+
Enrolment10,000+ (2013) [3]
Website www.barkingdagenhamcollege.ac.uk

Barking & Dagenham College is a general further education college in East London, England. It has four campuses across the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham with its main campus being located in Rush Green less than a mile from the Romford town centre. Their other campus are located in Barking town center at the Technical Skills Academy, The Broadway Theatre and Barking Learning Centre. [4]

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The College is also home to the East London Institute of Technology. Institutes of Technology (IoT) were established by the Department for Education (DfE) to deliver world-class higher technical education - helping to increase the supply of high-skilled technicians across key industries that our economy needs.

Each IoT is awarded a license by DfE that outlines its role and objectives and is signed by all partners in the IoT. The Network has access to a £300 million capital funding pot to create state-of-the-art industry-standard facilities and infrastructure in which to deliver this learning. [5]

History

Originally known as Barking College, it became Barking & Dagenham College in 2010.

In 2015 the College became a Digital & Creative Industries Career College. [6]

In February 2018, the College was awarded a £5m share of £25.7m funding by the Mayor, Sadiq Khan to complete its Centre for Advanced Technologies. [7]

Courses

The college provides intermediate, advanced and higher apprenticeship training in London. Specialisms include Construction, Project Management, Human Resources Management, Business and Pharmacy. The college has 12,500 students and an annual turnover of £36 million (Source: Audited Accounts 2015/2016 [8] ).[ better source needed ]

In October 2017 the College and Huawei, a Chinese multinational technology corporation, launched a Huawei Authorized Information Network Academy. [9]

Notable alumni

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