Lincoln College, Lincolnshire
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Lincoln College is a predominantly further education
college based in the City
of Lincoln
, England
.
, and also in Newark-on-Trent
in Nottinghamshire
(since merging with the former Newark and Sherwood College in 2007 ).
The two branch sites are branded as Gainsborough College and Newark College respectively.
More than 11,000 students are enrolled across the three sites, making it one of the largest educational establishments in the county
of Lincolnshire
. The college closed its small fourth campus in Louth, Lincolnshire
in 2005.
It became Lincoln College of Technology in the early 1970s, then administered by the City of Lincoln Education Committee. In the mid-1980s the college piloted the Technician Engineering Scholarship Scheme (TESS), funded by the Engineering Industry Training Board, a scheme for women.
North Lincolnshire College (known as NLC from 1989) was created on 1 September 1987 by Lincolnshire County Council from combining the Lincoln site with Gainsborough College of Further Education and part of the Louth Further Education Centre.
It previously had its headquarters on Cathedral Street until 1993. In the early 1990s it offered degrees and HNDs in Business Studies, Electronics, and Computer Studies in conjunction with Nottingham Trent University, becoming an associate college in 1994. In 1997 the Principal, Allan Crease, in a speech to the Association of Colleges
criticised the means of funding from the Further Education Funding Council for England
(FEFC), where money was allocated by numbrrs at the college, and staff received less pay than those at school.
In the late 1990s the University of Lincoln
was being developed, subsuming Lincoln College of Art, and offered similar courses to the college, but the university was not fully built until the mid-2000s. In the late 1990s the college had a student population of around 15,000 and over 20,000 by 2001.
It soon after changed its name to Lincoln College, not least because North Lincolnshire
was an area not covered by the college. From 2001-10 it was funded by the East Midlands LSC
, based in Leicester
, although the local LSC office was based nearby on Kingsley Road in North Hykeham
, next to the bypass.
In 2006, Lincoln College acquired the site of a former Tradex cash and carry
store. The college plans to make this into a multi purpose drama and music facility. The new building will be state of the art and include a full theatre and recording studios as well as rehearsal spaces. The project is being prepared and will be finished by the start of the 2007/8 academic year.
school. This has the electronics
courses located inside, including BTEC National Diploma Electrical and Electronic Engineering course. Part of the college, the Gibney Building, is the site of the former City School, previously the Lincoln Technical School, which for a time became the headquarters of the Lincoln Archaeological Trust in the early 1970s. The school had around 600 boys in the 1960s. Former members of this school have their (long established) City School Lincoln Association.
and Nottingham Trent University
.
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...
college based in the City
City
A city is a relatively large and permanent settlement. Although there is no agreement on how a city is distinguished from a town within general English language meanings, many cities have a particular administrative, legal, or historical status based on local law.For example, in the U.S...
of Lincoln
Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Lincoln is a cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England.The non-metropolitan district of Lincoln has a population of 85,595; the 2001 census gave the entire area of Lincoln a population of 120,779....
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
Admissions
The college's main site is on Monks Road (B1308), specifically to the north, and to the south of Lindum Hill (A15).Satellite sites
The college also has sites in GainsboroughGainsborough, Lincolnshire
Gainsborough is a town 15 miles north-west of Lincoln on the River Trent within the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. At one time it served as an important port with trade downstream to Hull, and was the most inland in England, being more than 55 miles from the North...
, and also in Newark-on-Trent
Newark-on-Trent
Newark-on-Trent is a market town in Nottinghamshire in the East Midlands region of England. It stands on the River Trent, the A1 , and the East Coast Main Line railway. The origins of the town are possibly Roman as it lies on an important Roman road, the Fosse Way...
in Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west...
(since merging with the former Newark and Sherwood College in 2007 ).
The two branch sites are branded as Gainsborough College and Newark College respectively.
