Urchfont Manor College

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Urchfont Manor College is a residential college for adult education, owned and operated by the Wiltshire Local Education Authority since 1947. It is also a conference centre.

1 Urchfont Manor
2 Courses
3 Management
4 Sources

[edit] Urchfont Manor

The house itself is near the Wiltshire village of Urchfont, about seven miles from the market town of Devizes. First built in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, the Manor was rebuilt between 1678 and 1700 by Sir William Pynsent in the Restoration style.

[edit] Courses

Courses at the college are in the areas of visual and performing arts and media and family learning. Most programmes are accredited. At any time, more than one thousand students are enrolled. Some courses are provided directly by the Local Education Authority and some by partners such as the Workers Educational Association.

[edit] Management

The college is managed by a Management Board of governors, most appointed by the Local Education Authority, plus the Director of the college, one elected representative of the teaching staff, and a student member.