City and Islington College
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City and Islington College also known as Candi, is a further education college
located in the London Borough
of Islington
, England
with five major sites across Islington. It is a member of the 157 Group
of highly successful Further Education colleges in England, of which it's principal Frank McLoughlin CBE is the Chair. The college has been awarded Beacon status
by the Learning and Skills Council
, and a 2008 Ofsted
report awarded the school a Grade 1 (outstanding) in all aspects of it's inspection report. The college is the first further education college in the country to win the Queen's Anniversary Prize
twice. In 2005 the College completed a £64 million building programme. This was the biggest investment in accommodation in the history of further education in the UK. The college introduced the International Baccalaureate at its Sixth Form College in September 2010.
and Tower Hamlets.
The Corporation of City and Islington College, led by Jack Morris (Chair of Governors) with Tom Jupp (Principal 1993-2001), developed a strategy to rebuild the college estate using capital released by the sale of sites and grants from the Learning and Skills Council.
Alongside the development of the new buildings, the management of teaching and learning
was reorganised, and the five centres emerged.
equipment for teaching and learning.
The five centres are:
Each centre is focused on running particular courses and qualifications and each has its own community of students, teachers and support staff.
provision as outstanding.
Applied science courses range from Introductory Diplomas to Foundation Degrees and lead to professions that require specialist scientific knowledge such as forensics
, optics
, medicine
, nursing
and sports and fitness
training.
Many of the staff have industry experience and there are links with prestigious London universities as well as professional organisations such as the Metropolitan Police
.
In 2008, the college’s Science provision was rewarded yet again, winning the Queen’s Anniversary Prize, thus becoming the first general further education College to win the award twice. It was won for ‘Creating Pathways to Employment and Higher Education in the Sciences'.
, in January 2006. Subject areas include; ICT and Networking, Business and Management, Visual Arts
, Performing Arts
and Media
from basic level through to Foundation Degree
.
, counselling, and advice and guidance, all taught at the Marlborough Building.
Child care provision has been designated a Centre of Vocational Excellence
.
Many of the centre’s students are in employment or decide to enter employment after college but growing numbers are progressing to university
.
For those who want to gain a degree while working, the centre offers four foundation degrees at the Marlborough Building: Early Childhood Studies, Education (primary pathway), Health Sciences and Working with Young People and Young People Services (Learning Mentors).
Beauty Therapy, Barbering and Hairdressing are also taught here and make use of the on-site salon
; ‘Oasis’, which was officially opened in January 2011 by celebrity hairdresser Andrew Barton.
, courses are offered for adults with learning difficulties and disabilities together with courses in beauty and complementary therapies.
This Centre specialises in English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) courses. Although most of the students are adults, a special ESOL programme for young people is also available. Courses range from beginner to advanced level and include Maths and IT
.
Beauty Therapy, Barbering and Hairdressing are also taught at this centre and make use of the on-site salon.
As well as academic courses, students are involved in extra-curricular activities with an enrichment programme, as well as opportunities for trips abroad and the chance to work with professional organisations like the Almeida Theatre
, or participation in the Duke of Edinburgh award.
Students are able to choose from over 30 AS-level and A2-level courses for 16-18 year olds in the following subject areas: English
, ESOL, Media, Humanities
, Business Studies
, ICT, Languages
, Maths, Performing Arts, Sciences, Visual Arts and Design
. Evening courses in modern foreign languages
for adults, from beginners to A-level, are also available.
College
A college is an educational institution or a constituent part of an educational institution. Usage varies in English-speaking nations...
located in the London Borough
London borough
The administrative area of Greater London contains thirty-two London boroughs. Inner London comprises twelve of these boroughs plus the City of London. Outer London comprises the twenty remaining boroughs of Greater London.-Functions:...
of Islington
Islington
Islington is a neighbourhood in Greater London, England and forms the central district of the London Borough of Islington. It is a district of Inner London, spanning from Islington High Street to Highbury Fields, encompassing the area around the busy Upper Street...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
with five major sites across Islington. It is a member of the 157 Group
157 Group
The 157 Group is a group of 28 colleges of further education in England. The group was established in 2006 with an aim of promoting and maintaining high standards of education and management for this type of college...
of highly successful Further Education colleges in England, of which it's principal Frank McLoughlin CBE is the Chair. The college has been awarded Beacon status
Beacon Status
Beacon Status is a learning and skills recognition of the excellence and innovation which exists within the Learning and Skills sector for the United Kingdom. The award congratulates learning providers that deliver outstanding teaching and learning and are well led and managed...
by the Learning and Skills Council
Learning and Skills Council
The Learning and Skills Council was a non-departmental public body jointly sponsored by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Department for Children, Schools and Families in England...
