City College Coventry is a further education

Further education

Further education is a term mainly used in connection with education in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It is post-compulsory education , that is distinct from the education offered in universities...

 college based in the Swanswell area of Coventry

Coventry

Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although...

, West Midlands

West Midlands (county)

The West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a 2009 estimated population of 2,638,700. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972, formed from parts of Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire. The...

. In January 2009, the college completed its move to its new location, Swanswell. The new purpose built campus is situated just outside the city centre on the site of former council flats.

History

City College Coventry came about in 2002 following the 'merger' by Tile Hill College and Coventry Technical College. This followed years of financial difficulties, resignations and allegations of mismanagement at Coventry Technical College. Tile Hill College, meanwhile, was recognised as one of the best run further education colleges in the country. City College Coventry was officially launched by former Coventry teacher and Education Secretary at the time, Estelle Morris

Estelle Morris

Estelle Morris, Baroness Morris of Yardley, PC was a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Birmingham Yardley from 1992 to 2005, and served briefly in the Cabinet as Education Secretary.-Early life:...

.

The college renamed its two constituent sites to The Butts Centre (Coventry Technical College) and Tile Hill Centre (Tile Hill College). The Butts site was built in 1935, while the Tile Hill Centre was built in the 1960s.

Swanswell

In August 2007, the first phase of the Swanswell site was completed. The courses from Maxwell and Tile Hill Centres started in phase one in September 2007. November 2008 saw the completion of phase two, and in January 2009, staff and students from The Butts Centre moved in.

The site is on reclaimed land after council flats were demolished.

External links

• Official website