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[[File:Wilberforce's Statue and Hull Technology College - geograph.org.uk - 1136373.jpg|thumb|Hull College, Queens Gardens, Kingston upon Hull]]
'''Hull College''' is a Further Education and Higher Education establishment based in [[Kingston upon Hull]], [[England]].
'''Hull College''' is a Further Education and Higher Education establishment based in [[Kingston upon Hull]], [[England]].


It provides vocational courses, apprenticeships, Higher Education and adult learning courses, with a focus on equipping young people and adults with the skills needed for long-term career success. The college has approximately 2,100 adult learners, 1,600 learners aged 16 to 18, 1,000 apprentices, 167 learners aged 14 to 16, and 109 learners with high needs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ofsted Report 2022 |url=https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/50180402 |url-status=live |website=https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/}}</ref>
It provides vocational courses, apprenticeships, Higher Education and adult learning courses, with a focus on equipping young people and adults with the skills needed for long-term career success. The college has approximately 2,100 adult learners, 1,600 learners aged 16 to 18, 1,000 apprentices, 167 learners aged 14 to 16, and 109 learners with high needs.


As of October 2022, the college operates from three sites. Its main campus is located at Queen’s Gardens, with satellite sites at Cannon Street and the Steve Prescott Centre.
The college operates from three sites. Its main campus is located at Queen's Gardens, with satellite sites at Cannon Street and the Steve Prescott Centre.

The college was awarded a 'Good' Ofsted rating following a full enhanced skills inspection that took place in late October 2023. The organisation was also recognised for its exceptional contribution to meeting skills needs, earning the highest accolade of 'Strong'.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/50234753|title=Inspection of Hull College|publisher=Ofsted |date=24–27 October 2023 |website=reports.ofsted.gov.uk|accessdate=6 December 2023}}</ref>

In the report, inspectors rated a range of provision types with Personal Development and Adult Learning Programmes judged to be 'Outstanding' and Education Programmes for Young People, Quality of Education, Behaviour and Attitudes, Provision for Learners with High Needs, Apprenticeships, and Leadership and Management all given a rating of 'Good'.


== History ==
== History ==
Hull College is operated by Hull College Group, which operates three centres in the city located in [[Queen's Gardens, Hull|Queen's Gardens]], Cannon Street, and within the [[KCOM Stadium]]. It also operates a centre in [[Goole]] and used to include [[Harrogate College]].<ref name="ofsted">{{cite web|url=http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/oxedu_reports/download/(id)/111489/(as)/130579_322276.pdf |title=Ofsted report 2008|access-date=29 July 2010}}</ref> The group purports to have a turnover of at least £60&nbsp;million, 1,200 staff members and 25,000 students across its campuses.<ref>{{cite web|title = Hull College Group|url = http://www.hull-college-careers.co.uk/Home/AboutUs|website = www.hull-college-careers.co.uk|access-date = 2 December 2015}}</ref>
Hull College is operated by Hull College Group, which operates three centres in the city located in [[Queen's Gardens, Hull|Queen's Gardens]], Cannon Street, and the Steve Prescott Centre.


