Newcastle College

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Newcastle College is a further education establishment in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It is the largest college of its kind in the North East and believed to be one of the largest in England, and claims to offer more courses in more subjects than any of its geographical competitors.

In 2004, the College received a Grade 1 "outstanding" Ofsted inspection, placing it among the top three in England and Wales. This was followed in 2005 with the prestigious Learning and Skills Beacon Status award, only nine of which have ever been awarded to an FE college.

The college has firm links with three Universities, Newcastle, Northumbria and Leeds Metropolitan , and its Sixth Form and other schools work closely with them. The college has several campuses, with the main one, Ryehill, being on Scotswood Rd, opposite the Metro Radio Arena and a 10 minutes walk through the Life Science Centre to Central Station. Another one is next to the Northumbria University city campus, a short walk from Haymarket interchange. There are several other campuses in neighbouring towns.

[edit] Higher Education

Newcastle College also offers Higher Education (HE) qualifications as well as FE. These include bachelor’s degrees, Foundation degrees, BTEC HNC/HND. As Newcastle College cannot issue higher education qualifications itself they are instead validated by a university. Currently the universities validating the colleges degrees are Leeds Metropolitan university, Newcastle university and Sunderland university.

The college has over 3000 HE students. These students have access to HE only facilities such as the college HE bar "space" and cafeIT. The students will also have access to facilities of the university that is validating their Degree.