Preston College
{{Short description|Further education college in Preston, Lancashire, England}}
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Preston College is a further education 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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.lep.co.uk/news/business/apostrophe-costs-preston-s-college-25-000-1-6052616 |title=Apostrophe costs Preston’s College £25,000 |access-date=2013-09-17 |work=Lancashire Evening Post |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921200715/http://www.lep.co.uk/news/business/apostrophe-costs-preston-s-college-25-000-1-6052616 |archive-date=2013-09-21 |url-status=dead }}
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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-16616151|title=Preston College opens new £5m performing arts academy|publisher=BBC|date=2012-01-18|access-date=2012-01-20}}
Courses
The college primarily provides education in vocational subjects, but academic courses at a sixth form college level can also be undertaken.
Notable alumni
- Lenny Henry re-took his O Levels at the college whilst appearing in a summer comedy show in Blackpool.{{cite web|url=http://archive.thisislancashire.co.uk/2007/1/25/964236.html |publisher=Newsquest Media Group |title=Lenny Henry's Preston memories |date=2008-01-27 |access-date=2008-10-11 |quote=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." |work=This is Lancashire }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- Rebecca Atkinson studied theatre and dance at the college.{{cite news |last1=Murray |first1=Janet |title=College days: Rebecca Atkinson |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2007/mar/20/furthereducation.uk1 |access-date=26 August 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=20 March 2007}}
- Ashley Dalton MP studied at the college.
- Jordan North{{cite news|url=https://www.burnleyexpress.net/news/radio-1-slot-for-talented-burnley-dj-1-8996928 |title=Radio 1 slot for talented Burnley DJ |author=John Deehan |date=9 February 2018 |work=Burnley Express |accessdate=25 August 2018}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.preston.ac.uk/ Preston College]
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Category:Buildings and structures in Preston
Category:Further education colleges in Lancashire