The main bulk of courses in Hull are run in an eight-storey tower block overlooking Queen's Gardens. Built in the 1950s, the block is an example of [[brutalist architecture]]. An £11 million extension housing a [[Learning Resource Centre|learning resource centre]] was opened in 2004 and financed jointly by [[Yorkshire Forward]] and the [[Learning and Skills Council]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hull-college.ac.uk/about-us/centres/queens-gardens|title=Queen’s Gardens – Hull College|website=www.hull-college.ac.uk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160529184913/http://www.hull-college.ac.uk/about-us/centres/queens-gardens|archive-date=29 May 2016|url-status = dead|access-date=6 December 2015}}</ref> During the construction of this in 2003, a [[time capsule]] was buried within its foundations.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/college-s-time-capsule-memento-1-2529906|title=College's time capsule memento|work=The Yorkshire Post|access-date=27 October 2017}}</ref> There is also a smaller building situated next to the tower block, known as the Wilberforce. In 2012, this was converted into the ''Hull Studio School''. Following the school's closure in 2014, the building was reverted into classrooms for further education courses. The site is also home to the [[Hull School of Art and Design]], which was founded in 1861 and currently offers [[higher education]] courses. The school is housed in 1970s buildings, adjacent to the tower block.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hull-college.ac.uk/degrees/faculty-of-arts|title=Hull School of Art and Design – Hull College|website=www.hull-college.ac.uk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803073808/http://www.hull-college.ac.uk/degrees/faculty-of-arts|archive-date=3 August 2016|url-status = dead|access-date=6 December 2015}}</ref> Further education courses in Art and Design were previously offered at the college's former Park Street site until June 2016, when the building was sold off.<ref name=":0">{{cite news|url=http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Hull-College-close-sell-Park-Street-campus/story-28293617-detail/story.html|title=Hull College to close and sell Park Street campus|work=Hull Daily Mail|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151215114629/http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Hull-College-close-sell-Park-Street-campus/story-28293617-detail/story.html|archive-date=15 December 2015|url-status = dead|access-date=4 December 2015}}</ref> There is a monument dedicated to politician [[William Wilberforce]], a {{convert|102|ft|adj=on}} Greek Doric column topped by a statue of Wilberforce stands in the Queen's Gardens grounds.<ref>{{cite web|title = The Wilberforce Monument|url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/humber/content/articles/2007/04/02/wilberforce_monument_feature.shtml|access-date = 6 December 2015}}</ref> In 1967, the college took over the former Carthusian monastery known as the [[Charterhouse, Kingston upon Hull|Charterhouse]], converting part of the building into an annex of the college.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web5.hullcc.gov.uk/akshull/images/att16222.pdf |title=Charterhouse Conservation Area (2010), section 6.2.3 |access-date=4 December 2015 |publisher=Hull City Council |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004222800/https://web5.hullcc.gov.uk/akshull/images/att16222.pdf |archive-date=4 October 2013 }}</ref> By 2015, the site had been relinquished.<ref name="Heroes">{{cite web|title = 04/12/2015 Homes for Heroes in Hull|work= Breakfast – BBC Radio Humberside|url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p037tq6l|publisher= BBC|access-date = 4 December 2015}}</ref> In 2003,<ref>{{cite web|title = Hull College Riverside Theatre {{!}} Mandy Theatre Professionals|url = https://stage.mandy.com/uk/venue/25585/hull-college-riverside-theatre|website = Mandy Theatre Professionals|access-date = 10 April 2018}}</ref> the college unveiled a building known as the Horncastle as part of the Queen's Gardens site. Housing drama, media and musical courses, it has a 200-seat theatre allowing performing arts students to put on shows for the general public. Students also have access to drama studios, a radio suite and an operational television studio.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hull-college.ac.uk/about-us/subjects-departments/performing-arts-music-and-media/P20|title=Creative Arts – Hull College|website=www.hull-college.ac.uk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305040826/http://www.hull-college.ac.uk/about-us/subjects-departments/performing-arts-music-and-media/P20|archive-date=5 March 2016|url-status = dead|access-date=2 December 2015}}</ref> Architects ''DLA Interiors'' were responsible for the design of all public areas, including the refectory and classrooms.<ref>{{cite web|title = DLA Interiors – Projects – Education – Hull College|url = http://www.dla-interiors.co.uk/education/hull-college.html|website = www.dla-interiors.co.uk|access-date = 2 December 2015}}</ref>
The main bulk of courses in Hull are run in an eight-storey tower block overlooking Queen's Gardens. Built in the 1950s, the block is an example of [[brutalist architecture]]. An £11&nbsp;million extension housing a [[Learning Resource Centre|learning resource centre]] was opened in 2004 and financed jointly by [[Yorkshire Forward]] and the [[Learning and Skills Council]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hull-college.ac.uk/about-us/centres/queens-gardens|title=Queen's Gardens – Hull College|website=www.hull-college.ac.uk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160529184913/http://www.hull-college.ac.uk/about-us/centres/queens-gardens|archive-date=29 May 2016|url-status = dead|access-date=6 December 2015}}</ref> During the construction of this in 2003, a [[time capsule]] was buried within its foundations.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/college-s-time-capsule-memento-1-2529906|title=College's time capsule memento|work=The Yorkshire Post|access-date=27 October 2017}}</ref> There is also a smaller building situated next to the tower block, known as the Wilberforce. In 2012, this was converted into the ''Hull Studio School''. Following the school's closure in 2014, the building was reverted into classrooms for further education courses. The site is also home to the [[Hull School of Art and Design]], which was founded in 1861 and currently offers [[higher education]] courses. The school is housed in 1970s buildings, adjacent to the tower block.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hull-college.ac.uk/degrees/faculty-of-arts|title=Hull School of Art and Design – Hull College|website=www.hull-college.ac.uk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803073808/http://www.hull-college.ac.uk/degrees/faculty-of-arts|archive-date=3 August 2016|url-status = dead|access-date=6 December 2015}}</ref> Further education courses in Art and Design were previously offered at the college's former Park Street site until June&nbsp;2016, when the building was sold off.<ref name=":0">{{cite news|url=http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Hull-College-close-sell-Park-Street-campus/story-28293617-detail/story.html|title=Hull College to close and sell Park Street campus|work=Hull Daily Mail|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151215114629/http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Hull-College-close-sell-Park-Street-campus/story-28293617-detail/story.html|archive-date=15 December 2015|url-status = dead|access-date=4 December 2015}}</ref> There is a monument dedicated to politician [[William Wilberforce]], a {{convert|102|ft|adj=on}} Greek Doric column topped by a statue of Wilberforce stands in the Queen's Gardens grounds.<ref>{{cite web|title = The Wilberforce Monument|url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/humber/content/articles/2007/04/02/wilberforce_monument_feature.shtml|access-date = 6 December 2015}}</ref> In 1967, the college took over the former Carthusian monastery known as the [[Charterhouse, Kingston upon Hull|Charterhouse]], converting part of the building into an annex of the college.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web5.hullcc.gov.uk/akshull/images/att16222.pdf |title=Charterhouse Conservation Area (2010), section 6.2.3 |access-date=4 December 2015 |publisher=Hull City Council |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004222800/https://web5.hullcc.gov.uk/akshull/images/att16222.pdf |archive-date=4 October 2013 }}</ref> By 2015, the site had been relinquished.<ref name="Heroes">{{cite web|title = 04/12/2015 Homes for Heroes in Hull|work= Breakfast – BBC Radio Humberside|url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p037tq6l|publisher= BBC|access-date = 4 December 2015}}</ref> In 2003,<ref>{{cite web|title = Hull College Riverside Theatre {{!}} Mandy Theatre Professionals|url = https://stage.mandy.com/uk/venue/25585/hull-college-riverside-theatre|website = Mandy Theatre Professionals|access-date = 10 April 2018}}</ref> the college unveiled a building known as the Horncastle as part of the Queen's Gardens site. Housing drama, media and musical courses, it has a 200-seat theatre allowing performing arts students to put on shows for the general public. Students also have access to drama studios, a radio suite and an operational television studio.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hull-college.ac.uk/about-us/subjects-departments/performing-arts-music-and-media/P20|title=Creative Arts – Hull College|website=www.hull-college.ac.uk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305040826/http://www.hull-college.ac.uk/about-us/subjects-departments/performing-arts-music-and-media/P20|archive-date=5 March 2016|url-status = dead|access-date=2 December 2015}}</ref> Architects ''DLA Interiors'' were responsible for the design of all public areas, including the refectory and classrooms.<ref>{{cite web|title = DLA Interiors – Projects – Education – Hull College|url = http://www.dla-interiors.co.uk/education/hull-college.html|website = www.dla-interiors.co.uk|access-date = 2 December 2015}}</ref>


