Bedford College is 1 of top 5% of FE Colleges in UK
Tuesday, November 30th, 2010At an Achievements Evening on 25th November Bedford College celebrated another year as shining beacon of success in these difficult economic times. It truly is 1 of top 5% of FE Colleges in UK.
A packed Bedford Corn Exchange heard how its student successes are in the top five % inside the nation and for the first time in its history, it has 18,000 signed up to courses. That’s 1 in ten of the local population.
Soon after achieving its Outstanding Ofsted status, Bedford took over Shuttleworth College in Central Beds. That merger has become a model for how to integrate two very different colleges and improve the standards and services of both.
The College has secured 2 Million to redevelop the workshop block on the Cauldwell Street campus, its new BROOKS hair and beauty opened on the High Street plus the Mansion House at Shuttleworth was relaunched as a top quality conference and weddings venue.
Bedford College has won the right to use the Olympic logo – which was particularly apt because the Outstanding Student of the Year was 2012 hopeful sprinter Deji Tobias, who is the fastest under 20 year old within the UK. Deji is taking a BTEC National Diploma in Sports Development, Coaching and Fitness.