K College
South & West Kent College (trading as K College) is a college of Further and Higher Education in southeast England that was formed from the merger of West Kent College with South Kent College in April 2010. In 2009-10 it had 25,290 students across 5 campuses at Ashford, Dover, Folkestone, Tonbridge and Royal Tunbridge Wells.[1]
It has a Partner College status with the University of Greenwich, and further partnerships with the University of Kent and Canterbury Christ Church University.[1] The Principal is Bill Fearon and the Patron is Lord Mayhew of Twysden.
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[edit] Courses
The main West Kent campus in Tonbridge teaches a large number of A-level and vocational courses. It also runs teacher training courses, T U C Courses and has a Professional Development Centre. It has additional teaching courses on deaf issues and a dyslexia unit.
[edit] Additional centres
The college runs a Construction-orientated teaching centre based at Units 10 & 11, Kingstanding Way on the North Farm Industrial Estate in Tunbridge Wells called the Construction Crafts & Engineering Centre.
The college closed all its IT outreach centres in July 2006. These had been in Crowborough, Sevenoaks, Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells.
[edit] West Kent College Student Union
The West Kent College Student Association has recently rebranded as WKC Student Union. The main rebrand involves developing a new logo, changing its name and initiating a consultation on its constitution.
The Student Union consists of a President, Vice-President and Communications Officer as well as 6 Union Officers who have a mixed remit to cover all the facets of student representation. Details of elections and the Student Union can be found on Facebook as well as Moodle.
[edit] Notable alumni
- The Countess of Wessex (Sophie, née Rhys-Jones)
- Jilly Goolden, TV presenter & wine connoisseur
- Lee Vidal, notable Rally Car driver
- Miles Baker-Clarke, graphic consultant, partially responsible for designing the BT Tower
- Paul (Mungo) Mungeam, cameraman, most notibly for working on By Any Means with Charlie Boorman
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[edit] Notes and references
- ^ a b "Note to Editors". K College. http://www.kcollege.ac.uk/about-us/college-news-and-press/584-press-and-media.html. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
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[edit] External links
- www.kcollege.ac.uk/ - official site
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