Hull College
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| Type | Further education college |
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| Acting Chief Executive | Michelle Swithenbank |
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Queen's Gardens Hull East Riding of Yorkshire HU1 3DG England Coordinates: 53°44′47″N 0°19′57″W / 53.746280°N 0.332400°W |
| DfE URN | 130579 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 28,000 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | Mainly Post 16–No Upper Limit |
| Website | www |
Hull College is a further education College in Hull, England. Its enrolment of around 28,000 (2005/06) makes it one of the largest colleges of its type in the United Kingdom. In addition to its three centres in Queen's Gardens, Cannon Street, and the KCOM Stadium, it also operates a centre in Goole, and another one in Harrogate as well as a further 30 locations around Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire. All of the colleges form part of the Hull College Group. The Group proclaim to be one of the largest providers of its type in the country, with a turnover of over £60 million, over 1,200 staff members and over 25,000 students across its campuses.
The main bulk of courses operated by Hull College in Hull, are run in the college's Tower Block building. With eight floors, the building was built in the 1950s and is an example of brutalist architecture. In 1967, the College took over the former Carthusian monastery, Hull Charterhouse, converting part of the building into an annex of the college. By 2015, the site had been relinquished. The Chesters Building, an extension of the Tower Block, houses the Learning Resource Centre and Student Support Services. There is also a smaller block situated next to the Tower Block, called The Wilberforce Building. In 2012, this building was converted to the Hull Studio School. After this closed in 2014, the building was reverted into classrooms for FE courses.
The Queen's Gardens site is also home to the Hull School of Art and Design (HSAD) which was founded in 1861 and currently hosts higher education courses in the subject. The school is housed in 1970s buildings, adjacent to the college's main Tower Block. Further Education courses in Art and Design are also offered at the college's Park Street site, however it was confirmed that the site would be closed and sold off at the end of the 2015–16 academic year. A monument dedicated to English politician William Wilberforce, a 102-foot (31 m) Greek Doric column topped by a statue of Wilberforce, also stands in the grounds of Hull College at Queen's Gardens.
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