Worcester College of Technology
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| Type | Further Education College |
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| Principal and Governor | Stuart Laverick |
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Bromsgrove, Malvern, Redditch and Worcester Worcestershire United Kingdom |
| Students | Approximately 10,000+ |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 16+ |
| Website | www |
Heart of Worcestershire College is a general further education college in Worcestershire, England, with campuses at Bromsgrove, Malvern, Redditch and city of Worcester. It was established in August 2014 on the merging of Worcester College of Technology and North East Worcestershire College (commonly abbreviated to NEW College).
North East Worcestershire College (NEW College) was founded in 1988 from the merger of North Worcestershire College and Redditch College of Further Education.
It had campuses at Redditch and Bromsgrove which also offered outreach courses in community and employer premises across Worcestershire. Enrolment was open to anyone aged 16 and over and during the year 2009 -2010 there were around 3000 full-time and 6000 part-time students enrolled at the College. In addition to full and part-time courses the College offered Apprenticeship training in subjects that included Accounting, Business Administration, Child-Care, Construction Trades, Engineering, Hairdressing, Health and Social Care and Motor Vehicle Engineering.
In an Ofsted inspection in 2010 inspectors assessed the College's overall performance as "good, with outstanding features" describing the College as "a lively, modern, safe and friendly place to study". Over a ten-year period investments totalling £40m were made in upgrading existing buildings and substantial new build projects in both Redditch and Bromsgrove. The College was noted for its development of innovative projects with private and public sector partners including Artrix the Bromsgrove Arts Centre and a Harley-Davidson European Training Centre that provided training for Harley-Davidson technicians from the UK, Europe and the Middle East. The College was designated as an LSIS 'Beacon' college.
In 2011, NEW College opened a £3.5m extension which included a new TV studio, Music Centre and Games/Interactive Media studio.
In November 2012, the Foundation Degree Media Moving Image students, created an animated music video featuring the song "All the Broken Toys at Christmas" and toys such as Action Man, Barbie and Scalextric, to raise money for Sense for the Christmas period. At the world premiere of the music video, held at the college on 28 November, two days before its official release, Virginia Von Malachowski, a manager from Sense was present and praised the project.
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