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| West London College | |
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Gliddon Road Hammersmith ,London ,W14 9BL | |
| Coordinates | 51°29′29″N0°12′52″W / 51.4915°N 0.2145°W /51.4915; -0.2145 |
| Information | |
| Type | Further and Higher Education College |
| Established | 1881-2002 – founding institutions 2002 – Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College |
| Department for Education URN | 130408Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| CEO & Principal | Karen Redhead OBE |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Age | 14+ |
| Enrollment | 13,000+ (2016)[1] |
| Website | http://www.wlc.ac.uk/ |
West London College, legally known as theEaling, Hammersmith and West London College is a largefurther and higher education college inWest London, England, formed in 2002 by the merger between Ealing Tertiary College and Hammersmith and West London College. It is based across three campuses located inEaling,Hammersmith andSouthall; the main campus of the college is situated on the north side of the busyA4 dual-carriageway, between Hammersmith andEarls Court. There are over 13,000 students as of 2016, providing training and development from entry level to postgraduate.[1]
It is a member of theCollab Group of high performing colleges.[2]
In 1881, Hammersmith School of Art was established in Brook Green. There was also theHammersmith College of Art and Building located in Lime Grove, Shepherds Bush. This college ran an Architecture course accredited by the RIBA and an Interior Design course. There were also facilities and studios in which were taught textile design, ceramics, sculpture and print-making. The 'building' side of the college included workshops in which the traditional building trades were taught, including plumbing, welding, plastering and brick-laying. The 'cross-discipline' opportunities that the close proximity that these departments afforded students was deliberate. That the sculpture students could learn from the welding classes (both instructors and apprentices) and the interior design students from the textile design students and the architecture students from the building trades apprentices was a recognized benefit of the graduates of the Hammersmith College of Art and Building. In 1970 the Architecture department of Hammersmith College of Art and Building merged withWoolwich Polytechnic to formThames Polytechnic, which in 1993 became the University of Greenwich. The architectural teaching staff includedArthur Korn. In 1975 Hammersmith College of Art merged with West London College and forming Hammersmith and West London College.[3]
Ealing Grammar School for Boys was opened in 1913 as Ealing County School and expanded in 1936, also known as Ealing County Grammar School. It had the Ealonian Hall. In 1974, Ealing borough adopted the comprehensive education system and the school became Ealing Green High School, a boys' school. Another institute Thomas Huxley College existed until 1980. In 1992, the school turned into Ealing Tertiary College.[3]
TheSouthall Technical College was founded in 1929 as a technical school for boys, merging with Southall Grammar School in 1963 (nowVilliers High School). The college's skills provision moved to the Norwood Hall Institute of Horticultural Education, and this became part of Ealing Tertiary College.[3]
Acton Technical College is another former institution that is a predecessor of the current college.
In January 2002, Hammersmith and West London College merged with Ealing Tertiary College to form Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College. At the time it was the largest further education college in London with over 30,000 enrollments.[4] It changed its public brand name to West London College from 2018.
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Hammersmith is the largest campus, with over 10,000 students. The College offers a large number of full-time and part-time courses across a broad range of subjects for students of different ages, abilities and needs.
In the 1970s, the college was built on 14 acres (5.7 ha) former playing fields ofSt Paul's School, despite campaigns opposing the development.[5] The College was designed by theGreater London Council Architects' Department, under the supervision of Bob Giles, the project architect, in aBrutalist style inspired byAlvar Aalto'sSäynätsalo Town Hall.[6]
Completed in 1980, the college replaced 11 separate sites across West London.[6]
Located at The Green inEaling, it offers a range of full-time post-GCSE, academic and vocational courses, as well as tuition in ESOL and English as a Foreign Language (EFL). Recent refurbishments have significantly improved the Sixth Form Centre and a new £11.5m specialist centre, the Ealing Institute of Media, was launched in December 2005. It is situated in the former Ealing Green High School.
On Beaconsfield Road inSouthall, students here have access to the Southall Sports Centre run by the London Borough of Ealing, the Sixth Form Centre, and separate facilities for adult learning and a vocational centre.
A former campus existed on Gunnersbury Lane,Acton.
The college was a Beacon Status College, awarded by the Quality Improvement Agency. In 2008, the International Centre at the college was awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise: International Trade. In 2012, West London College (then Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College) became the first Further Education college in London to receive the 'AoC Charter for International Excellence'. The charter is awarded to FE colleges that show a strong commitment to quality assurance and implement an ethical approach to all aspects of their international activities. In 2017, the college won theTimes Educational Supplement FE Award for Outstanding use of Technology for Teaching, Learning and Assessment.[7]
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