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City of Wolverhampton College

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Established
  
1999

Principal
  
Mr. Mark Robertson

DfE URN
  
130484 Tables

Total enrollment
  
4,500 (2010)

Local authority
  
Wolverhampton

Type
  
Further Education

DfE number
  
336/8002

Phone
  
+44 1902 836000

Founded
  
1999

Location
  
Paget Road Wolverhampton West Midlands WV6 0DU England

Address
  
Paget Rd, Wolverhampton WV6 0DU, UK

Similar
  
School of Art, Walsall College, Dudley College, Sandwell College, Adult Education Wolverha

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City of Wolverhampton College is a further education college located in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England.

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History

The college was formed in September 1999 as the result of a merger of Wulfrun College in Wolverhampton and Bilston Community College in Bilston.

Upon this merger, it was initially known as Wolverhampton College, but in the aftermath of Wolverhampton gaining city status in December 2000, it adopted its current title.

A campus has since opened on Wellington Road in Bilston, replacing the old Bilston Community College buildings nearby which had originally been the buildings of Bilston Girls High School.

The college offers courses to students from Wolverhampton and the surrounding area. Courses offered include NVQs, GCSEs, BTECs, A Levels and Access courses. In addition, the college offers some higher education courses in conjunction with the University of Wolverhampton.

Campuses

  • Wellington Road Campus, Wellington Road, Bilston (52.5737°N 2.0922°W / 52.5737; -2.0922 (City of Wolverhampton College, Wellington Road Campus))
  • Paget Road Campus, Paget Road, Wolverhampton (52.5895°N 2.1568°W / 52.5895; -2.1568 (City of Wolverhampton College, Paget Road Campus))
  • Metro One Campus, Bilston Street, Wolverhampton (52.5838°N 2.1245°W / 52.5838; -2.1245 (City of Wolverhampton College, Metro One Campus))
  • Telford Campus, Stafford Park 4, Telford, Shropshire (52.6759°N 2.4222°W / 52.6759; -2.4222 (City of Wolverhampton College, Telford Campus))
  • Worcester Campus, 9-11 Copenhagen Street, Worcester, WR1 2HB

    • Notable students

  • Liam Payne, X Factor finalist and member of boyband One Direction.
  • Garry Crawford, Professor of Sociology and author, University of Salford
  • Lesley Whittle was a student at the college when, in 1975, she was kidnapped and murdered by Donald Neilson. This was one of the most notorious crimes of the 1970s.

    • References

    City of Wolverhampton College Wikipedia
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