Preston's College
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| Established | 1974 |
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| Students | 17,000 |
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England, United Kingdom
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| Website | www.preston.ac.uk |
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Preston's 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] In September 2013, the college changed its name from Preston College to Preston's College.[2]
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 building cost over one million pounds and replaced the Moor Park campus.
A £5m visual and performing arts centre was opened on the Fulwood site in January 2012.[3]
Courses
The college offers vocational subjects and academic courses at a sixth form college level.
Staff
As of 2008, the college chief executive was Willie Mills, a former principal of both the Northumberland College in Ashington and the City College in Manchester. He took up his post at Preston College in early 2007.
Alumni
During the 1980s, British Comedian Lenny Henry re-took his O Levels at the college whilst appearing in a summer comedy show in Blackpool.[4]
