Nottingham College

New College Nottingham (often stylised as ncn or NCN) 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.

In December 2015 New College Nottingham underwent its new inspection framework Ofsted inspection and received a Grade 2 (Good) overall, having been rated as Good in all individual categories.[3]

Central College Nottingham was a further education college based over ten sites in Nottinghamshire. The college was formed from the merger of Castle College Nottingham and South Nottingham College. 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. The People's College was the oldest further education college in England, having been founded in 1847. Following a public consultation, which ran from December 2010 to January 2011, it was decided that Castle College Nottingham and South Nottingham College should merge. The colleges officially merged on 1 July 2011. The merged college was renamed 'Central College Nottingham' in November 2012.[4]

On 8 June 2017, New College Nottingham merged with Central College Nottingham to form Nottingham College, one of the largest colleges in the UK, with around 40,000 full-time and part-time students.[1][2]

A-levels are the traditional entry route to universities, and a sixth-form college such as this, has been the option chosen by students that want, at 16, to leave the security and restrictions of a secondary school. There are entry requirements to each course, students must have evidence of success at GCSEs, and normally have a pass of Grade C or above in a related subject. They will study 3 or 4 subjects. Nottingham College offers over 20 popular subjects, but a limited range of languages and more specialised subjects. All the academic subjects are studied at High Pavement Sixth Form, though Art and Textiles at Stoney Street and Photography at the Adams Building.[5]

Nottingham College offers a range of university-level courses recognised by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) in partnership with higher education institutions including Nottingham Trent University and Edexcel. The foundation degree law course, developed with Nottingham Trent University and introduced in 2004, was the first to be nationally recognised by the Law Society. [6]

The Adams Building – illuminated – February 2012

The Adams Building opened in 1998, it is the main focus for the College's Higher Education provision as well as art and design, fashion and textiles, business, digital media and GCSEs courses.[9]

Much of the provision is delivered in the Grade II listed seven-storey Adams Building, a converted lace factory on Stoney Street in the historic Lace Market, and at the nearby School of Art and Design at 25 Stoney Street. Specialised facilities include a three-camera TV studio, a radio broadcasting station, and fashion design/manufacturing studios.

The Basford centre is situated off Stockhill Lane, on the north-western edge of the city. It focuses on construction technologies; with an emphasis on vocational courses. The centre has specialist facilities for bricklaying, plumbing, gas, painting and decorating, carpentry and joinery, plastering, refrigeration, tiling, welding, heating and ventilation and electrical services.

In September 2015 the centre was refurbished. The £27m rebuilding project followed a £9m investment by the Skills Funding Agency.[10]

The Beeston centre is Nottingham College's administrative hub for business support departments including Finance, Human Resources, Marketing and other professional services.

The centre is situated on Chilwell High Road adjacent to the Central College stop (former name of the college) on the Nottingham Express Transit tram system.

The Clarendon site, just off the Mansfield Road, combines performing arts and music, Early Years and Education, hairdressing, catering and beauty therapy.

The Nottingham College Academy of Performing Arts and Music has purpose-built facilities including a large multi-purpose theatre seating up to 300 people, a smaller theatre seating up to 84 and computerised box office. There are also dance studios, drama rehearsal rooms, industry-standard music recording studios and music technology suites.[11]

The Academy of Food, Drink and Visitor Services has specialist facilities for hospitality and catering including a purpose-built demonstration theatre and preparation and patisserie kitchens. The Academy has links with local industry including Woodborough Hall, Bluu, Restaurant Sat Bains and Hart's.

The nearby Berridge Centre on Stanley Road, Forest Fields (closed in Summer 2010) was formerly the co-educational Forest Fields Grammar School. Between 1895 and 1955 it was High Pavement Grammar School, a boys grammar school.

Highfields is located on University Boulevard. Created in association with Toyota,[12][13] the centre has ten workshops, a car showroom and a learning resource centre.

High Pavement is a dedicated A-Level centre on Chaucer Street in the heart of the City's academic district. The £6.3 million[14] building was designed by Ellis Williams Architects; it comprises six floors with classrooms and computer suites, a Learning Resource Centre and a café.

