New College Nottingham

Established	1999 (by amalgamation)
Type	College of further education
Chief Executive Officer	John van de Laarschot
Chair	Michael Wisher
Location	Nottingham Nottinghamshire England
Students	8,500 (full time); 20,000 (total)
Gender	Mixed
Ages	14+
Website	New College Nottingham

New College Nottingham (often referred to as "NCN") is a college of further and higher education based in Nottingham, England. It provides education and training from pre-entry through to university-degree level, at several campuses in the City of Nottingham.

New College Nottingham is an amalgamation of Arnold and Carlton College (opened 1960), Basford Hall College of Further Education (opened 1969), Clarendon College of Further Education (founded 1919, became a further-education college in 1948; current campus opened 1960), and High Pavement Sixth Form College (founded as a school in 1788, a Sixth Form since 1975; current campus opened 2001)

On 22 January 2013, the College opened its first overseas campus in India – the New College Nottingham International Lifestyles Academy (NILA) based in Gurgaon, New Delhi – but withdrew from the project in 2014.

In December 2015 New College Nottingham underwent its new inspection framework OFSTED inspection and received a Grade 2 (Good) overall, having been rated as Good in all individual categories.^[1]

NCN is a member of the Collab Group of high-performing further-education institutions.^[2]

On 8 June 2017, the College merged with Central College Nottingham to form Nottingham College, one of the largest colleges in the UK, with around 40,000 students.^[3]

Nottingham campuses[edit]

NCN Basford Hall[edit]

The Basford Hall campus on Stockhill Lane, on the north-western edge of the city focuses mainly on construction technologies, with an emphasis on vocational courses. The campus has specialist facilities for bricklaying, plumbing, gas, painting and decorating, carpentry and joinery, plastering, refrigeration, tiling, welding, heating and ventilation and electrical services. Basford Hall is also the home of the "Once Upon a Time" Day Nursery.

From September 2015 the campus has new facilities for students studying construction, science, technology and engineering subjects. The £27m rebuilding project follows a £15m investment by the Skills Funding Agency.

NCN City[edit]

The Adams Building – illuminated – February 2012

Opened in 1998, the City site is the main focus for the College's Higher Education provision, programmes for international students, hospitality, aviation, travel and tourism, fashion, art and design, ICT, broadcasting, media, languages and English as a foreign language.

Much of the provision is delivered in the Grade 2 listed Adams Building, a converted lace factory on Stoney Street in the historic Lace Market, and at the nearby School of Art and Design at 25 Stoney Street. Specialised facilities include a three-camera TV studio, a radio broadcasting station, and fashion design/manufacturing studios.

Lace Market Gallery[edit]

A traditional "white cube" exhibition gallery space with polished hardwood floors, high ceilings and large windows. The gallery features guest artists as well as a variety of student shows. Exhibitions normally change every two weeks.

Adams Restaurant and Brasserie[edit]

Open to the public, this award-winning restaurant provides students on catering and hospitality courses the opportunity to practice their skills in a real-working environment.

NCN Clarendon[edit]

ncn Clarendon

The Clarendon site (just off Mansfield Road) offers facilities in the performing arts and music, IT, childcare, health and social care, hairdressing, catering and beauty therapy. The NCN Academy of Performing Arts and Music has purpose-built facilities including a large multi-purpose theatre seating up to 300 people, a smaller theatre seating up to 84 and computerised box office. There are also dance studios, drama rehearsal rooms, industry-standard music recording studios and music technology suites. The Academy of Food, Drink and Visitor Services has specialist facilities for hospitality and catering including a purpose-built demonstration theatre and state-of-the-art preparation and patisserie kitchens. The Academy enjoys strong links with local industry including: Woodborough Hall, Bluu, Restaurant Sat Bains and Hart’s. All food is prepared and served by Hospitality and Catering students alongside the College’s own catering team. The nearby Berridge Centre on Stanley Road, Forest Fields (closed in Summer 2010) was formerly the co-educational Forest Fields Grammar School. Between 1895 and 1955 it was High Pavement Grammar School, a boys grammar school.