More than 11,000 students are enrolled across the three sites, making it one of the largest educational establishments in the county
Ceremonial counties of England
The ceremonial counties are areas of England to which are appointed a Lord Lieutenant, and are defined by the government as counties and areas for the purposes of the Lieutenancies Act 1997 with reference to the metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England and Lieutenancies Act 1997...
of Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
. The college closed its small fourth campus in Louth, Lincolnshire
Louth, Lincolnshire
Louth is a market town and civil parish within the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.-Geography:Known as the "capital of the Lincolnshire Wolds", it is situated where the ancient trackway Barton Street crosses the River Lud, and has a total resident population of 15,930.The Greenwich...
in 2005.
History
It was earlier known as Lincoln Technical College and built on Cathedral Street in 1932.It became Lincoln College of Technology in the early 1970s, then administered by the City of Lincoln Education Committee. In the mid-1980s the college piloted the Technician Engineering Scholarship Scheme (TESS), funded by the Engineering Industry Training Board, a scheme for women.
North Lincolnshire College (known as NLC from 1989) was created on 1 September 1987 by Lincolnshire County Council from combining the Lincoln site with Gainsborough College of Further Education and part of the Louth Further Education Centre.
It previously had its headquarters on Cathedral Street until 1993. In the early 1990s it offered degrees and HNDs in Business Studies, Electronics, and Computer Studies in conjunction with Nottingham Trent University, becoming an associate college in 1994. In 1997 the Principal, Allan Crease, in a speech to the Association of Colleges
Association of Colleges
The Association of Colleges sometimes shortened to the AoC is an organisation representing further education colleges in the UK, with an associated registered charitable trust. The Association was created in 1996 and provides a broad range of services to its subscribers, the subscribers being FE...
criticised the means of funding from the Further Education Funding Council for England
Further Education Funding Council for England
The Further Education Funding Council for England was a non-departmental public body of the Department for Education and Skills in the United Kingdom which distributed funding to Further Education and Sixth Form Colleges in England between 1992 and 2001....
(FEFC), where money was allocated by numbrrs at the college, and staff received less pay than those at school.
In the late 1990s the University of Lincoln
University of Lincoln
The University of Lincoln is an English university founded in 1992, with origins tracing back to the foundation and association with the Hull School of Art 1861....
was being developed, subsuming Lincoln College of Art, and offered similar courses to the college, but the university was not fully built until the mid-2000s. In the late 1990s the college had a student population of around 15,000 and over 20,000 by 2001.
It soon after changed its name to Lincoln College, not least because North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire is a unitary authority area in the region of Yorkshire and the Humber in England. For ceremonial purposes it is part of Lincolnshire....
was an area not covered by the college. From 2001-10 it was funded by the East Midlands LSC
Learning and Skills Council
The Learning and Skills Council was a non-departmental public body jointly sponsored by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Department for Children, Schools and Families in England...
, based in Leicester
Leicester
Leicester is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest...
, although the local LSC office was based nearby on Kingsley Road in North Hykeham
North Hykeham
North Hykeham is administratively a town immediately south of Lincoln, in the county of Lincolnshire, England. Geographically it is part of the greater Lincoln urban sprawl, and comprises 4,915 dwellings...
, next to the bypass.
In 2006, Lincoln College acquired the site of a former Tradex cash and carry
Cash and carry (wholesale)
Cash and carry wholesale represents a type of operation within the wholesale sector. Its main features are summarized best by the following definitions:...
store. The college plans to make this into a multi purpose drama and music facility. The new building will be state of the art and include a full theatre and recording studios as well as rehearsal spaces. The project is being prepared and will be finished by the start of the 2007/8 academic year.