, and a 2008 Ofsted
Ofsted
The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills is the non-ministerial government department of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools In England ....
report awarded the school a Grade 1 (outstanding) in all aspects of it's inspection report. The college is the first further education college in the country to win the Queen's Anniversary Prize
Queen's Anniversary Prize
The Queen's Anniversary Prizes for Higher and Further Education is a biennially awarded series of prizes awarded to Universities and Colleges in the further and higher education sectors within the United Kingdom...
twice. In 2005 the College completed a £64 million building programme. This was the biggest investment in accommodation in the history of further education in the UK. The college introduced the International Baccalaureate at its Sixth Form College in September 2010.
History
City and Islington College was formed in 1993 through a merger of four institutions, which had operated over 13 sites across Islington, HackneyLondon Borough of Hackney
The London Borough of Hackney is a London borough of North/North East London, and forms part of inner London. The local authority is Hackney London Borough Council....
and Tower Hamlets.
The Corporation of City and Islington College, led by Jack Morris (Chair of Governors) with Tom Jupp (Principal 1993-2001), developed a strategy to rebuild the college estate using capital released by the sale of sites and grants from the Learning and Skills Council.
Alongside the development of the new buildings, the management of teaching and learning
Learning
Learning is acquiring new or modifying existing knowledge, behaviors, skills, values, or preferences and may involve synthesizing different types of information. The ability to learn is possessed by humans, animals and some machines. Progress over time tends to follow learning curves.Human learning...
was reorganised, and the five centres emerged.
Centres
Twelve years ago the college was spread across 13 different sites and three boroughs, and some of the buildings dated back to the 19th century. There are now five centres across the borough of Islington, each one specialising in a particular set of subjects. The centres provide study and recreational spaces, all with the latest ICTInformation and communication technologies
Information and communications technology or information and communication technology, usually abbreviated as ICT, is often used as an extended synonym for information technology , but is usually a more general term that stresses the role of unified communications and the integration of...
equipment for teaching and learning.
The five centres are:
- Centre for Applied Sciences
- Centre for Business, Arts and Technology
- Centre for Health, Social and Child Care
- Centre for Lifelong Learning
- Sixth Form College
Each centre is focused on running particular courses and qualifications and each has its own community of students, teachers and support staff.
Centre for Applied Sciences
Located in Angel, Islington, the centre building was officially opened by her Majesty’s Chief Inspector for Schools, David Bell, in May 2005, the same year that Ofsted rated the college’s scienceScience
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
provision as outstanding.
Applied science courses range from Introductory Diplomas to Foundation Degrees and lead to professions that require specialist scientific knowledge such as forensics
Forensics
Forensic science is the application of a broad spectrum of sciences to answer questions of interest to a legal system. This may be in relation to a crime or a civil action...
, optics
Optics
Optics is the branch of physics which involves the behavior and properties of light, including its interactions with matter and the construction of instruments that use or detect it. Optics usually describes the behavior of visible, ultraviolet, and infrared light...
, medicine
Medicine
Medicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
, nursing
Nursing
Nursing is a healthcare profession focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life from conception to death....
and sports and fitness
Physical fitness
Physical fitness comprises two related concepts: general fitness , and specific fitness...
training.
Many of the staff have industry experience and there are links with prestigious London universities as well as professional organisations such as the Metropolitan Police
Metropolitan police
Metropolitan Police is a generic title for the municipal police force for a major metropolitan area, and it may be part of the official title of the force...
.
In 2008, the college’s Science provision was rewarded yet again, winning the Queen’s Anniversary Prize, thus becoming the first general further education College to win the award twice. It was won for ‘Creating Pathways to Employment and Higher Education in the Sciences'.
Centre for Business, Arts and Technology
The new £15 million building was officially opened by the then Secretary of State for Education, Ruth KellyRuth Kelly
Ruth Maria Kelly is a British Labour Party politician of Irish descent who was the Member of Parliament for Bolton West from 1997 until she stood down in 2010...
, in January 2006. Subject areas include; ICT and Networking, Business and Management, Visual Arts
Visual arts
The visual arts are art forms that create works which are primarily visual in nature, such as ceramics, drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, design, crafts, and often modern visual arts and architecture...
, Performing Arts
Performing arts
The performing arts are those forms art which differ from the plastic arts insofar as the former uses the artist's own body, face, and presence as a medium, and the latter uses materials such as clay, metal or paint which can be molded or transformed to create some physical art object...
and Media
Media studies
Media studies is an academic discipline and field of study that deals with the content, history and effects of various media; in particular, the 'mass media'. Media studies may draw on traditions from both the social sciences and the humanities, but mostly from its core disciplines of mass...
from basic level through to Foundation Degree
Foundation degree
The Foundation Degree is a vocational qualification introduced by the government of the United Kingdom in September 2001, which is available in England, Wales and Northern Ireland...
