Bournville College
Bournville College is a further education college based in Longbridge, Birmingham, England. The college offers courses that include A Levels, BTECs, NVQs, Apprenticeships and bespoke qualifications.
| Bournville College | |
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| Address | |
1 Longbridge Lane Birmingham , West Midlands , B31 2AJ | |
| Information | |
| Type | Further Education College |
| Department for Education URN | 130459 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Principal | Mike Hopkins |
| Gender | mixed |
| Age | 14+ |
| Governing body | Corporation of South and City College Birmingham |
| Website | www.bournville.ac.uk |
History
The college was established in 1913 by George Cadbury to cater for education for the local population that included the workforce of the nearby Cadbury chocolate and confectionery factory and was named Bournville College from 1949. In 1972, the college was relocated to Bristol Road (52.42914°N 1.95266°W), into premises that had been part of Birmingham University. Further expansion took place during the 1960s, and in 2011 the college occupied its new purpose-built campus in Longbridge with a capacity for 15,000 students and 4.2 acres of grounds on the site of the former MG Rover automobile factory that closed in 2005.[1] In 2014 it was announced that the college were to open a training centre in India as part of plans to strengthen ties between Britain and India. As Bournville already have an office in Kolkata, they plan to open the £500,000 centre in the same city.[2]
In 2015 the College created controversy when it purchased Manchester United season tickets before cutting more than 100 jobs, held a £170,000 centenary event, a £35,000 staff party, and paid consultants £2.8m over three years.[3]
In August 2017, Bournville College merged with South and City College Birmingham. Even though two separate colleges merged to create one single college, Bournville College has still kept its original name. The college's official name has become South & City College Birmingham & Bournville College. The college has a total of eight campuses.
Notable former pupils
- Preet Gill, Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Edgbaston[4]
References
- "About our new campus". Bournville College. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
- "Bournville College to set up centre in India". BBC. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
- "Bournville College bought Manchester United tickets before job cuts". 10 November 2015. Archived from the original on 13 November 2015 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- "Meet Preet Gill, UK's First Female Sikh MP Who Just Won From Edgbaston". HuffPost. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
