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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.
The Advanced apprenticeship is the largest of them, with 108,100 new starts, followed by the higher apprenticeship with 80,700 before the intermediate apprenticeship, with 64,300. Although the advanced apprenticeship has always been the most popular format, until the 2020/21 cycle the Higher Apprenticeship had always had the lowest number of ...
Scotland's Rural College (SRUC) Aberdeen, Ayr, Broxburn, Dumfries, and Edinburgh: 2012: Merger of Barony College, Elmwood College, Oatridge Agricultural College and the Scottish Agricultural College [4] [5] The Elmwood Campus in Cupar was transferred to Fife College in 2013. South Lanarkshire College: East Kilbride: 1948: West College Scotland
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 ]
The newly merged college will continue to operate from SEDC's existing sites in Ilkeston and Heanor and from Derby College's other sites located in Derby and Derbyshire. Meanwhile, an estates and learning review is being undertaken to ensure learners benefit from the best facilities for their chosen courses.
The College is one of the top performing schools in Derby, with an above average Progress 8 score of +0.37 in 2017. [6]In January 2018, the College was featured in an article in The Derby Telegraph after it was ranked as one of the top three academically achieving schools in Derby following the release of their Progress 8 and Attainment 8 results. [7]
Derby was chosen as the site of the school because it was geographically central in the LMS empire, and would enable students to visit the sidings, control office, workshops and other places where they could practice some of the things they were studying. The foundation stone was laid by Sir Josiah Stamp on 22 September 1937. [4]
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 ...