In June 2009, plans for an expansive £80&nbsp;million rebuild of the college buildings were halted by the [[Government of the United Kingdom|British Government]]. The Queen's Gardens site was one of a number of colleges expected to be given the go-ahead for building projects under the ''[[Building Schools for the Future]]'' programme. Plans included the demolition of the main tower block and the provision of modern facilities that would house workshops, laboratories, kitchens, salons and a sports centre.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Hull-College-won-t-new-building/story-11965894-detail/story.html|title=Hull College will not get new building|date=26 June 2009|work=Hull Daily Mail|access-date=2 December 2015}}</ref> The whole programme would eventually be terminated in July 2010.
In June&nbsp;2009, plans for an expansive £80&nbsp;million rebuild of the college buildings were halted by the [[Government of the United Kingdom|British Government]]. The Queen's Gardens site was one of a number of colleges expected to be given the go-ahead for building projects under the ''[[Building Schools for the Future]]'' programme. Plans included the demolition of the main tower block and the provision of modern facilities that would house workshops, laboratories, kitchens, salons and a sports centre.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Hull-College-won-t-new-building/story-11965894-detail/story.html|title=Hull College will not get new building|date=26 June 2009|work=Hull Daily Mail|access-date=2 December 2015}}</ref> The whole programme would eventually be terminated in July&nbsp;2010.


