Yorkshire Coast College
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Yorkshire Coast College is a further education
college located over three sites in Scarborough, North Yorkshire
, England
, and was formerly known as Scarborough Technical College. It is a constituent college of the Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education
.
Yorkshire Coast College was originally an independently controlled institution, but was taken over by the Grimsby Institute in January 2010. The college offers a range of courses for students from Scarborough and the surrounding area. These courses include NVQs, GCSEs, BTEC
s, Apprenticeship
s and Access course
s.
In addition, the college offers some higher education
courses in conjunction with the University of Hull
.
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 located over three sites in Scarborough, North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan or shire county located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and a ceremonial county primarily in that region but partly in North East England. Created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 it covers an area of , making it the largest...
, 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...
, and was formerly known as Scarborough Technical College. It is a constituent college of the Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education
Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education
The Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education is a further and higher education college in North East Lincolnshire, England.-Grimsby College of Further Education:...
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Yorkshire Coast College was originally an independently controlled institution, but was taken over by the Grimsby Institute in January 2010. The college offers a range of courses for students from Scarborough and the surrounding area. These courses include NVQs, GCSEs, BTEC
Business And Technology Education Council (BTEC)
The Business and Technology Education Council is the British body which awards vocational qualifications. Such qualifications are commonly referred to as "BTECs"....
s, Apprenticeship
Apprenticeship
Apprenticeship is a system of training a new generation of practitioners of a skill. Apprentices or protégés build their careers from apprenticeships...
s and Access course
Access course
The Access to Higher Education Diploma is a qualification which prepares students - usually mature students, although the minimum age to be able to study for an access diploma is actually nineteen - for study as an undergraduate at university...
s.
In addition, the college offers some higher education
Higher education
Higher, post-secondary, tertiary, or third level education refers to the stage of learning that occurs at universities, academies, colleges, seminaries, and institutes of technology...
courses in conjunction with the University of Hull
University of Hull
The University of Hull, known informally as Hull University, is an English university, founded in 1927, located in Hull, a city in the East Riding of Yorkshire...
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Notable alumni
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- Robert Palmer (singer), world famous recording artist.
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. - Robert Whalley, internationalInternational----International mostly means something that involves more than one country. The term international as a word means involvement of, interaction between or encompassing more than one nation, or generally beyond national boundaries...
athlete.