The Kings Road site that is the principal location of Reading College has been used for further education since 1955, when the Reading Technical College was opened. This was renamed the Reading College of Technology in 1967 and the Reading College of Arts and Technology during the 1970s. Thanks to a merger with the Berkshire College of Art and Design (in Maidenhead), it became the Reading College and School of Arts and Design in 1997.[2] It was taken over and became part of Thames Valley University in 2004. Thames Valley University continued to offer further education courses at the site, whilst also offering higher education courses more in keeping with its status as a university.[1]
reading, college, further, education, college, based, reading, berkshire, england, over, local, learners, over, courses, original, main, building, designed, lanchester, lodge, built, between, 1950, 55addresskings, roadreading, berkshire, 4hjenglandcoordinates5. Reading College is a further education college based in Reading Berkshire England It has over 8 500 local learners on over 900 courses 1 Reading CollegeOriginal main building designed by Lanchester amp Lodge built between 1950 55AddressKings RoadReading Berkshire RG1 4HJEnglandCoordinates51 27 14 N 0 57 17 W 51 453978 N 0 954739 W 51 453978 0 954739InformationTypeFurther educationMottoOur Learners go furtherEstablished2010 13 years ago 2010 Local authorityReadingPrincipalPaul NewmanGenderallWebsitewww wbr reading college wbr ac wbr ukThe Kings Road site that is the principal location of Reading College has been used for further education since 1955 when the Reading Technical College was opened This was renamed the Reading College of Technology in 1967 and the Reading College of Arts and Technology during the 1970s Thanks to a merger with the Berkshire College of Art and Design in Maidenhead it became the Reading College and School of Arts and Design in 1997 2 It was taken over and became part of Thames Valley University in 2004 Thames Valley University continued to offer further education courses at the site whilst also offering higher education courses more in keeping with its status as a university 1 In 2009 the Thames Valley University decided to concentrate on higher education In 2010 the responsibility for further education along with the Kings Road site were transferred to a relaunched Reading College The college is a partnership between Activate Learning an educational group working alongside City of Oxford College and Banbury and Bicester College and the Learning and Skills Network LSN a not for profit organisation active in education and training 1 3 Reading College and Activate Learning are lead sponsors of UTC Reading a university technical college which opened in September 2013 4 Notable alumni editDerek Brockway BBC Wales meteorologist and TV presenter citation needed References edit a b c About Reading College Reading College Archived from the original on 17 August 2010 Retrieved 23 August 2010 History of the College Reading College Accessed 5 January 2015 Hewitt Adam 31 December 2009 Oxford college preferred bidder for TVU Reading Chronicle Berkshire Media Group Archived from the original on 16 July 2011 Retrieved 23 August 2010 Partners UTC Archived from the original on 23 March 2013 Retrieved 17 July 2013 External links edit nbsp Media related to Reading College at Wikimedia Commons Official website nbsp This United Kingdom university college or other education institution article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Reading College amp oldid 1153507466, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