In November 2014, the Hull College Group announced that they would be taking over the [[University of Hull]] Scarborough campus. The University of Hull had since 2000 offered higher education on its satellite campus in Scarborough.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Hull-College-set-University-Hull-s-Scarborough/story-24863446-detail/story.html|title=Hull College set to take over University of Hull's Scarborough campus|work=Hull Daily Mail|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208092159/http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Hull-College-set-University-Hull-s-Scarborough/story-24863446-detail/story.html|archive-date=8 December 2015|url-status = dead|access-date=2 December 2015}}</ref> In January 2016, it was revealed that the college had 'pulled out' of buying the campus for unknown reasons,<ref>{{cite web|title = Yorkshire Coast Radio – News – Hull College Group Pulls Out of Scarborough|url = http://www.yorkshirecoastradio.com/news/local-news/1849030/hull-college-group-pulls-out-of-scarborough/|publisher = Yorkshire Coast Radio|access-date = 28 January 2016}}</ref> although it is suggested that very poor student recruitment was a factor.
In November&nbsp;2014, the Hull College Group announced that they would be taking over the [[University of Hull]] Scarborough campus. The University of Hull had since 2000 offered higher education on its satellite campus in Scarborough.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Hull-College-set-University-Hull-s-Scarborough/story-24863446-detail/story.html|title=Hull College set to take over University of Hull's Scarborough campus|work=Hull Daily Mail|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208092159/http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Hull-College-set-University-Hull-s-Scarborough/story-24863446-detail/story.html|archive-date=8 December 2015|url-status = dead|access-date=2 December 2015}}</ref> In January&nbsp;2016, it was revealed that the college had 'pulled out' of buying the campus for unknown reasons,<ref>{{cite web|title = Yorkshire Coast Radio – News – Hull College Group Pulls Out of Scarborough|url = http://www.yorkshirecoastradio.com/news/local-news/1849030/hull-college-group-pulls-out-of-scarborough/|publisher = Yorkshire Coast Radio|access-date = 28 January 2016}}</ref> although it is suggested that very poor student recruitment was a factor.


A November 2015 [[Ofsted]] report rated Hull College as 'good' in terms of its overall effectiveness.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/files/2530019/urn/130579.pdf|title=Hull College Group: College inspection report|date=2015|website=Ofsted|access-date=28 October 2017}}</ref> The college is a member of the [[Collab Group]] of high-performing further-education institutions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.collabgroup.co.uk/our-members|title=Collab Group|access-date=12 December 2016}}</ref> In June 2017, the college was awarded a bronze rating by the [[Teaching Excellence Framework]] (TEF) according to their standard of undergraduate teaching.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-40356423|title=Leading universities rated 'bronze'|last=Sellgren|first=Katherine|date=22 June 2017|work=BBC News|access-date=18 October 2017}}</ref>
A November&nbsp;2015 [[Ofsted]] report rated Hull College as 'good' in terms of its overall effectiveness.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/files/2530019/urn/130579.pdf|title=Hull College Group: College inspection report|date=2015|website=Ofsted|access-date=28 October 2017}}</ref> The college is a member of the [[Collab Group]] of high-performing further-education institutions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collabgroup.co.uk/our-members|title=Collab Group|access-date=12 December 2016}}</ref> In June&nbsp;2017, the college was awarded a bronze rating by the [[Teaching Excellence Framework]] (TEF) according to their standard of undergraduate teaching.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-40356423|title=Leading universities rated 'bronze'|last=Sellgren|first=Katherine|date=22 June 2017|work=BBC News|access-date=18 October 2017}}</ref>


