Edinburgh's Telford College

Edinburgh's Telford College was a further education college in Edinburgh, Scotland. In October 2012, the college merged with Jewel & Esk College and Stevenson College to form a new entity called Edinburgh College. The Telford College campus, in the Granton area of north Edinburgh, now forms one of the four main sites of the new college and is called Edinburgh College (Granton Campus).

Edinburgh's Telford College was named after Thomas Telford, the great Scottish civil engineer, and was established in 1968 at Crewe Toll. On 15 September 2006, Telford College's purpose-built main campus in Granton was formally opened by the First Minister of Scotland, the Rt. Hon. Jack McConnell. The "Construction Centre of Excellence" at the Forthside Building on West Shore Road opened on 29 October 2007. The college hosted the Jisc Regional Support Centre Scotland North & East.

Past principals of the college include:

Edinburgh College (Granton Campus) offers 1,000 courses including areas from business and I.T. to sports and fitness and performing arts. It provides learning through technology such as "virtual learning" using Internet access for assignments. The courses are diverse with many routes of progression such as introductory courses to higher national courses offering students higher levels of understanding and practical work that will enable them to find employment after graduation or to continue further by entering into degree courses at year 2 or 3 at partner universities. In spring 2009, Edinburgh College (Granton Campus) was to be the only college in Scotland offering dental technology training which seemed to be an increasing profession within the health care sector. Edinburgh College (Granton Campus) offers course flexibility in which students can learn at their own pace from full-time, part-time, open learning, work based, block release, day release, evenings and eeekends and on-line (virtual learning). Most courses offer variations between two or three study choice options.

Course areas

Jamie Bell, SVQ Level 2 (Technical Pathways) Performing Engineering Operations at Edinburgh College (Granton Campus) won the award of Best in Engineering and was congratulated with a glass trophy and a £250 cash prize.

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