Barnfield College

Barnfield College
Established	c. 1968
Type	Further education
Principal	Pete Birkett
Location	Luton, Bedfordshire, England
Website	barnfield.ac.uk

Barnfield College is a college and the largest FE college in Bedfordshire and Luton, with four centres in Luton and one in Bedford. The school's chief executive is Mr Peter Birkit.

Campus Locations

• New Bedford Road, Luton.
• York Street, Luton.
• Barnfield Avenue, Luton.
• Enterprise Way, Luton map.
• Westbourne Road, Queens Park, Bedford.

The college is the first FE college in Britain to sponsor two academies - Barnfield South Academy and Barnfield West Academy. It was also selected by the DfES to run the first Studio School in Britain. Staff and pupils have found the management rather racist and likely to 'pull the plug' on any person under-achieving, often they are requested to sign letters stating they have to return home (Pakistan as an example) to look after ill family or face expulsion from the college. This is only done following government payments to the college ensuring the college has its moneys up front before anyone is 'dismissed' out the door as a failure. This can be verified in the course tables, see under persons leaving and their reasons 'own free will' and 'sick or ill relative', those persons apparently leaving of their free will to tend to apparent ill or sick relatives abroad. Many of the 'retired' students can be found wandering the town centre and streets of Luton, or, at the job centre.

Study Areas

• Adult and Community Education Services
• Adult Education
• Art, Design and Media
• Business and Management
• Child Health and Social Care
• Computing and Information Technology
  • Subjects Taught include:
    • Networking (Cisco CCNA, CCNP, Microsoft Certification, Telecommunications and VoIP)
    • Operating Systems (Windows Servers and Clients, Linux, IBM i5 O/S)
    • Web Development (Multimedia, 3D and Design based)
    • Programming (Java, C#, ActionScript, Ruby, Ajax, PHP)
    • AutoCAD
• IT Foundation Degrees
• Construction
• Engineering
• Fashion, Floristry and Furnishing
• Hairdressing and Beauty
• Hospitality and Tourism
• Learning Support
• Sport, Leisure and Fitness
• Training & Professional Development