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The Derby College of Higher Education split from Derby College of Further Education (FE) during the 1960s. Derby FE was primarily targeted at part-time students from engineering companies such as Rolls-Royce and British Rail. This provision continued through to the 1980s until a major restructuring of industry and the apprenticeship system.
This is a list of current further education and higher education colleges in Scotland. Most colleges provide both levels of qualification. Further education colleges offer courses for people over the age of sixteen, involving school-level qualifications such as Higher Grade exams, as well as work-based learning.
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The Big Plus is an awareness raising campaign in Scotland targeting adults who might be unable to achieve their aspirations due to a lack of literacy and/or numeracy skills. Formerly part of the Scottish University for Industry, it is now part of Skills Development Scotland.
This was a merger forced by the UK Government, despite Derby College having withdrawn an initial bid to merge with the failing college due to its crippling financial status. The final stages of a merger with The University of Derby were overturned by the newly elected Government, and the two remaining campus in Heanor and Ilkeston became a ...
A university technical college is a non-selective free school funded directly by the Department for Education, [2] free to attend, and outside the control of the local education authority. University technical colleges specialise in subjects like engineering and construction, and teach these subjects along with employability and IT skills. [ 3 ]
Through the Employer Engagement Unit, the College is able to offer the Train to Gain Service and Apprenticeships. [citation needed] In December 2008, Burton College was only 1 of 35 colleges in the UK to achieve the Training Quality Standard (TQS), an assessment which recognises the quality of industry training provision. Earlier that year, the ...