{{Short description|Further education college in Cornwall and Devon in the United Kingdom}} {{Other uses|Cornwall College (disambiguation){{!}}Cornwall College}} {{primary sources|date=August 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox school | name = Cornwall College | image = TCCG-Multi-Group.jpg | motto = The Career College | urn = 130627 | established = 1929 <ref name="About Us">{{cite web|url=http://www.cornwall.ac.uk/cc/index.php?page=_About_Us|title=Cornwall College : About Us |access-date=27 September 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060626215929/http://www.cornwall.ac.uk/cc/index.php?page=_About_Us|archive-date=26 June 2006|url-status = dead | website = cornwall.ac.uk }}</ref> | type = Further Education College | religious_affiliation = | president = | head_label = Principal & CEO | head = Rob Bosworth | r_head_label = | r_head = | chair_label = | chair = | founder = | specialist = | address = | city = Camborne, St Austell, Falmouth, Newquay, Rosewarne, Stoke Climsland and Bicton | county = <br />Devon and Cornwall | country = United Kingdom | postal_code = | coordinates = {{Coord|50.346|-4.785|display=title|region:GB_scale:5000}} | local_authority = Cornwall Council | ofsted = Good | staff = 1,800<ref name="COI">{{cite web|url=http://www.cornwall.ac.uk/cc/index.php?dlrid=1442|title=CC FOI Scheme Introduction|access-date=13 Nov 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130033124/http://cornwall.ac.uk/cc/index.php?dlrid=1442|archive-date=30 January 2009|url-status = dead | website = cornwall.ac.uk }}</ref> | enrolment = 15,000 (10% full-time, 90% part-time)<ref name="COI"/> | gender = | lower_age = 16 | upper_age = | campuses = | student_union = Cornwall College Students' Union | website = {{URL|https://cornwall.ac.uk}} }}
'''Cornwall College''', also known as '''The Cornwall College Group''' ('''TCCG'''), is a further education college situated on eight sites throughout Cornwall and Devon, England, United Kingdom, with its headquarters in St Austell.
==Campuses== There are eight campuses within the Cornwall College group, at Camborne, Newquay, Sisna Park, St Austell, Duchy College, Rosewarne and Stoke Climsland, Bicton College and Falmouth Marine School.<ref name="campuses">{{cite web | title = Cornwall College | publisher = Cornwall College | url = https://www.cornwall.ac.uk/ | website = cornwall.ac.uk | access-date = 11 August 2016}}</ref>
Since 2000 Newquay Zoo has provided teaching input and practical opportunities for FE and HE students enrolled at the adjacent Newquay Centre for Applied Zoology Cornwall College Newquay on zoological conservation, education and media courses. The campus is based next to Newquay Zoo. This unusual and innovative partnership project was recognised by a BIAZA zoo education award in 2003 and 2016.
==Courses== With more than 15,000 learners each year,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cornwall College {{!}} Discover The Career College |url=https://www.cornwall.ac.uk/ |access-date=2023-07-29 |website=cornwall.ac.uk |language=en}}</ref> The Cornwall College Group is the South West's top performing college for apprenticeships.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The South West's top performing college for apprenticeships |url=https://www.cornwall.ac.uk/news/the-south-wests-top-performing-college-for-apprenticeships/ |access-date=2023-07-29 |website=cornwall.ac.uk |language=en}}</ref>
It offers in excess of 2,000 technical and professional qualifications, alongside GCSEs and Access to Higher Education.