Buildings
Eight different buildings make up Lincoln College's main site, including the Abbey, Gibney, Sessions, Bishops and Cathedral Buildings. Bishops Building, located to the back of the site, is home to the technologyTechnology
Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...
school. This has the electronics
Electronics
Electronics is the branch of science, engineering and technology that deals with electrical circuits involving active electrical components such as vacuum tubes, transistors, diodes and integrated circuits, and associated passive interconnection technologies...
courses located inside, including BTEC National Diploma Electrical and Electronic Engineering course. Part of the college, the Gibney Building, is the site of the former City School, previously the Lincoln Technical School, which for a time became the headquarters of the Lincoln Archaeological Trust in the early 1970s. The school had around 600 boys in the 1960s. Former members of this school have their (long established) City School Lincoln Association.
Curriculum
The automotive technology program at Lincoln College offers students an opportunity to gain hands-on training involving fuel systems, electrical systems, driving diagnostics and transmissions. All instructors are certified through the Automotive Service of Excellence (ASE), and students learn techniques to install, repair and maintain vehicles. The college also offers higher education courses in a number of areas including Computing Higher National Diplomas in Internet and Computer Science areas. The college also has higher education links with a number of universities including the University of LincolnUniversity of Lincoln
The University of Lincoln is an English university founded in 1992, with origins tracing back to the foundation and association with the Hull School of Art 1861....
and Nottingham Trent University
Nottingham Trent University
Nottingham Trent University is a public teaching and research university in Nottingham, United Kingdom. It was founded as a new university in 1992 from the existing Trent Polytechnic , however it can trace its roots back to 1843 with the establishment of the Nottingham Government School of Design...
.
City Grammar School
- Sir Francis HillFrancis HillSir James William Francis Hill CBE was a leading historian of Lincoln and Lincolnshire, and the 3rd Chancellor of the University of Nottingham. He also served as a Councillor, Alderman and Mayor of Lincoln....
CBE, Chancellor from 1972-8 of the University of NottinghamUniversity of NottinghamThe University of Nottingham is a public research university based in Nottingham, United Kingdom, with further campuses in Ningbo, China and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia...
1900-7 - Brig.Brigadier (United Kingdom)Brigadier is a senior rank in the British Army and the Royal Marines.Brigadier is the superior rank to Colonel, but subordinate to Major-General....
Harry Hopthrow CBE, Director from 1943-5 of Fortifications and Works of the War OfficeWar OfficeThe War Office was a department of the British Government, responsible for the administration of the British Army between the 17th century and 1964, when its functions were transferred to the Ministry of Defence...
1908-15 - Sir Denis FollowsDenis FollowsSir Denis Follows, CBE was a British sports administrator. Between 1962 and 1975 he was Secretary of the Football Association and from 1977 was Chairman of the British Olympic Association. He was educated at the universities of London and Nottingham, and was President of the National Union of...
CBE, Chairman of the British Olympic AssociationBritish Olympic AssociationThe British Olympic Association is the national Olympic committee for Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It was formed in 1905 in the House of Commons, and at that time consisted of seven national governing body members from the following sports: fencing, life-saving, cycling, skating, rowing,...
from 1977-83 and President from 1930-2 of the National Union of Students 1918-23 - Prof Hermann Arthur Jahn, Professor of Applied Mathematics from 1949-72 at the University of SouthamptonUniversity of SouthamptonThe University of Southampton is a British public university located in the city of Southampton, England, a member of the Russell Group. The origins of the university can be dated back to the founding of the Hartley Institution in 1862 by Henry Robertson Hartley. In 1902, the Institution developed...
, and who with Edward TellerEdward TellerEdward Teller was a Hungarian-American theoretical physicist, known colloquially as "the father of the hydrogen bomb," even though he did not care for the title. Teller made numerous contributions to nuclear and molecular physics, spectroscopy , and surface physics...
discovered the Jahn–Teller effect 1908-15 - Francis Rose CBE, chemist, Research Manager from 1954-71 of the Pharmaceutical Division of ICI where he developed sulphamerazineSulfamerazineSulfamerazine is a sulfonamide antibacterial....