NCN High Pavement[edit]

The NCN High Pavement Sixth Form College is a dedicated A-level centre. The College moved into a purpose-built campus on Chaucer Street in the heart of the City's academic district in 2001. The impressive £6.3 million^[4] building – designed by Ellis Williams Architects – comprises six floors with classrooms and computer suites, a Learning Resource Centre and a café.

High Pavement history[edit]

The Sixth Form College was previously the 11–18 'High Pavement Grammar School'; first established in 1788 as the 'Unitarian Day Charity School' on High Pavement, in the Lace Market in central Nottingham. From 1895 until 1955, the school was in Stanley Road in Forest Fields, then moving to the Bestwood Estate.

With the introduction of comprehensive education in Nottingham, the grammar school became High Pavement Sixth Form College, and in 1999 part of New College Nottingham.

High Pavement is now known as High Pavement Sixth Form Academy.

NCN Hucknall[edit]

Hucknall was a smaller centre offering vocational access and progression mainly for the local community's young people and adults. The centre had specialist departments offering floristry, hair and beauty provision. The Hucknall campus closed in July 2015, with courses moving to either Clarendon or Basford Hall.

Former international campus[edit]

The New College Nottingham International Lifestyles Academy (NILA) opened its Gurgaon campus on 22 January 2013 in partnership with The Batra Group. NILA offered UK higher-education qualifications (BTEC Higher National Diplomas) in Hospitality Management, Interactive Media, Retail Management and Fashion Management. Programmes were designed by the college in consultation with employers, in line with Indian National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) priorities. The college subsequently decided in 2014 to withdraw from the project in order to concentrate on its core operations in Nottingham.

University-level courses[edit]

NCN offers a range of university-level courses recognised by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) in partnership with higher education institutions including Nottingham Trent University, Edexcel, University of Derby, University of Warwick and Middlesex University London. The foundation degree law course, developed with Nottingham Trent University and introduced in 2004, was the first to be nationally recognised by the Law Society.

Nottingham English School[edit]

English as a Foreign Language (EFL) services are provided at the Adams Building's Nottingham English School. It is accredited as a centre by the British Council.

Accreditation UK, run by the British Council and English UK, is the only internationally recognised quality-assurance scheme for English language schools in the UK. The British Council regularly inspects schools offering courses in EFL.

The inspection checks quality of standards in teaching, course design, management, resources, student welfare and accommodation services. Only good schools which meet the agreed standards of quality are awarded accredited status by the British Council.

Nottingham English School's EFL provision was inspected by the British Council in 2005, 2009 and most recently in 2013, when its existing accreditation was renewed for a period of 4 years until 2017.

Awards[edit]

In 2002, New College Nottingham was awarded the Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education at a ceremony held at Buckingham Palace. The official citation for the award – in the 'Environment' category – reads:

"In a far-sighted and imaginative initiative the College has played a major role in the regeneration of Nottingham's city centre through the renovation and re-use of a derelict heritage building. The Adams Building now provides exemplary education, training and business support in 'state of the art' facilities, meeting the needs of individuals and the growing service sector. Opened in 1998, the campus now has more than 11,000 students and provides over 1000 different courses at further and higher education levels from entry and basic education programmes through to professional qualifications."

Notable alumni[edit]

They include in alphabetical order:

• 
  Finn Atkins, actress


• 
  Richard Beckinsale, actor


• 
  Samantha Beckinsale, actor


• 
  Sarah Connolly, mezzo-soprano


• 
  Carl Froch, boxer


• 
  Robert Lindsay, actor


• 
  James Morrison, singer and song-writer


• 
  Su Pollard, comedy performer, singer and actress


• 
  Mark Pollicott, mathematician


• 
  Steven Price, Oscar-winning composer

High Pavement Grammar School[edit]

Louis Essen with the world's first atomic clock in 1955 at the NPL

• 
  John Bird, satirist (1948–55)


• 
  Peter Bowles, actor (1948–55)


• 
  Michael Breheny ^[5], Professor of Planning from 1991–2003 at the University of Reading
  


