Barking College
| Barking and Dagenham College | |
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| Location | |
| Rush Green, London | |
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| School type | College |
| Motto | London's No. 1 College for Training That Leads to Work |
| LEA | London Borough of Barking and Dagenham |
| Principal | Cathy Walsh OBE |
| Age range | 14 and up |
| Website | http://www.barkingdagenhamcollege.ac.uk/ |
Barking & Dagenham College is a large further education college with approximately 12,500 students (of which 9000 are 19+ and 3,500 are age 16 – 18) located in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham in Dagenham, East London, England. The Acting Principal/CEO is Yvonne Kelly, who has taken over from Cathy Walsh OBE. Cathy joined the College in September 2008. Cathy received her OBE in 2014 Queen's Birthday Honours and it was presented to her by HRH The Prince of Wales.
The college offers hundreds of courses from Entry Level to post-graduate. These include BTECs at Level 3 (the College does not offer A-Levels). The degree-level qualifications include HNC/HND, Foundation Degrees, and a post-graduate Masters of Business Administration. Winner of 3 national awards, it is a Gazelle college, and home to the only regional Gazelle STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths) Centre within the M25. Promoting a real work training environment, the college helps students develop employability skills via their Siemens Mechatronic Academy, Commercial hair and beauty salons, The Chef's Hat restaurants, Start-up High Street and The POD (Pitch On Demand).
The college trains around 860 apprentices each year (750 Intermediate and Advanced level apprentices, and 110 Higher Level apprentices), making it one of the largest providers of apprenticeship training in London. Working with a range of employer clients including Siemens PLC, Wm Morrisons Supermarkets and North Essex NHS Partnership Trust, Barking & Dagenham College focuses on creating work-ready students.
Specialist off-campus training centres include the Motor Vehicle & Motorsport Training Centre, The Broadway Theatre (School for Performing Arts and Technical Theatre), Barking Learning Centre and The Technical Skills Academy (TSA) in Barking.
Some courses are offered in partnership with Havering College of Further and Higher Education at the Centre for Engineering and Manufacturing Excellence, under the name Thames Gateway College. Some of the college's courses are delivered through the Barking Learning Centre.
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