, and developed the anti-malaria drug PaludrineProguanilProguanil is a prophylactic antimalarial drug.Proguanil is effective against sporozoites.Proguanil hydrochloride is marketed as Paludrine by AstraZeneca.-Mechanism:...
during the war 1920-7 - Prof John Harris CBE, zoologist and Vice ChancellorHistory of the University of BristolThe History of the University of Bristol can be said to have begun in 1909 when the University of Bristol gained a Royal Charter which allowed the University to award degrees...
from 1966-8 of the University of BristolUniversity of BristolThe University of Bristol is a public research university located in Bristol, United Kingdom. One of the so-called "red brick" universities, it received its Royal Charter in 1909, although its predecessor institution, University College, Bristol, had been in existence since 1876.The University is...
1922-9 - Frank Scrimshaw, Director General of Electronics R&D from 1967-72 at the Ministry of TechnologyMinister of TechnologyThe Minister of Technology was a position in the government of the United Kingdom, sometimes abbreviated as "MinTech". The Ministry of Technology was established by the incoming government of Harold Wilson in October 1964 as part of Wilson's ambition to modernise the state for what he perceived to...
1929-36 - Dr Francis Panton CBE, Director from 1980-3 of the Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment 1934-41
- Commander John Wilson MBE, former head in the 1970s of the Metropolitan PoliceMetropolitan policeMetropolitan Police is a generic title for the municipal police force for a major metropolitan area, and it may be part of the official title of the force...
's Special Branch 1938-45 (his father was the headmaster) - Prof Ronald Bell CB, Director-General of ADAS from 1984-9 and Chief Scientific Advisor of MAFFMinistry of Agriculture, Fisheries and FoodThe Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food was a United Kingdom government department created by the Board of Agriculture Act 1889 and at that time called the Board of Agriculture, and then from 1903 the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, and from 1919 the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries...
, and President from 1985-9 of the British Crop Production CouncilBritish Crop Production CouncilThe British Crop Production Council is an organisation that promotes the use of good science and technology in the understanding and application of effective and sustainable crop production...
, and Director from 1977-84 of the National Institute of Agricultural EngineeringCranfield UniversityCranfield University is a British postgraduate university based on two campuses, with a research-oriented focus. The main campus is at Cranfield, Bedfordshire and the second is the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom based at Shrivenham, Oxfordshire. The main campus is unique in the United...
(NIAE, which closed in 2006) at SilsoeSilsoeSilsoe is a village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England.-Origin:The village name is derived from the Danish word ‘hoh’, in "Sifels hoh", meaning "Sifel’s hill". The Danes were thought to have been the earliest settlers here...
1941-8 - Tony WorthingtonTony WorthingtonWilliam Anthony Worthington, known as Tony Worthington is a retired politician in the United Kingdom.-Early life:...
, Labour MP from 1987-2005 for Clydebank and MilngavieClydebank and Milngavie (UK Parliament constituency)Clydebank and Milngavie was a county constituency in Scotland. It returned on Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 2005, when it was redistributed to West Dunbartonshire and East Dunbartonshire as part of a major reorganisation of...
1953-60 - Prof David Fowler CBE, Science Director since 2003 of Biogeochemistry at the Centre for Ecology and HydrologyCentre for Ecology and HydrologyThe Centre for Ecology & Hydrology is the United Kingdom's Centre of Excellence for integrated research in hydrology, terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems and their interaction with the atmosphere...
in Edinburgh 1961-8 - Kevin Cox, former President of the biotechnology company AveciaAveciaAvecia is a privately owned group of biotechnology companies with recognised leading positions in process development and manufacture of biological and oligonucleotide pharmaceuticals, with their international headquarters in Blackley, Manchester, United Kingdom.The group's Biologics business,...
1969-74
See also
- North Lindsey CollegeNorth Lindsey CollegeNorth Lindsey College is a further education college in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, England on the A18.-Structure:It is also an associate college of the University of Lincoln providing a wide range of further education and higher education courses...