City of Liverpool College

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The City of Liverpool College
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City of Liverpool College
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Coordinates 53°25′34″N2°55′29″W / 53.426155°N 2.924823°W / 53.426155; -2.924823
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Type Community
EstablishedApril 1992
Department for Education URN 130487 Tables
Ofsted Reports
ChairpersonTony Cobain
PrincipalElaine Bowker
Gender Coeducational
Age16+
Enrolment22,000
Website www.liv-coll.ac.uk OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

The City of Liverpool College is a further education and higher education college in Liverpool, England.

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The college is located over several sites across the Knowledge Quarter  a district in the Liverpool city centre. Community-based provision has been disestablished in response to reduction in funding provision by central government. ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) courses are likely to be the sole community-based provision.

History

It was created in 1992, as City of Liverpool Community College, from the merger of four[ which? ] further education (FE) colleges in Liverpool, [1] [2] including Millbank College of Commerce.[ citation needed ] The college left LEA control in 1993, when it was incorporated as Liverpool Community College, under Companies House legislation. The college's first principal was Wally Brown. [3] The college changed its name to The City of Liverpool College in 2013. [1] [2]

Organisation and administration

The board is made up of representatives from local businesses and communities. Funding for The City of Liverpool College is provided through the Education and Skills Funding Agency, and includes a "Local Offer" as required by the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, as Local Authority under the Children and Families Act. [4]

College Campus

There are four main college centres, all of which are within the City Centre area.

The Arts Centre

The Arts Centre is the provider of arts teaching within the City of Liverpool College corporation. The college runs both college and university level courses from the college.

Creative Apprenticeships are run at this centre along with courses in:

HE programmes in Creative and Digital Arts are also run at the Arts Centre.

Clarence Street

Clarence Street centre was opened in 2001. The following courses can be chosen:

Duke Street

Opened in 2003, Duke Street offers the following course types:

Vauxhall Road

Opened in 2003 at a cost of over £10 million, this centre specialises in construction and engineering. [5] The following course types can be chosen:

The Learning Exchange

The £35 million Learning Exchange on Roscoe Street is central to the College's city centre campus and houses all its student support services, including finance, exams and careers advice and guidance.

The Learning Exchange is the location for courses in health care and child studies and Sport, Exercise & Fitness - including Uniformed Services. It is also home to HE programmes in computing and business with accounting.

Qualifications available

The college offers traditional academic qualifications such as GCSEs and A-levels, as well as vocational courses at national certificate, diploma and higher national level. It also offers programmes at foundation and master's degree level.

The college also provides a range of professional qualifications such as Microsoft Systems Administrator, Microsoft Office Specialist and CISCO CCNA. Students studying these areas may have chosen these as a way to enhance their prior knowledge.

Awards

Several awards have been won by students and staff alike for their involvement in the local area.

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