Barking and Dagenham College

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

Romford
,
Greater London
,
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 near Romford. 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.

History

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

In 2015 the College became a Digital & Creative Industries Career College. [5]

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. [6]

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 [7] ).[ better source needed ]

In October 2017 the College and Huawei, a Chinese multinational technology corporation, launched a Huawei Authorized Information Network Academy. [8]

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Welcome".
  2. ↑ "Welcome".
  3. ↑ Barking & Dagenham College Learning and Skills inspection report (Report). Ofsted. 31 May 2013. Archived from the original on 6 March 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  4. ↑ Barking College Report From The Inspectorate (PDF) (Report). Further Education Funding Council for England. 1998. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 June 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2021. https://barkingdagenhamcollege.ac.uk/about/our-campuses
  5. ↑ "Barking & Dagenham". Career Colleges Trust. Archived from the original on 24 April 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  6. ↑ Shaw, Alex (16 February 2018). "Mayor of London awards £5m funding to Barking and Dagenham College". Barking & Dagenham Post. Archived from the original on 26 September 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  7. ↑ "Audited accounts year ended 31st July 2016" (PDF). Barking and Dagenham College. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2017.
  8. ↑ Liu, Cecily (12 October 2017). "Huawei partners with London college to foster technology skills". China Daily . Archived from the original on 24 April 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  9. ↑ "The Lion King Cast". Archived from the original on 24 April 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  10. ↑ "Fatboy played by Ricky Norwood". BBC. Archived from the original on 27 January 2010. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
  11. ↑ "Ricky Norwood (EastEnders: E20) Interview". Last Broadcast. Archived from the original on 15 May 2010. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
  12. ↑ Davies, Rachel. "College gets behind The Voice finalist Emmanuel – College gets behind The Voice finalist Emmanuel". barkingdagenhamcollege.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 1 June 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  13. ↑ "BNOC 2019 nominations are officially open – University of Cambridge". Archived from the original on 13 June 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
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