10 Facts About Nottingham College

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Nottingham College is one of the largest further education and higher education colleges in the United Kingdom.

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Nottingham College is an amalgamation of two former further education colleges — New College Nottingham and Central College Nottingham.

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New College Nottingham was formed from Arnold and Carlton College, which opened in 1960; Basford Hall College of Further Education, which opened 1969; Clarendon College of Further Education, which was founded in 1919 and became a further-education college in 1948 whose current campus opened in 1960; and the High Pavement Sixth Form College, which was founded as a school in 1788 and has offered sixth form education since 1975; the current campus opened in 2001.

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In December 2015 New College Nottingham underwent its new inspection framework Ofsted inspection and received a Grade 2 overall, having been rated Good in all individual categories.

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Central College Nottingham was a further education college based over ten sites in Nottinghamshire.

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South Nottingham College was founded in 1970 in West Bridgford, while Castle College Nottingham was founded on 1 June 2006 from the merger of Broxtowe College and The People's College in Nottingham.

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The People's Nottingham College was the oldest further education college in England, having been founded in 1847.

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Nottingham College is a general further and higher education college and offers a range of courses corresponding to the ISCED band 4 and 5.

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Nottingham College offers over 20 popular subjects, including a limited range of languages and more specialised subjects.

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10.

Nottingham College offers a range of university-level courses at undergraduate level recognised by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education in partnership with higher education institutions including Nottingham Trent University and Edexcel.

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