[[File:The Horncastle Building, Hull College - geograph.org.uk - 662799.jpg|thumb|The Horncastle building at Hull College, January 2008]]
[[File:The Horncastle Building, Hull College - geograph.org.uk - 662799.jpg|thumb|The Horncastle building at Hull College, January&nbsp;2008]]


In August 2019 [[Harrogate College]] transferred to [[Luminate Education Group]] (formerly Leeds City College Group)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://feweek.co.uk/2019/04/26/troubled-hull-college-group-to-de-merge-one-of-three-colleges/|title=Troubled Hull College Group to de-merge one of three colleges|work=FE Week|access-date=30 June 2019}}</ref>
In August&nbsp;2019 [[Harrogate College]] transferred to [[Luminate Education Group]] (formerly Leeds City College Group).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://feweek.co.uk/2019/04/26/troubled-hull-college-group-to-de-merge-one-of-three-colleges/|title=Troubled Hull College Group to de-merge one of three colleges|work=FE Week|access-date=30 June 2019}}</ref>


The College is currently under investigation for allegations of financial mismanagement and nepotism.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://feweek.co.uk/2019/10/10/computer-game-and-80-piece-orchestra-spend-investigated-at-hull-college/|title=Revealed: The spend being investigated at Hull College|date=10 October 2019|website=FE Week|access-date=4 December 2019}}</ref>
The College is currently under investigation for allegations of financial mismanagement and nepotism.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=https://feweek.co.uk/2019/10/10/computer-game-and-80-piece-orchestra-spend-investigated-at-hull-college/|title=Revealed: The spend being investigated at Hull College|date=10 October 2019|website=FE Week|access-date=4 December 2019}}</ref>


== Management ==
== Management ==
The [[Chief executive officer|chief executive]] of Hull College Group was Michelle Swithenbank. She was made the chief executive on a permanent basis in June 2017, having served the role temporarily from March 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/hull-college-announce-michelle-swithenbank-as-chief-executive-officer/story-30378786-detail/story.html|title=Hull College announce new full-time chief executive officer|date=8 June 2017|work=Hull Daily Mail|access-date=8 June 2017}}</ref> She took a leave of absence from the College to allow investigations into allegations of financial mismanagement and nepotism<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/education/hull-college-michelle-swithenbank-leaves-3405137|title=Hull College principal Michelle Swithenbank takes 'leave of absence'|date=8 October 2019|work=Hull Daily Mail|access-date=8 January 2020}}</ref> but later resigned in December 2019 following these investigations.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/education/hull-college-michelle-swithenbank-quits-3667839|title=Hull College principal quits following financial wrongdoing investigation|date=20 December 2019|work=Hull Daily Mail|access-date=8 January 2020}}</ref>
The [[Chief executive officer|chief executive]] of Hull College Group was Michelle Swithenbank. She was made the chief executive on a permanent basis in June&nbsp;2017, having served the role temporarily from March&nbsp;2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/hull-college-announce-michelle-swithenbank-as-chief-executive-officer/story-30378786-detail/story.html|title=Hull College announce new full-time chief executive officer|date=8 June 2017|work=Hull Daily Mail|access-date=8 June 2017}}</ref> She took a leave of absence from the College to allow investigations into allegations of financial mismanagement and nepotism<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/education/hull-college-michelle-swithenbank-leaves-3405137|title=Hull College principal Michelle Swithenbank takes 'leave of absence'|date=8 October 2019|work=Hull Daily Mail|access-date=8 January 2020}}</ref> but later resigned in December&nbsp;2019 following these investigations.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/education/hull-college-michelle-swithenbank-quits-3667839|title=Hull College principal quits following financial wrongdoing investigation|date=20 December 2019|work=Hull Daily Mail|access-date=8 January 2020}}</ref>

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Before February&nbsp;2017, the [[Principal (academia)|principal]] of Hull College was Graham Towse. Towse had joined the college in 1996 and took up the post as principal in April&nbsp;2013, after an interim period as deputy principal at nearby Grimsby Institute.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hull-college.ac.uk/about-us/meet-the-senior-team/principal-of-hull-college-graham-towse|title=Principal of Hull College: Graham Towse – Hull College|website=www.hull-college.ac.uk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304141446/http://www.hull-college.ac.uk/about-us/meet-the-senior-team/principal-of-hull-college-graham-towse|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status = dead|access-date=3 December 2015}}</ref> On 10 October&nbsp;2016, it was announced that Towse would be leaving the college in February&nbsp;2017 due to 'personal reasons'. Leaving alongside him would be Antony Sutton, [[chief operating officer]] and former chief executive of [[Hull F.C.|Hull FC]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/hull-college-senior-managers-graham-towse-and-tony-sutton-resign/story-29788285-detail/story.html|title=Hull College senior managers leaving for 'personal reasons'|date=10 October 2016|access-date=10 October 2016|newspaper=Hull Daily Mail}}</ref>