The Sixth Form College was previously the 11–18 'High Pavement Grammar School'; first established in 1788 as the 'Unitarian Day Charity School' behind the High Pavement Chapel on High Pavement, in the Lace Market in central Nottingham. From 1895 until 1955, the school was in Stanley Road in Forest Fields, then moving to the Bestwood Estate.

With the introduction of comprehensive education in Nottingham, the grammar school became High Pavement Sixth Form College, and in 1999 merged into New College Nottingham.[15] It moved to its current site on Chaucer Street in 2001.[14]

The centre, which is five minutes from Nottingham station and tram terminus, is the college's technology centre. It has three automotive workshops with 32 ramps as well as general engineering facilities.

The centre provides courses in Access to Higher Education, Business & IT, Photography, ESOL, Foundation Learning, Health & Medical Sciences and Health & Social Care.

This centre is home to Emtec Colleges Limited as well some of the industry's training providers. Training takes place in facilities in Ruddington where automotive training in conjunction with motor manufacturers has been taking place for over 15 years.

The centre provides specialist facilities for students with a range of physical and learning difficulties and disabilities as well as for other Foundation Learning courses.

Your Look Hair and Beauty Salon, located on Wheeler Gate (just off Old Market Square) is a modern industry-standard commercial salon dedicated to hair and beauty courses and open to the public. The salon was originally completed in September 2014 and was officially opened in November 2014 under the name Salon Central by British hairdresser Beverly C MBE.[16]

• John Bird, satirist (1948–55)
• Peter Bowles, actor (1948–55)
• Michael Breheny,[26] Professor of Planning 1991–2003 at the University of Reading
• John Burnett, social historian
• Prof Kenneth Burton FRS, Professor of Biochemistry 1966–88 at Newcastle University, 1954–66 at the MRC Unit for Research in Cell Metabolism, Oxford
• Louis Essen FRS,[27] physicist who invented the caesium atomic clock and determined the speed of light (1920–27)
• Prof Anthony Cross FBA, Professor of Slavonic Studies 1985–2004 at the University of Cambridge (Fitzwilliam College), Roberts Professor of Russian 1981–85 at the University of Leeds, Chairman 2001-05 of Academia Rossica, Reviews Editor since 1971 of the Journal of European Studies, and winner of the 1997 Alec Nove Prize
• Simon House, violin player
• Freda Jackson, actress
• Stanley Middleton, author and 1974 Man Booker Prize winner (1930–37)
• Trevor Morley, footballer
• Ken Olisa FRSA,[28] businessman and former Reuters board member, the first British-born black man to serve on the board of a FTSE 100 company and the first black Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London (1963–70)
• Tim Robinson, cricket umpire and former Nottinghamshire cricket captain
• Harold Shipman, serial killer (1957–64)
• Sir Arthur Elijah Trueman, Professor of Geology 1937–45 at the University of Glasgow, and President 1945–47 of the Geological Society (1905–12)
• John Turner (actor) (1943–50)
• Philip Voss, actor
• Sir Rowland Wright, Chairman 1975–78 of ICI, Chairman 1978–83 of Blue Circle Industries, Chancellor 1984–91 of Queen's University, Belfast (1927–34)

• Graham Allen, Labour MP 1987–2017 for Nottingham North
• Sir David Nicholson, Chief Executive 2011–14 of the National Health Service

• Baidoe-Ansah, William; Cutting, Simon; Pearson, Alastair; Russell, Claire; Farrier, Sylvia; Gay, Susan; Sanders, Nick; Owen, Stella; Brompton, Ralph; Merry, Ken (6 January 2016). "Inspection report: New College Nottingham, 1–4 December 2015". ofsted.gov.uk. Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 December 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
• "DCSF: The 2008 School and College (Post-16) Achievement and Attainment Tables". Department for Children, Schools and Families. Archived from the original on 31 October 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
• Peter Gates, Tina Byrom and Andrea Wheeler (2007). "The Location of Further Education and Young People's Participation in Nottingham North" (PDF). The University of Nottingham. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
• "College announces Basford Hall campus expansion" (PDF). The University of Nottingham. 5 July 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012.