City College Plymouth is a tertiary institution and further education college in South West England

South West England

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 having two main sites: the Goschen Centre in Keyham and the Kings Road Centre in Devonport

Devonport, Devon

Devonport, formerly named Plymouth Dock or just Dock, is a district of Plymouth in the English county of Devon, although it was, at one time, the more important settlement. It became a county borough in 1889...

, both in Plymouth

Plymouth

Plymouth is a city and unitary authority area on the coast of Devon, England, about south-west of London. It is built between the mouths of the rivers Plym to the east and Tamar to the west, where they join Plymouth Sound...

, Devon

Devon

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. The Kings Road Centre is built on the site of the former Devonport Kings Road railway station

Devonport Kings Road railway station

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. It is also a partner college of the University of Plymouth

University of Plymouth

Plymouth University is the largest university in the South West of England, with over 30,000 students and is 9th largest in the United Kingdom by total number of students . It has almost 3,000 staff...

. The college was formerly known as the Plymouth College of Further Education and was officially renamed on 1 January 2007.

The college had 17,141 students in the 2006/7 academic year, around 3,584 of whom are full time and the rest being part time. There are 795 employees.

The college is one of the most successful participants of the 10:10

10:10

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project. Over the course of one year they reduced their carbon emissions by 38%.

Key facts

• Number of full-time students - 3,485
• Number of part-time students - 14,318
• Total number of students - 17,803 (which includes 914 higher education students and 185 non-EU ‘international students’)
• Number of apprentices - 1,269 (included sub-contracted apprentices)
• Number of employees - 806
• The College is estimated to be worth 1,432 full-time equivalent jobs to the Plymouth area and has a total annual staffing budget of £19 million
• College staff spend an estimated £2.3 million a year on food and household items and a further £2.6 million on leisure goods and services
• Based on an average ratio of 38 local jobs per £1 million of contract, City College Plymouth supported 144 local jobs through contracts with local suppliers

External links

• City College Plymouth Official website of City College Plymouth.
• ccpsu Official website of City College Plymouth Students' Union