Blackpool and The Fylde College

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Blackpool and The Fylde College
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Established1892
Principal Alun Francis
Location,
CampusBispham, University Centre, Gateway, Fleetwood Nautical, Lancashire Energy HQ
Website www.blackpool.ac.uk

Blackpool and The Fylde College (B&FC) is a further and higher education college in Blackpool, Lancashire, England.

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The college is a Regional Teaching Partner of Lancaster University and offers full and part-time further education, higher education and vocational courses along with apprenticeships. From September 2016 the college also holds its own foundation degree awarding powers. [1]

Facilities include four main campuses located across the Fylde Coast.[ citation needed ] The sites in Fleetwood form a specialised Nautical campus, which teaches courses for merchant seafarers and offshore workers. As well as delivering a broad portfolio of accredited safety, survival and fire training courses, qualifications are also awarded by the Scottish Qualifications Authority, Lancaster University as well as the college itself.

History

The history of B&FC dates back to 1892's opening of Fleetwood's School for Fishermen, which later developed into the Nautical campus. Blackpool Technical College (B&FC's Palatine Road site, later expanded into Blackpool Technical College and School of Art) opened in 1937, and expanded again to include the Bispham site c.1970 (Hall, A Hundred Years of Blackpool Education, Blackpool Education Committee, 1970). The Fleetwood and Blackpool colleges combined into B&FC in 1987. [2] The college's Lytham site has been converted to provide sixth form facilities, in conjunction with Lytham St Annes Technology and Performing Arts College. [3]

Campuses

Students' Union

B&FC Students' Union is affiliated with the NUS and works in partnership with the college. The SU represents students on a range of issues, including equality and diversity, education and social activities.

Institute of Technology

Located across England, IoTs are a national network of partnerships between local colleges, universities and leading employers of which B&FC is now a part of. [4] Backed by a £290 million government investment, IoTs deliver the high quality technical education, providing skills-based training for careers across multiple technical industries.

B&FC is now a partner with Lancashire and Cumbria's Institute of Technology, delivering a variety of technical IoT courses. [5]

Alumni

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References

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  2. "The history of B&FC". Blackpool and The Fylde College. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  3. "Welcome to Lytham Sixth Form College". Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  4. "Home | Institutes of Technology". www.institutesoftechnology.org.uk. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  5. "Institute of Technology at B&FC | Blackpool and The Fylde College". www.blackpool.ac.uk. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
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