Barnsley College is a further education college just out of the town centre of Barnsley, England. It has several campuses: Eastgate House, the Falcon Centre, the SciTech Centre, Old Mill Lane Site, Construction Centre Site and the Honeywell Centre. The college provides A levels, vocational courses and higher education courses. Barnsley is a large town in South Yorkshire, England, lying on the River Dearne, approximately twenty kilometres north of Sheffield. ... South Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber Government Office Region of England, in the United Kingdom. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Barnsley is a large town in South Yorkshire, England, lying on the River Dearne, approximately twenty kilometres north of Sheffield. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... The A-level, short for Advanced Level, is a General Certificate of Education qualification in the United Kingdom, usually taken by students during the optional final two years of secondary school (Years 12 & 13, commonly called the Sixth Form), or at a separate sixth form college or further education college...

Campus

Old Mill Lane

This is one of the biggest sites, housing most student services and a wide range of subjects.

Eastgate House

In this building the A Level subjects are taught, examples include English, Geography and Business.

The SciTech Centre

Opened by Patrick Stewart in November 2004, and houses Science, Maths and Computing subjects. A Levels are also taught in this building if they involve science, computing or maths. ICT shares rooms with computing. Patrick Stewart OBE (born July 13, 1940) is an Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated English film, television and stage actor. ... Look up November in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Honeywell Centre

Has specialist facilities for Arts, Music and Music Technology, Sports and Physical Education. Examinations are also held here.

Lifelong Learning Network

Barnsley College is a partner institution of Higher Futures, the Lifelong Learning Network (LLN) for South Yorkshire, North Derbyshire and North Nottinghamshire. Higher Futures, established in 2006, is the Lifelong Learning Network (LLN) for South Yorkshire, North Derbyshire and North Nottinghamshire. ... Lifelong Learning Networks (LLNs) were a joint initiative in the UK between the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) and the former Department for Education and Skills (DfES). ...

Notable alumni

• Sam Nixon was a catering student until he entered the Pop Idol TV competition in 2003. He is now a television presenter.
• Kate Rusby attended in the early 1990s. She is now a folk singer.
• Alex Turner and Matt Helders of the popular rock group Arctic Monkeys studied music there.
• Simon Hirst is now a radio presenter for Galaxy 105.
• Claire Gould studied journalism there in 1995, and went on to become Australia's top online journalist.
• Oliver Sykes Lead vocalist in the metalcore band Bring Me The Horizon and has recently won a Kerrang Best British Newcomer Award in 2006

Sam Nixon (born 21 March 1986) is a UK pop singer and television presenter. ... Pop Idol was a British television series which debuted on ITV on October 5, 2001; the show was a talent contest to decide the best new young pop singer, or pop idol, in the United Kingdom, based on viewer voting and participation. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Kate Rusby (born December 4, 1973) is an English folk singer and songwriter from Barnsley, South Yorkshire sometimes known as The Barnsley Nightingale. ... Alexander David Turner[1] (born 6 January 1986)[2] is an English musician and member of Sheffield band, Arctic Monkeys. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ... Arctic Monkeys are a Mercury Prize winning, English indie rock band from High Green, a suburb of Sheffield. ... Simon Hirst (born Simon Neil Hirst in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, 31st July 1975, known often as Hirsty) is a British radio presenter best known for hosting hit40uk, the commercial chart show which rivals the UK Top 40 on the BBC. He also hosts the weekday breakfast show on Galaxy... Galaxy 105 is the largest regional radio station outside of london and is owned by the Chrysalis Group as part of its Galaxy Network of stations specialising in dance music and RnB. It is based in Leeds. ... Oliver (or more commonly referred to as Oli) Sykes (November 20, 1986) is the lead singer of the rising UK Deathcore band Bring Me the Horizon and owner of Drop Dead Clothing. ... Bring Me the Horizon (or BMTH as often referred to) is a deathcore band from Sheffield, Yorkshire. ... Kerrang! is a weekly music magazine published in the United Kingdom since June 1981. ...

External links

• Barnsley College website
• University Centre Barnsley website