Bournemouth and Poole College
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| The Bournemouth & Poole College | |
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| Established: | 1913 |
| Type: | College |
| Principal: | Lawrence Vincent |
| Location: | Bournemouth and Poole, England |
| Campus: | multiple campuses |
| Website: | www.thecollege.co.uk |
The Bournemouth and Poole College is a further education establishment based in Bournemouth and Poole on the south coast of England. It is one of the larger UK colleges and caters for an average of 24,000 learners each year.
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[edit] Courses
The College runs over 1000 courses in seven Learning and Development Academies:
- Creative Industries
- Sixth Form Studies
- Management and Leadership
- Health and Social Care
- Service Industries
- Technology
- Foundation Studies and Skills for Life
[edit] Health and Social Care
The Academy for Health and Social Care offers students professional and vocational qualifications in Social Care, Health Care, Counselling and Child Care.
[edit] Service Industries
The Academy for Service Industries provides courses in Hospitality, Catering, Hairdressing, Beauty, Holistic Therapies, Floristry and Tourism.
[edit] Campuses
The college operates six centres in Bournemouth and Poole with a number of smaller community campuses. The three largest centres are Lansdowne (in Bournemouth), and North Road and Constitution Hill (in Poole).
[edit] Lansdowne
This centre is located a short walk from the town centre and is where the Service Industries (catering, hair & beauty, public services, etc), one of the two sixth forms, and many of the Management and Leadership based courses are based.
[edit] History of Lansdowne
The college was originally the Bournemouth Municipal College which opened in 1913 and is said to one of the best buildings in Bournemouth. It is a listed building and is well known for its clocktower (said to be an 'eyesore' when first built). Attached was also the public library until 2002. A small number of 'Horsa huts' were built in the 1940s and a large 3 floor extension opened in 1957. In 1960 it took over the former Bournemouth School for Girls buildings which were two old Victorian houses (Asham House and Woodcote) which were used as the school when it opened in 1917. A building was built between these in 1932 which is now the catering block. Woodcote is now used for hairdressing and beauty therapy courses. Although modernised, no large extensions have been built to the present day.
[edit] North Road
The college's North Road centre is located near Poole Park and neighbouring civic centre. This was Poole Technical College and is still where most of the technical and trade based courses are located along with management & leadership courses, art and design & child care amongst others. The North Centre is also the home base for courses for students with learning difficulties and disabilities and has an e2e centre. The North Road site includes the new Study Gallery, which is a modern glass-fronted building.
[edit] History of North Road
The first 3-storey building was built in 1957 with a small workshop block. It wasn't until 1967 until the major building, canteen and library were built along with more workshops. It is a typical 1960s building and is rather bland looking compared to the Lansdowne Centre although possibly more practical. There are a number of wooden huts used for child & social care dating from the 1970s and a small number of offices in portable cabins across the centre. In 1989 the bricklaying block was built. In the 1990s the study gallery was built although isn't usually viewed by students.
[edit] Lower Constitution Hill
Known to most staff and students as LCH or Connie Hill for short. This is a smaller centre and is where most performing arts studies are based, along with a sixth form centre. It is a short distance away from the North Road Centre. At one time there was an 'Upper Constitution Hill Centre' which has since moved to North Road because it was sold by the college to build a housing estate. There is a good community spirit at Constituation Hill being smaller, yet still large enough to have a mix of personalities.
For the last 13 years the The college has planed to sell off LCH and its Knighton Heath site for them to move to the North Road site. Only problem was and still is they can not get the funding they need to make the move.
[edit] History of Constitution Hill
Opened in 1919 as Poole Sea Training School. As a college it has been modernised with the library being built in 1997. Was used for some time as a Barnardos children's home.
The Upper Constitution Hill site, was known as Shaftesbury House. A higher complex of buildings contained the classrooms, while below the car park, down in the trees was a rather rustic building used for the technology classes for practical sessions, such as plumbing and light engineering. There were also rudimentary drink facilities although most students preferred to walk up to the Viewpoint at the top of Constitution Hill to the snack kiosk. During 1967 - 1969 the college was used by CEGB apprentices attending from the Poole Power Station Instrument Training School.
[edit] Knighton Heath Music Centre
Located in an industrial building near Wallisdown and close to Knighton Heath Golf Course, this is a music only centre with highly equipped music studios. Most students also study at the Constitution Hill centre.
[edit] Redlands
Built as a Victorian hotel, used by a private school from London during the second world war. The building houses social care & counselling courses as well as the College Foundation. It is along Knyveton Road near Bournemouth railway station.
[edit] Lansdowne Media Centre (LMC)
Housed in an old building just a short distance from the main Lansdowne Centre, this is where media studies is based. The centre has a common room with a pool table for its social facilities although the nearest canteen & library is at the main Lansdowne.