In August&nbsp;2021, Chris Malish, who was appointed principal in April&nbsp;2021, resigned for personal reasons.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-58156977|title=Hull College principal resigns after five months in job|work=BBC News|publisher=10 August 2021|accessdate=10 August 2021}}</ref>
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Before February 2017, the [[Principal (academia)|principal]] of Hull College was Graham Towse. Towse had joined the college in 1996 and took up the post as principal in April 2013, after an interim period as deputy principal at nearby Grimsby Institute.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hull-college.ac.uk/about-us/meet-the-senior-team/principal-of-hull-college-graham-towse|title=Principal of Hull College: Graham Towse – Hull College|website=www.hull-college.ac.uk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304141446/http://www.hull-college.ac.uk/about-us/meet-the-senior-team/principal-of-hull-college-graham-towse|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status = dead|access-date=3 December 2015}}</ref> On 10 October 2016, it was announced that Towse would be leaving the college in February 2017 due to 'personal reasons'. Leaving alongside him would be Antony Sutton, [[chief operating officer]] and former chief executive of [[Hull F.C.|Hull FC]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/hull-college-senior-managers-graham-towse-and-tony-sutton-resign/story-29788285-detail/story.html|title=Hull College senior managers leaving for 'personal reasons'|date=10 October 2016|access-date=10 October 2016|newspaper=Hull Daily Mail}}</ref>


In August 2021, Chris Malish, who was appointed principal in April 2021, resigned for personal reasons.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-58156977|title=Hull College principal resigns after five months in job|work=BBC News|publisher=10 August 2021|accessdate=10 August 2021}}</ref>
In December&nbsp;2021, Debra Gray MBE was announced as the new principal to take up the position on 4 April&nbsp;2022.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/hull-college-announces-sixth-leader-6345054|title=Hull College announces sixth leader in just two years will join next April|date=23 December 2021|work=Hull Daily Mail|accessdate=13 September 2022}}</ref>


Under the management of Gray, the college achieved its first Ofsted 'Good' rating since 2015 following a full enhanced skills inspection in October 2023.<ref name="auto"/>
In December 2021, Debra Gray MBE was announced as the new principal to take up the position on 4 April 2022.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/hull-college-announces-sixth-leader-6345054|title=Hull College announces sixth leader in just two years will join next April|date=23 December 2021|work=Hull Daily Mail|accessdate=13 September 2022}}</ref>


==Courses==
==Courses==


The college offers courses in the following subjects: Art and Design, Business, Catering and Hospitality, Construction, Criminology, Digital Technology and IT, ESOL, Early Years, Electrical, Engineering, English and maths, Foundation and SEND, Hair and Beauty, Health and Social Care, Motor Vehicle, Music and Performing Arts, Science, Sport and Uniformed Protective Services, Travel and Tourism and Welding and Fabrication.<ref>{{cite web |title=Courses Offered at Hull College |url=https://www.hull-college.ac.uk/courses |url-status=live |website=www.hull-college.ac.uk|accessdate=24 October 2022}}</ref>
The college offers courses in the following subjects: Art and Design, Business, Catering and Hospitality, Construction, Criminology, Digital Technology and IT, ESOL, Early Years, Electrical, Engineering, English and maths, Esports, Foundation and SEND, Hair and Beauty, Health and Social Care, Motor Vehicle, Music and Performing Arts, Science, Sport and Uniformed Protective Services, Travel and Tourism and Welding and Fabrication.<ref>{{cite web |title=Courses Offered at Hull College |url=https://www.hull-college.ac.uk/courses |accessdate=24 October 2022 |website=www.hull-college.ac.uk}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 19:49, 10 April 2024

For what was Hull Municipal Training College, see Hull College of Education.

