Rotherham College of Arts and Technology
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| Mottoes | Set yourself up for the future |
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| Established |
1853 - Rotherham School of Science and Art 1981 - current name |
| Type | Further Education college |
| Location | Rotherham South Yorkshire S65 1EG England |
| Staff | 560 |
| Students | 14,850 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 16–upwards |
| Colours | Blue Green, Yellow and White |
| Website | www.rotherham.ac.uk |
Rotherham College of Arts and Technology (RCAT) is the largest further education college in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. The college also has one of the largest variety of vocational courses in the South Yorkshire region, having a maximum of 2,312 courses. The overall college student enrolments is of 32,063 a year, with 11,826 Issued qualifications.
The college has two campus locations, one in Rotherham, and one in Dinnington which are 97 acres of campus. It has a staff of 560, and an enrolment of 1,100 14–15 year olds and 2,900 18 year olds. Its town centre campus is located near Rotherham Central railway station and the Rotherham Interchange, and the Dinnington Campus is equidistant from Sheffield and Rotherham, and about 5 miles (8.0 km) away from Worksop.
Rotherham College of Arts and Technology is home to the Roland Music Academy which is one of 11 in the country and the first in the North of England. The college has industry links with Rother FM Hallam FM, Roland corporation and the BBC.[not verified in body] The college altogether has links with over 600 local private and public sector employers.
The current principal is Gill Alton.
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History [edit]
Rotherham College has provided technical education in Rotherham since the 1930s. In 1981, three individual colleges of arts, technology and adult education were merged into one.[citation needed]
In August 2004 the college merged with Rother Valley College, which is now known as Rother Valley Campus (RVC). RVC takes its name from the Rother Valley which lies about five miles to the west, although the college does lie in the parliamentary constituency of the same name. The clock-towered building was built as a mining college by the Dinnington Colliery Company, and was opened in 1928 as the Chelmsford Mining and Technical Institute.[citation needed] By the turn of the 1960s it was known as Dinnington Technical College, and later adopted the name Rother Valley College.[citation needed] In the 1950s the college included a secondary technical programme;[further explanation needed] this was separated in 1963 and merged with the neighbouring secondary modern school to create Dinnington High School.[citation needed]
Campus [edit]
The college has two main campuses, Rotherham Town Centre Campus (TCC) and Rother Valley Campus (RVC). The Town Centre Campus is on Eastwood Lane 53°25′56″N 1°21′10″W / 53.43209°N 1.35269°W, and the Rother Valley Campus on Doe Quarry Lane, Dinnington. 53°22′28″N 1°12′25″W / 53.37434°N 1.20702°W
In 2010 Rotherham College began the first stage of a new build programme, with the demolition of the Starting Point[further explanation needed] building on Eastwood Lane. A new £8,000,000 Wentworth Building was begun in January 2011; in March 2012 Prince Andrew, The Duke of York took part in its official opening.[citation needed]
The campus includes a small livestock farm, and is partially on land acquired from the now demolished Throapham Manor.[citation needed]
The Catering and Hospitality program runs Wharncliffe Restaurant as a training restaurant. The college has 97 general classrooms, 128 specialist classrooms.[citation needed]
There is no campus living accommodation for students.
Curriculum [edit]
The college, provides education to GCSE, BTEC and AS level for students between the age of 16-18.[citation needed] It also provides Night classes for Adult learners. Courses for Adult learners are part-time, but courses for students are full-time.[citation needed]
Degree programmes [edit]
The college offers both Higher Education and Apprenticeship programmes. Foundation Degrees include Business Management, Computing, Graphic Design, and Performing Arts.[citation needed]
It has Centre of Vocational Excellence (CoVE) status in four areas.[citation needed] Cisco and Microsoft ICT Academies Partnership with local radio stations Rother FM and Hallam FM have endorsed the media course.[citation needed]
Rotherham college is in partnership with Sheffield Hallam University, Huddersfield University and The University of Hull to deliver university programmes on site.[citation needed]
Notable alumni [edit]
- Sean Bean – actor[1]
- Peter Elliott – olympic distance runner[citation needed]
- Rob McVeigh – singer[2]
- Lee Malia – guitarist for the band Bring Me the Horizon[citation needed]
- Matt Nicholls – drummer for the band Bring Me the Horizon[citation needed]
References [edit]
- ^ "Sean Bean honoured on Sheffield walk of fame". BBC News (BBC). 16 January 2010. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
- ^ Murray, Janet: "College days", The Guardian, 5 June 2007. Retrieved 28 April 2013
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