Preston College Explained
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Preston College is a further education college in the city of Preston, Lancashire, England. The college originally opened as W. R. Tuson College in September 1974 and was renamed Preston College on 1 September 1989.[1]
Campus
The college had two main sites until mid-2011; the main campus on St. Vincent's Road in Fulwood and a smaller building located next to Moor Park. The college finished the build of a Btec building in mid-2011 upon the Fulwood campus; the replaced the Moor Park campus.
A £5m visual and performing arts centre was opened on the Fulwood site in January 2012.[2]
Courses
The college primarily provides education in vocational subjects, but academic courses at a sixth form college level can also be undertaken.
Notable alumni
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Apostrophe costs Preston’s College £25,000 . 2013-09-17 . Lancashire Evening Post . https://web.archive.org/web/20130921200715/http://www.lep.co.uk/news/business/apostrophe-costs-preston-s-college-25-000-1-6052616 . 2013-09-21 . dead .
- News: Preston College opens new £5m performing arts academy. BBC. 2012-01-18. 2012-01-20.
- Web site: Lenny Henry's Preston memories . Newsquest Media Group . 2008-01-27 . 2008-10-11 . Henry left school without any qualifications but decided to retake his O levels at Preston College - then called WR Tuson College - while appearing in a summer season in Blackpool with Cannon and Ball in the early 1980s. [..] "I thought 'I'm going to do my O levels', which is a bizarre thing for a rock 'n' roll 21-year-old comedian to do." . This is Lancashire .
- News: Murray . Janet . College days: Rebecca Atkinson . 26 August 2021 . The Guardian . 20 March 2007.
- News: Radio 1 slot for talented Burnley DJ . John Deehan . 9 February 2018 . Burnley Express . 25 August 2018.