.
Centre for Health, Social and Child Care
The centre offers both full-time and part-time courses in child care, health and social careHealth and Social Care
In the UK, Health and Social Care is a broad term that relates to integrated services that are available from health and social care providers...
, counselling, and advice and guidance, all taught at the Marlborough Building.
Child care provision has been designated a Centre of Vocational Excellence
Centre of Vocational Excellence
Centre of Vocational Excellence is a status given to departments in further education colleges in England...
.
Many of the centre’s students are in employment or decide to enter employment after college but growing numbers are progressing to university
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
.
For those who want to gain a degree while working, the centre offers four foundation degrees at the Marlborough Building: Early Childhood Studies, Education (primary pathway), Health Sciences and Working with Young People and Young People Services (Learning Mentors).
Beauty Therapy, Barbering and Hairdressing are also taught here and make use of the on-site salon
Beauty salon
A beauty salon or beauty parlor is an establishment dealing with cosmetic treatments for men and women...
; ‘Oasis’, which was officially opened in January 2011 by celebrity hairdresser Andrew Barton.
Centre for Lifelong Learning
At the Centre for Lifelong Learning on Blackstock Road, Finsbury ParkFinsbury Park
Finsbury Park is a 46 hectare public park in the London Borough of Haringey. Officially part of the London area of Harringay, it is also adjacent to Stroud Green, the Finsbury Park district and Manor House. It was one of the first of the great London parks laid out in the Victorian...
, courses are offered for adults with learning difficulties and disabilities together with courses in beauty and complementary therapies.
This Centre specialises in English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) courses. Although most of the students are adults, a special ESOL programme for young people is also available. Courses range from beginner to advanced level and include Maths and IT
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
.
Beauty Therapy, Barbering and Hairdressing are also taught at this centre and make use of the on-site salon.
Sixth Form College
The college has a high standard of A-level results. In 2010 the overall pass rate was 97.7% - above the national average - and students achieved a 100% pass rate in 18 subjects.As well as academic courses, students are involved in extra-curricular activities with an enrichment programme, as well as opportunities for trips abroad and the chance to work with professional organisations like the Almeida Theatre
Almeida Theatre
The Almeida Theatre, opened in 1980, is a 325 seat studio theatre with an international reputation which takes its name from the street in which it is located, off Upper Street, in the London Borough of Islington. The theatre produces a diverse range of drama and holds an annual summer festival of...
, or participation in the Duke of Edinburgh award.
Students are able to choose from over 30 AS-level and A2-level courses for 16-18 year olds in the following subject areas: English
English literature
English literature is the literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; for example, Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was Irish, Joseph Conrad was Polish, Dylan Thomas was Welsh, Edgar Allan Poe was American, J....
, ESOL, Media, Humanities
Humanities
The humanities are academic disciplines that study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences....
, Business Studies
Business studies
Business studies is an academic subject taught at higher level in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe and the United Kingdom, as well as at university level in many countries...
, ICT, Languages
Linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....
, Maths, Performing Arts, Sciences, Visual Arts and Design
Design
Design as a noun informally refers to a plan or convention for the construction of an object or a system while “to design” refers to making this plan...
. Evening courses in modern foreign languages
Language education
Language education is the teaching and learning of a foreign or second language. Language education is a branch of applied linguistics.- Need for language education :...
for adults, from beginners to A-level, are also available.
Notable alumni
- Tameka EmpsonTameka EmpsonTameka Empson is a British actress and comedienne who is perhaps best known for being one of the three protagonists in the hidden-camera comedy sketch show 3 Non Blondes.Tameka also featured in a episode of MI High : Red Button Rampage, Series one...
(born 1977), Actress - David OyelowoDavid Oyelowo- Background :Oyelowo was born in Oxford, England of Nigerian descent. He is married to actress Jessica Oyelowo and they have three sons.Oyelowo first attended a youth theatre after being invited by a girl to whom he was attracted. He then studied Theatre Studies for A level and his teacher...
(born 1976), Actor - Kathryn PrescottKathryn PrescottKathryn "Kat" Prescott is an English actress. Born in Southgate, London, Prescott is best known for her portrayal of teenager Emily Fitch on the teen drama television series Skins.-Career:...
(born 1991), Actress - Reggie YatesReggie YatesReginald "Reggie" Yates is a British actor, television presenter and radio DJ of Ghanaian descent. He went to Central Foundation Boys' School.-Early career:...
(born 1983), Actor/Television Presenter - Paloma FaithPaloma FaithPaloma Faith is a British singer-songwriter and actress. In 2009, she released her debut single "Stone Cold Sober", then her debut album, Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?, which was certified Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry. Her debut album stayed within the top 40 album...
(born 1985), Singer-Songwriter and actress