Sheffield College 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...

 (FE) college

College

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 in Sheffield

Sheffield

Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely...

, 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...

. It was formed by the merger of six FE colleges in 1993. The main centres are Sheffield City College (in the city centre, formerly Castle College), Hillsborough College (which replaced Loxley College in Stannington, and Parson Cross College in 2005) and Norton College. Norton College also includes the Peaks Centre.



The Sheffield College also hosts The Online College

The Online College

-The Online College:The Online College is part of the Sheffield College. It runs a number of courses that are delivered online ranging from basic English and numeracy skills to Foundation Degrees leading to BA Hons Degrees in partnership with Sheffield Hallam University.The College has been...

, offering a range of online professional development and academic courses. Business Gateway is the employer facing arm of the College. In 2009, Skills For Business and the Business Development Unit, which organises Train To Gain and Apprenticeships, came under the banner of the Business Gateway. Skills for Business centres, at Hillsborough Barracks and The Source, offer IT training courses for adults.



In late 2008, the Sheffield College bid for, and gained, a £300k MoleNET project. The following Autumn, both a collaborative bid with six local schools for £237,500 and a £40,000 MoLeNET Academy bid were successful.

Sheffield College has its own Supertram stop, Granville Road / The Sheffield College tram stop. It is served by the Blue and Purple Lines of the Sheffield Supertram

Sheffield Supertram

The Supertram, officially called the Stagecoach Supertram, is a light rail tram system in the City of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England...

.

Rebuild Projects

Sheffield City College has recently undergone a £60 million rebuild program to crate an environmentally-friendly, single-site campus. This follows the development of Hillsborough College, a purpose built education centre which opened in 2005. Plans are being developed to expand the College's sixth form Peaks Centre, with an expected completion date of September 2011.

Sheffield College Students' Union

Sheffield College Students' Union is an organisation representing the interests of all students at The Sheffield College. The Union's structures are based on the use of general meetings on a local and cross-college level, as well as an Executive Committee composed of a President, General Secretary, and 12 other Executive Officers.



Sheffield College Students' Union is affiliated to the National Union of Students. Kat Fletcher

Kat Fletcher

Kathryn Jane Fletcher was president of the UK National Union of Students between 2004 and 2006, the first to be elected from a political slate clearly to the left of Labour Students, who had held the position for most of the previous twenty years.-Early life:Fletcher was formerly the General...

, President of the National Union of Students 2004 - 2006, is a former General Secretary of Sheffield College Students' Union.

Lifelong Learning Network

The Sheffield College is a partner institution of Higher Futures

Higher Futures

Higher Futures, established in 2006, is the Lifelong Learning Network for South Yorkshire, North Derbyshire and North Nottinghamshire. It is one of many LLNs operating in each region across the country....

, the Lifelong Learning Network (LLN)

Lifelong Learning Networks

Lifelong Learning Networks were a joint initiative in the UK between the Higher Education Funding Council for England , the Learning and Skills Council and the former Department for Education and Skills...

for South Yorkshire, North Derbyshire and North Nottinghamshire.

External links

• The Sheffield College
• Business Gateway
• SCSU Online
• Online learning in the Sheffield College.
• Higher Futures Lifelong Learning Network
• MoLeNET MoLeNET