Luminate Education Group Explained

Luminate Education Group (formerly Leeds City College Group^[1]) brings together a number of secondary, further and higher education institutions in Yorkshire, England. It was renamed from Leeds City College Group in December 2018 to better reflect its growing portfolio of institutions.^[2]

The chief executive of Luminate is Colin Booth.^[3]

Organisation

The members of the group, are:^[4]

• Leeds City College, formed from the merger in 2009 of Park Lane College Leeds, Leeds College of Technology and Leeds Thomas Danby College along with Joseph Priestley College (which joined in 2011)
• Harrogate College, which joined the Group on 1 August 2019.^{[1] [5] [6]}
• Keighley College^[7]
• Leeds Sixth Form College^[8]
• Leeds Conservatoire, formerly Leeds College of Music
• University Centre Leeds^[9]

The group has over 30,000 students and apprentices.

External links

• Luminate Education Group

Notes and References

1. Web site: Troubled Hull College Group to downsize . Camden . Billy . 26 April 2019 . FE Week . 30 June 2019.
2. Luminate Education Group, Radiating Positivity. Transforming Lives, Luminate Education Group Strategy 2019–2021
3. News: Hill . Jessica . Colin Booth, chief executive, Luminate Education Group: From living homeless in his car to becoming a national FE leader . 23 July 2024 . FE Week . 11 July 2023.
4. Web site: FAQs . Luminate . 26 October 2023.
5. Web site: Hull College Group agrees transfer of Harrogate College . Insider Media Ltd . en . 30 June 2019.
6. Web site: Harrogate College joins Luminate Education Group . 26 April 2019 . Harrogate College . 30 June 2019.
7. Web site: Home . Keighley College . 26 October 2023 . en.
8. Web site: Home . Leeds Sixth Form College . 26 October 2023 . en.
9. Web site: Home . University Centre Leeds . 26 October 2023.