Courses are offered in Arts, Media & Performing Arts; Business, Administration & Law; Catering & Hospitality; Construction Trades; Conservation, Zoology and Animal Behaviour; Early Years; Engineering; Hair, Beauty & Wellbeing; Information & Communication Technology; Motor Vehicle; Foundation Learning plus English & Maths; Public Services; Science; Social Care & Health; Sport, Fitness & Outdoor; Travel & Tourism; and the School of Education and Professional Development.<ref name="campuses" />
In October 2025, the college was granted full degree awarding powers by the Office for Students, meaning it will be allowed to design and deliver its own bachelor's degree courses from May 2026.<ref>{{cite news |title=Cornwall College Group granted full degree awarding powers |work=St Ives Times & Echo |issue=5902 |date=10 October 2025 |page=2}}</ref>
==Awards== In 2016, it was one of just two colleges to be awarded the Queen's Anniversary Prize for Further and Higher Education. <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.157group.co.uk/news/157-group-congratulates-member-colleges-national-awards |title=The 157 Group congratulates member Colleges on national awards |date=26 July 2016 |publisher=157 Group |access-date=11 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919210601/http://www.157group.co.uk/news/157-group-congratulates-member-colleges-national-awards |archive-date=19 September 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== Campus redevelopments == In 2023, the group announced two new redevelopment plans to the St Austell and Camborne campus'.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Developments at our Camborne and St Austell Campuses |url=https://www.cornwall.ac.uk/campus-developments/ |access-date=2023-07-29 |website=cornwall.ac.uk |language=en}}</ref> The funding for the two projects originates from the Department for Education's FE capital transformation fund projects.<ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/further-education-capital-transformation-fund-stage-2-successful-applicants FE capital transformation fund projects]</ref> The DfE targeted some of the worst-condition sites in the country, by working in partnership with 16 colleges to deliver their capital projects.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-07 |title=FE capital funding |url=https://www.gov.uk/guidance/fe-capital-funding |access-date=2023-07-29 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}}</ref>
=== St Austell === The St Austell campus redevelopment is due to see the removal of John Keay House, acquired by the group at the end of 2002<ref>{{Cite web |title=John Keay House St Austell - Cornwall College's albums |url=https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.792048300847820 |access-date=2023-07-29 |website=www.facebook.com}}{{better source needed|date=August 2023}}</ref> previously owned by Imerys. The original use of the building was the HQ for English China Clays (ECC) and the top floor originally provided executive dining rooms with views over St Austell Bay.<ref>{{Cite web |title=John Keay House - Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Heritage List |url=https://local-heritage-list.org.uk/cornwall/asset/8575 |access-date=2023-07-29 |website=local-heritage-list.org.uk}}</ref> The site was surplus to requirements soon after Imerys acquired ECC.
The two new buildings will{{speculation inline|date=August 2023}} aim to create "one of the most modern and engaging college facilities in the country",{{according to whom|date=August 2023}} while also becoming one of the first carbon neutral colleges in the UK.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Campus redevelopment welcomed by locals |url=https://www.cornwall.ac.uk/news/campus-redevelopment-welcomed-by-locals/ |access-date=2023-07-29 |website=cornwall.ac.uk |language=en}}</ref>
=== Camborne === Skol Veythrin Karenza, the first full-time Cornish language nursery school with Ofsted registered status, opened at the Camborne campus' crèche in 2013.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Morton |first1=Katy |title=First Cornish language pre-school to open |url=https://www.nurseryworld.co.uk/content/news/first-cornish-language-pre-school-to-open |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Nursery World |date=8 November 2013 |language=en}}</ref>
Camborne's redevelopment is expected to see several buildings refurbished and demolished.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-05 |title=College reveals plans to demolish buildings in two phases in £12 million project |url=https://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/23300020.plan-demolish-buildings-cornwall-college-camborne-campus/ |access-date=2023-07-29 |website=Falmouth Packet |language=en}}</ref> According to principal and CE John Evans, it is also expected to see upgrading of classrooms, laboratories and workshops, improving technology, infrastructure, and enhancing accessibility and safety.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Camborne Campus Re-development |url=https://www.cornwall.ac.uk/campus-developments/camborne/ |access-date=2023-07-29 |website=cornwall.ac.uk |language=en}}</ref>
Construction work on the Camborne campus started in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-14 |title=First look at multi-million pound redevelopment of college in Cornwall |url=https://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/23383833.redevelopment-cornwall-college-camborne-campus-pictures/ |access-date=2023-07-29 |website=Falmouth Packet |language=en}}</ref>
==Alumni== See '':Category:People educated at Cornwall College'' *George Eustice,<ref>{{Cite web |title=George Eustice MP - Who is he? |url=https://www.politics.co.uk/reference/george-eustice/ |access-date=2024-09-10 |website=Politics.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref> politician, former MP for Camborne and Redruth and Secretary of State for Environment Food and Rural Affairs *Richard James (Aphex Twin),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Murray |first=Janet |date=2007-06-12 |title=College days |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2007/jun/12/furthereducation.uk1 |access-date=2024-09-10 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Grammy winning electronic/ techno musician *Toni Pearce,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Garner |first=Richard |date=16 April 2013 |title=Toni Pearce: she flunked her exams – but fought her way to the top to become President of the NUS |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/toni-pearce-she-flunked-her-exams-but-fought-her-way-to-the-top-to-become-president-of-the-nus-8574357.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122233137/https://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/toni-pearce-she-flunked-her-exams-but-fought-her-way-to-the-top-to-become-president-of-the-nus-8574357.html |archive-date=22 January 2022 |access-date=11 September 2024 |website=The Independent}}</ref> former President of the National Union of Students
==See also== {{Portal|Cornwall}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Schools in Cornwall}} {{Universities and colleges in South West England}} {{Authority control}}
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