Warwickshire College Group

Warwickshire College Group is the managing body that administers several colleges of further education in the English West Midlands, namely in the counties of Warwickshire and Worcestershire. Its most recent acquisition concerned its August 2016 merger with South Worcestershire College of which the two campuses then revered to their historical names of Evesham College in Evesham and Malvern Hills College in Great Malvern.[1] The merger makes it the largest group of further and adult education institutions in the country and one of the five colleges in the United Kingdom empowered by the Privy Council with the authority to award Foundation Degrees [2] [3] [4]

As of August 2016 the group manages seven colleges with a faculty of around 1,000 staff for approximately 17,000 students. The group offers more than 1,000 courses over 20 areas of discipline with an A-Level pass rate of 98.6%. [5]

Colleges

Royal Leamington Spa College
Moreton Morrell was the first equine college in Britain
The Power Industry Academy at Rugby College
Pershore College
Warwick Trident College
Evesham College
Malvern Hills College

References

  1. "South Worcestershire College merges with Warwickshire College Group". Midlands Business News. Midlands Business News. 3 August 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  2. Kelly, Alicia (18 November 2015). "South Worcestershire College agrees to merge with Warwickshire College Group". Worcestershire News. Newsquest (Midlands South) Ltd,. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  3. "Warwickshire College Group and South Worcestershire College merger to bring improved services to local community". Cotswold Life. Archant Community Media Limited. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  4. Witts, Preston (1 August 2016). "Colleges announce merger". Stratford-upon-Avon Herald. Stratford-upon-Avon Herald Ltd. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  5. "Facts and figures". Warwickshire College Group 2016. 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.

External links

Warwickshire College Group website

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