National College of Cyber Security

The College of National Security[1][2][3] (also referred to as the National College of Cyber Security[4][5][6][7][8]) was a proposed cyber security school for 16-19 year-olds, scheduled to open in September 2020[9] at Bletchley Park.[1][2][3]

College of National Security[1][2][3] (or National College of Cyber Security)[4][5][6][7][8]
Key people
Alastair MacWillson[1][2][3]

The initiative to create the school emerged from Qufaro,[4] a not-for-profit organisation created by representatives of Raytheon, BT Security, the Institute of Information Security Professionals, and National Museum of Computing.[2][3]

The college was to be located in Block G of Bletchley Park which was being renovated in 2017 with funding by the Bletchley Park Science and Innovation Centre. (Bletchley Park Trust has no involvement in the cyber security college.)[10]

The opening of the college, originally planned for 2016, had been pushed back to 2020 as the application to open (as a college in the Department for Education's Free Schools program) had yet to be granted.[11]. However, in April 2020 Bletchley Park Capital Partners (a private company run by Tim Reynolds, Deputy Chairman of the National Museum of Computing) announced plans to sell off the freehold to the site for commercial development. Offers of between £4m and £6m were reportedly being sought for the 3 acre plot, for which planning permission for employment purposes had been granted in 2005.[12][13]

References
  1. Eleanor Ross. "School for teenage codebreakers to open in Bletchley Park | Technology". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
  2. "UK's first National College of Cyber Security to open at historic Bletchley Park". Ibtimes.co.uk. 2016-11-24. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
  3. Tom Mendelsohn (2016-11-25). "Cyber college for wannabe codebreakers planned at UK's iconic Bletchley Park". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
  4. Sayer, Peter (2016-11-24). "Britain's wartime codebreaking base could host a national cyber security college". PCWorld. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
  5. "Enigma Codebreaker site to house cyber security college". News.sky.com. 2016-11-25. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
  6. "Bletchley Park reactivated with planned National College of Cyber Security on site - Milton Keynes Citizen". Miltonkeynes.co.uk. 2016-11-24. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
  7. Coughlan, Sean. "Bletchley Park: 'Codebreakers school' planned for site". BBC News. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
  8. "National Museum of Computing involved in setting up cyber security college". Museums Association. 2016-11-30. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
  9. "Qufaro Christmas Update - Qufaro". qufaro.uk. Retrieved 2018-11-08.
  10. Sullivan, Nicola (2016-11-30). "National Museum of Computing involved in setting up cyber security college | Museums Association". www.museumsassociation.org.
  11. "National College of Cyber Security application update - Qufaro". qufaro.uk. Retrieved 2018-11-08.
  12. "Historic Block G at Bletchley Park is being sold off for up to £6m in Milton Keynes". Milton Keynes Citizen. 9 April 2020. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  13. Clarence-Smith, Louisa. "Bletchley Park's wartime buildings up for sale". The Times. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
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