Hull College
Hull College's tower block and the Wilberforce Monument overlooking Queen's Gardens, April 2023
Address
Map
Queen's Gardens

Hull
,
East Riding of Yorkshire
,
HU1 3DG

England
Coordinates53°44′47″N 0°19′57″W / 53.746280°N 0.332400°W / 53.746280; -0.332400
Information
TypeFurther Education College
Department for Education URN130579 Tables
OfstedReports
CEODebra Gray MBE
GenderMixed
AgeMainly Post 16 to No Upper Limit
Enrolment28,000
Websitehull-college.ac.uk

Hull College is a Further Education and Higher Education establishment based in Kingston upon Hull, England.

It provides vocational courses, apprenticeships, Higher Education and adult learning courses, with a focus on equipping young people and adults with the skills needed for long-term career success. The college has approximately 2,100 adult learners, 1,600 learners aged 16 to 18, 1,000 apprentices, 167 learners aged 14 to 16, and 109 learners with high needs.

The college operates from three sites. Its main campus is located at Queen's Gardens, with satellite sites at Cannon Street and the Steve Prescott Centre.

The college was awarded a 'Good' Ofsted rating following a full enhanced skills inspection that took place in late October 2023. The organisation was also recognised for its exceptional contribution to meeting skills needs, earning the highest accolade of 'Strong'.[1]

In the report, inspectors rated a range of provision types with Personal Development and Adult Learning Programmes judged to be 'Outstanding' and Education Programmes for Young People, Quality of Education, Behaviour and Attitudes, Provision for Learners with High Needs, Apprenticeships, and Leadership and Management all given a rating of 'Good'.

History[edit]

Hull College is operated by Hull College Group, which operates three centres in the city located in Queen's Gardens, Cannon Street, and the Steve Prescott Centre.

The main bulk of courses in Hull are run in an eight-storey tower block overlooking Queen's Gardens. Built in the 1950s, the block is an example of brutalist architecture. An £11 million extension housing a learning resource centre was opened in 2004 and financed jointly by Yorkshire Forward and the Learning and Skills Council.[2] During the construction of this in 2003, a time capsule was buried within its foundations.[3] There is also a smaller building situated next to the tower block, known as the Wilberforce. In 2012, this was converted into the Hull Studio School. Following the school's closure in 2014, the building was reverted into classrooms for further education courses. The site is also home to the Hull School of Art and Design, which was founded in 1861 and currently offers higher education courses. The school is housed in 1970s buildings, adjacent to the tower block.[4] Further education courses in Art and Design were previously offered at the college's former Park Street site until June 2016, when the building was sold off.[5] There is a monument dedicated to politician William Wilberforce, a 102-foot (31 m) Greek Doric column topped by a statue of Wilberforce stands in the Queen's Gardens grounds.[6] In 1967, the college took over the former Carthusian monastery known as the Charterhouse, converting part of the building into an annex of the college.[7] By 2015, the site had been relinquished.[8] In 2003,[9] the college unveiled a building known as the Horncastle as part of the Queen's Gardens site. Housing drama, media and musical courses, it has a 200-seat theatre allowing performing arts students to put on shows for the general public. Students also have access to drama studios, a radio suite and an operational television studio.[10] Architects DLA Interiors were responsible for the design of all public areas, including the refectory and classrooms.[11]

In June 2009, plans for an expansive £80 million rebuild of the college buildings were halted by the British Government. The Queen's Gardens site was one of a number of colleges expected to be given the go-ahead for building projects under the Building Schools for the Future programme. Plans included the demolition of the main tower block and the provision of modern facilities that would house workshops, laboratories, kitchens, salons and a sports centre.[12] The whole programme would eventually be terminated in July 2010.

In November 2014, the Hull College Group announced that they would be taking over the University of Hull Scarborough campus. The University of Hull had since 2000 offered higher education on its satellite campus in Scarborough.[13] In January 2016, it was revealed that the college had 'pulled out' of buying the campus for unknown reasons,[14] although it is suggested that very poor student recruitment was a factor.

