Oxford and Cherwell Valley College
| Type | Educational services provider |
|---|---|
| Location |
Oxpens Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 1SA  England51°44′58″N 1°15′52″W / 51.74955°N 1.26451°WCoordinates: 51°44′58″N 1°15′52″W / 51.74955°N 1.26451°W |
| Local authority | Oxfordshire |
| DfE URN | 134153 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
Activate Learning is an education and training group based in Oxford. It runs schools, further education colleges and work-based training across Oxfordshire and Berkshire, and delivers higher-education and international study programmes too.
Activate Learning was launched on 4 November 2013 following the reorganisation, restructure and rebranding of the Oxford & Cherwell Valley College (OCVC) Group in 2013
Founded in 1960, and based at the current Blackbird Leys and Oxford city centre campuses, the Oxford College of Further Education offered courses to students at all levels. At one time it also had a small campus on the Cowley Road, which was used for engineering studies.
At the turn of the millennium the student population was made up of 1,872 full-time and 7,533 part-time students. The College was divided into three faculties: arts, engineering services, and business and technology.
North Oxfordshire College, in Banbury, was a general further education college that served Banbury and Bicester. At the turn of the millennium, 1,115 full-time students were based at the college. There were also 3,360 part-time students. Oxford and Cherwell College On 31 July 2003, Oxford College of Further Education and North Oxfordshire College merged to become Oxford and Cherwell College.
The newly-merged college also became home to the Rycotewood Furniture Centre, which moved from Thame – where it belonged to Rycotewood College – to the Oxford city centre campus.
A new campus was opened in Bicester in 2005. This is when the college became Oxford & Cherwell Valley College (OCVC). Reading College and the Oxford & Cherwell Valley College Group In 2010 OCVC, along with the Learning Skills Network (LSN), took responsibility for running Reading College. OCVC then became the Oxford & Cherwell Valley College Group.
In 2013, the OCVC Group reorganised and restructured. The colleges in Banbury and Oxford changed their names to Banbury and Bicester College, and City of Oxford College. They now sit alongside Reading College under the new group structure.
It was created in 2003 as a result of the merger between Oxford College of Further Education, North Oxfordshire College in Banbury and Rycotewood College in Thame. Rycotewood was relocated to Oxford and the college changed to its current name in 2005 due to the new opening of a new campus in Bicester.
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