Principal Karen Spencer Ages 16+ Total enrollment 5,110 (2006) | DfE URN 130676 Phone +44 1279 868000 Undergraduate tuition and fees 6,500 GBP (2012) Gender Mixed-sex education | |
Type Further Education College Location Velizy AvenueHarlowEssexCM20 3EZ England Address Velizy Ave, Harlow CM20 3EZ, UK Similar Epping Forest College, Braintree College, SEEVIC College, Hertford Regional College, South Essex College Profiles |
David cameron visits harlow college
Harlow College (formerly Harlow Technical College) is a Further Education college in Harlow, Essex, England. Harlow College's Principal and Chief Executive is Karen Spencer.
Contents
- David cameron visits harlow college
- Harlow college east site 1990
- Journalism Centre
- The college today
- Notable alumni
- The Harlow Harrier
- The original Harlow College 1862 1965
- Headmasters of Harlow College
- References
The college is distinguished by its success rates and its Journalism Centre, which it has operated since 1964.
Harlow college east site 1990
Journalism Centre
Formed in 1964, Harlow College's Journalism Centre is a journalism training centre, with courses accredited through the National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) and the Periodical Training Council (PTC). The centre boasts strong links with Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, through a BA Hons Journalism degree.
The journalism students studying at BTEC level are now able to use the new £9m University Centre Harlow facilities, which is part of Anglia Ruskin University.
The current college was predated by a boys' boarding school of the same name, originally dating from 1862, which was situated in Old Harlow.
The college today
The college has three divisions:
In 2006/06, the college enrolled about 2,070 learners aged 16–18 and about 3,040 adult learners, with an income of around £20m.
Notable alumni
The Harlow Harrier
In September 2010, five students created the college's first student paper - The Harlow Harrier. It gives news on student issues, jobs in journalism, sports news, and local politics. The Founding Editor is Talal Musa - an ex News of the World trainee sub-editor who works on the sports desk at the Daily Mail.
The original 'Harlow College' 1862-1965
The Harlow College of today was preceded by a boys' school (boarding and day), originally known as St. Mary's College, but later as Harlow College. The college was opened by the Reverend Charles Miller on 29 May 1862, in Old Harlow. It was founded with the aim "to provide a superior education for the sons of gentlemen and (when sufficient amounts have been obtained) to train at low charge, the sons of missionaries abroad, of clergymen similarly engaged at home, as well as orphan sons of gentlemen who have been reduced in circumstances".
The original buildings were built by the architect R. J. Withers. The design forming a quadrangle, the front being lower by two stories than the rest. At the eastern end a chapel was planned, in similar style and architecture, for the sole use of students". When the school opened in May 1862, the eastern wing had been built, together with half the northern annexe, however, the projected front and chapel were never built, robbing the architect of his cloistered vision. The nearby church of St. John the Baptist was used as the school's chapel.
For most of its history, there were about 180 boys on the roll. The main building comprised dining hall, classrooms, library, sick rooms, dormitories, office and staff rooms. In addition to the main block, there was an art room, gymnasium, science lab, common room and two playing fields. The school provided a five to six-year course in mathematics, French, science, geography, history and art. The boys played cricket, tennis and athletics in the summer term, football in the winter and cross-country in the spring.
Sources cite the 1904–35 period as a golden era for Harlow College, during which the college was under the headmastership of Ernest Percival Horsey. A pupil in the 1920s remembered: "It was Mr. Horsey who made the school what it is".
In the early 1960s, development plans were made for the Old Harlow area. In 1964, Harlow College was told that the site occupied by the school would be required for housing and the college was, therefore, due for demolition the following year. The headmaster Roy Purgavie briefly looked into relocating to Hertfordshire, but this was not possible, and the college closed in 1965. The Jocelyns housing area now occupies the site.
There is an active old boys' society. http://oldharlovians.blog.co.uk/ and a website http://www.oldharlovians.co.uk/.