A November 2015 Ofsted report rated Hull College as 'good' in terms of its overall effectiveness.[15] The college is a member of the Collab Group of high-performing further-education institutions.[16] In June 2017, the college was awarded a bronze rating by the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) according to their standard of undergraduate teaching.[17]

The Horncastle building at Hull College, January 2008

In August 2019 Harrogate College transferred to Luminate Education Group (formerly Leeds City College Group).[18]

The College is currently under investigation for allegations of financial mismanagement and nepotism.[19]

Management[edit]

The chief executive of Hull College Group was Michelle Swithenbank. She was made the chief executive on a permanent basis in June 2017, having served the role temporarily from March 2017.[20] She took a leave of absence from the College to allow investigations into allegations of financial mismanagement and nepotism[21] but later resigned in December 2019 following these investigations.[22]

Before February 2017, the principal of Hull College was Graham Towse. Towse had joined the college in 1996 and took up the post as principal in April 2013, after an interim period as deputy principal at nearby Grimsby Institute.[23] On 10 October 2016, it was announced that Towse would be leaving the college in February 2017 due to 'personal reasons'. Leaving alongside him would be Antony Sutton, chief operating officer and former chief executive of Hull FC.[24]

In August 2021, Chris Malish, who was appointed principal in April 2021, resigned for personal reasons.[25]

In December 2021, Debra Gray MBE was announced as the new principal to take up the position on 4 April 2022.[26]

Under the management of Gray, the college achieved its first Ofsted 'Good' rating since 2015 following a full enhanced skills inspection in October 2023.[1]

Courses[edit]

The college offers courses in the following subjects: Art and Design, Business, Catering and Hospitality, Construction, Criminology, Digital Technology and IT, ESOL, Early Years, Electrical, Engineering, English and maths, Esports, Foundation and SEND, Hair and Beauty, Health and Social Care, Motor Vehicle, Music and Performing Arts, Science, Sport and Uniformed Protective Services, Travel and Tourism and Welding and Fabrication.[27]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Inspection of Hull College". reports.ofsted.gov.uk. Ofsted. 24–27 October 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Queen's Gardens – Hull College". www.hull-college.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 29 May 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  3. ^ "College's time capsule memento". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Hull School of Art and Design – Hull College". www.hull-college.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 3 August 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  5. ^ "Hull College to close and sell Park Street campus". Hull Daily Mail. Archived from the original on 15 December 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  6. ^ "The Wilberforce Monument". Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  7. ^ "Charterhouse Conservation Area (2010), section 6.2.3" (PDF). Hull City Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  8. ^ "04/12/2015 Homes for Heroes in Hull". Breakfast – BBC Radio Humberside. BBC. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  9. ^ "Hull College Riverside Theatre | Mandy Theatre Professionals". Mandy Theatre Professionals. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  10. ^ "Creative Arts – Hull College". www.hull-college.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  11. ^ "DLA Interiors – Projects – Education – Hull College". www.dla-interiors.co.uk. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  12. ^ "Hull College will not get new building". Hull Daily Mail. 26 June 2009. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  13. ^ "Hull College set to take over University of Hull's Scarborough campus". Hull Daily Mail. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  14. ^ "Yorkshire Coast Radio – News – Hull College Group Pulls Out of Scarborough". Yorkshire Coast Radio. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  15. ^ "Hull College Group: College inspection report" (PDF). Ofsted. 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  16. ^ "Collab Group". Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  17. ^ Sellgren, Katherine (22 June 2017). "Leading universities rated 'bronze'". BBC News. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  18. ^ "Troubled Hull College Group to de-merge one of three colleges". FE Week. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  19. ^ "Revealed: The spend being investigated at Hull College". FE Week. 10 October 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  20. ^ "Hull College announce new full-time chief executive officer". Hull Daily Mail. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  21. ^ "Hull College principal Michelle Swithenbank takes 'leave of absence'". Hull Daily Mail. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  22. ^ "Hull College principal quits following financial wrongdoing investigation". Hull Daily Mail. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  23. ^ "Principal of Hull College: Graham Towse – Hull College". www.hull-college.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  24. ^ "Hull College senior managers leaving for 'personal reasons'". Hull Daily Mail. 10 October 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  25. ^ "Hull College principal resigns after five months in job". BBC News. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  26. ^ "Hull College announces sixth leader in just two years will join next April". Hull Daily Mail. 23 December 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  27. ^ "Courses Offered at Hull College". www.hull-college.ac.uk. Retrieved 24 October 2022.

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