Preston College is a further education

Further education

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 college in the city of Preston, Lancashire, England

England

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. The college originally opened as W.R. Tuson College in September 1974 and was renamed on 1 September 1989.

Campus

The college had two main sites until mid 2011. The main campus is situated on St. Vincent's Road in Fulwood

Fulwood, Lancashire

Fulwood is an unparished area of the City of Preston, Lancashire, England, about north of the city centre. It had a population of 33,171 in 2001.- Economy and society :Fulwood remains a distinctive division of Preston...

 and the smaller building was located next to Moor Park

Moor Park, Preston

Moor Park is a large park to the north of the city centre of Preston, Lancashire, England. Moor Park is also the name of the electoral ward covering the park and the surrounding area...

, the college finished the build of a Btec building in mid 2011 upon the Fulwood campus, the building cost over one million pounds and immediately replaced the Moor Park campus as a higher spec and larger building.

Courses

The college offers a lot of vocational based subjects including Dance

Dance

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, Music

Music

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, Media

Media

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 and Performing Arts

Performing arts

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As well as media studies and related fields of learning, the college also offers many academic courses at a sixth form

Sixth form

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 college level. These include English literature

English literature

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, Biology

Biology

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, Chemistry

Chemistry

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, Physics

Physics

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, Maths

Mathematics

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 and Advanced Mathematics.

Staff

As of 2008, the college chief executive is Willie Mills, a former principal of both the Northumberland College

Northumberland College

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 in Ashington and the City College in Manchester

Manchester

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. He took up his post at Preston College in early 2007.

Alumni

During the 1980s, British Comedian Lenny Henry

Lenny Henry

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 re-took his O Levels at the college whilst appearing in a summer comedy show in Blackpool.

Wikipedia Status

The Preston College IP address has been banned from editing any pages of wikipedia until September 2012, the ban has been put in place because of vandalism to pages.

External links

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