City College, Birmingham
Encyclopedia
City College, Birmingham is an establishment of further education
in Birmingham
, England.
City College Birmingham was formed as result of the merger of Handsworth and East Birmingham colleges in 1998. The college is dispersed throughout the Birmingham area.
At present the college has approximately 25,000 students and has a mixed base of permanent and part-time staff in a variety of roles to accommodate the needs of both the college and the students. The college provides a range of opportunities including vocational programmes.
Further education
Further education is a term mainly used in connection with education in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It is post-compulsory education , that is distinct from the education offered in universities...
in Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
, England.
City College Birmingham was formed as result of the merger of Handsworth and East Birmingham colleges in 1998. The college is dispersed throughout the Birmingham area.
At present the college has approximately 25,000 students and has a mixed base of permanent and part-time staff in a variety of roles to accommodate the needs of both the college and the students. The college provides a range of opportunities including vocational programmes.
Centres
The College's main campuses are:- HandsworthHandsworth, West MidlandsHandsworth is an inner city area of Birmingham in the West Midlands, England. The Local Government Act 1894 divided the ancient Staffordshire parish of Handsworth into two urban districts: Handsworth and Perry Barr. Handsworth was annexed to the county borough of Birmingham in Warwickshire in 1911...
campus - Fordrough Campus
- Technology Campus
- Ladywood Campus