Newbury College (England)

Newbury College is a college of further education in the southern outskirts of Newbury, Berkshire, England, for anyone aged 17 or over.

Newbury College
Address
Monks Lane

Newbury
,
Berkshire
,
RG14 7TD

England
Coordinates51°22′57″N 1°19′22″W
Information
TypeFurther Education college
Established2002
Department for Education URN130602 Tables
OfstedReports
PrincipalIain Wolloff
GenderMixed
Age17 to 99
Websitewww.newbury-college.ac.uk

Courses

The College offers a wide range of academic and vocational full and part-time courses to school leavers and adult learners. Part-time courses are delivered at venues across West Berkshire. Courses include GCSEs, NVQs, BTECs and apprenticeships. The College also offers a provision for higher education courses, including courses linked with Reading University[1] and Buckinghamshire New University.[2]

Monks Lane campus

The campus at Monks Lane offers fully equipped rooms for meetings and conferences. The classrooms also offer space for meetings. A regular shuttle bus service operates between Newbury railway station and the College during term time.[1]

The Forum

A centre for dance, drama and events, its performance hall can seat up to 120 people. It opens out to a courtyard and terraced seating area, enabling performances to take place to an outside audience in good weather.[1]

Horticultural garden

Officially opened by Lady Carnarvon in 2006, the garden, used for learning about planting, growing and cultivating flowers and vegetables, has a greenhouse, polytunnels and fully accessible raised flowerbeds.[1]

Intuition Salons

Hair and Beauty salons provide a commercial environment for students to learn and are open to members of the public for treatments. In the hair salon, students learn how to wash hair, how to do hair highlights, how to braid hair and how to do a Brazilian Blowdry and in the nail salon student learn how to do manicures and pedicures, how to do massages and how to wax the body. In the nail salon the students also learn how to eyelash tints and eyebrow tints.[3]

The Restaurant

The College has a purpose-built, air conditioned training kitchen for students studying catering and hospitality. Alongside the training kitchen is a fully functioning restaurant that is open to members of the public.

Sports hall

The sports hall is used by the students for a variety of sporting activities. It is used by members of the public outside of College hours for club-based activities.

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References
  1. "Newbury Campus". College website. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  2. "Buckinghamshire New University". Newbury College. 7 March 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  3. Daubney, Shaun. "Intuition Salons at Newbury College". Newbury College. Retrieved 17 March 2020.


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