• 
  John Burnett, social historian


• Prof Anthony Cross FBA, Professor of Slavonic Studies from 1985-2004 at the University of Cambridge (Fitzwilliam College), Roberts Professor of Russian from 1981-85 at the University of Leeds, Chairman from 2001-05 of Academia Rossica, Reviews Editor since 1971 of the Journal of European Studies, and winner of the 1997 Alec Nove Prize
  


• 
  Louis Essen FRS OBE, physicist (1920–7), who invented the caesium atomic clock in 1955, upon which the world's time (UTC) is synchronised


• 
  Simon House, violin player


• 
  Freda Jackson, actress


• 
  Stanley Middleton, author and 1974 Man Booker Prize winner (1930–7)


• 
  Trevor Morley, footballer


• 
  Ken Olisa FRSA, businessman, the first British-born black-heritage man to serve on the board of a major UK public company (Reuters)


• 
  Tim Robinson (cricketer), played for Nottinghamshire
  


• 
  Harold Shipman, British serial killer (1957–64)


• Sir A. E. Trueman, Professor of Geology from 1937–45 at the University of Glasgow, and President of Geological Society from 1945–7 (1905–12)


• 
  John Turner (actor) (1943-50)


• 
  Philip Voss, actor


• Sir Rowland Wright, Chairman from 1975–8 of ICI, Chairman from 1978–83 of Blue Circle Industries, Chancellor from 1984–91 of Queen's University, Belfast (1927–34)

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• 
  Eddie Askew ^[6] OBE, general secretary from 1974–87 of The Leprosy Mission
  


• 
  Harold Atkins ^[7], journalist


• Prof Michael Butler ^[8], Professor of Modern German Literature from 1986–2003 at the University of Birmingham (1947–54)


• Dr John Chesters OBE, President of the Institute of Fuel from 1972–3, the Institute of Ceramics from 1961–3, Iron and Steel Institute from 1968–9


• Prof Barry Cullingworth ^[9], former professor of urban planning


• 
  John Elliott, England rugby international


• Sir Horace Stephen Gibson CBE, President from 1952–4 of the Institute of Petroleum (1908–15)


• Dr Chris Hunter Royal College of Psychiatrists, forensic psychiatrist (in Wales), member from 2001-07 of the Parole Board for England and Wales
  


• 
  John Pallant, rugby player


• 
  Sidney Simmonds CBE, UK Ambassador to Haiti from 1955–9 and father of photographer Fay Godwin (1911–18)


• Dr David Stevens, neurologist, former associate editor (from 1990-96) of the Journal of the Neurological Sciences, and Treasurer from 1997-2001 of the World Congress of Neurology
  


• Sir Stanley ''Tommy'' Tomlinson, British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka (Ceylon) from 1966–9, (1923–30)


• 
  Derek Tonkin CMG, UK Ambassador to Vietnam from 1980–2, Ambassador to Thailand and Laos from 1986–9 (1941–48)

Forest Fields Grammar School[edit]

• 
  Graham Allen, Labour MP since 1987 for Nottingham North
  


• Trevor Llanwarne CB, Government Actuary from 2008-14


• 
  David Nicholson, Chief Executive from 2011-14 of the National Health Service
  

References[edit]

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  "New College Nottingham: Inspection report". OFSTED. December 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2016. 
  


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  "DCSF: The 2008 School and College (Post-16) Achievement and Attainment Tables". Department for Children, Schools and Families. Retrieved 21 December 2012. 
  


• 
  Peter Gates, Tina Byrom and Andrea Wheeler (2007). "The Location of Further Education and Young People's Participation in Nottingham North" (PDF). The University of Nottingham. Retrieved 21 December 2012. ^{[permanent dead link]}


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  "College announces Basford Hall campus expansion" (PDF). The University of Nottingham. 5 July 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012. 
  

External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to New College Nottingham.

• Official website

Enabling Act & Statutory Instruments[edit]

• Further and Higher Education Act 1992


• The Education (Further Education Corporations) Order 1992


• The Basford Hall College, Nottingham (Dissolution) Order 1998


• The Arnold & Carlton College (Dissolution) Order 1999


• The High Pavement Sixth Form College, Nottingham (Dissolution) Order 1999

Coordinates: 52°57′10″N 1°08′37″W / 52.9529°N 1.1435°W / 52.9529; -1.1435