City of Sunderland College is one of the largest Further Education and Sixth Form Colleges in the UK based in Sunderland. Further education (often abbreviated FE) is post-secondary, post-compulsory education (in addition to that received at secondary school). ... England, Wales, Northern Ireland The sixth form, in the English, Welsh and Northern Irish education systems, is the term used to refer to the final two years of secondary schooling (when students are about sixteen to eighteen years of age), during which students normally prepare for their GCE A-level... The Wearmouth Bridge Sunderland (pronounced: , or ) is a city in North East England which was formerly a county borough, and is now part of the City of Sunderland in Tyne and Wear. ...

The college is a multi-centre establishment, with sites throughout North East England. The main centres of the college are the Bede Centre, Hylton Centre and the Shiney Row Centre and the new Usworth building. North-East England is one of the nine official regions of England and comprises the combined area of Northumberland, County Durham, Tyne and Wear and a small part of North Yorkshire. ... Shiney Row is a suburb in Houghton-le-Spring, Tyne and Wear. ...

Shiney Row Centre

The Shiney Row Centre now called Shiney Row Campus is the specialist centre for most of the visual and performing arts courses. The centre's ethos is strong on creativity, encouraging students to pursue their talents with the use of the large performing hall and recording studio. The performing arts are those forms of art which differ from the plastic arts insofar as the former uses the artists own body, face and presence as a medium, and the latter uses materials such as clay, metal or paint which can be molded or transformed to create some... A recording studio is a facility for sound recording. ...

It provides facilities to assist students with their studies, careers or with university progression.

The Centre is equipped with language and science labs, hair and beauty salons, large-scale computer sites and a brand new art and design wing. It has recently been awarded the title of Centre of Vocational Excellence (CoVE) for its network academy that offers Cisco CCNA courses in networking. Centre of Vocational Excellence (CoVE) is a status given to departments in further education colleges in England. ... Cisco Career Certifications are IT professional certifications for Cisco products. ...

This centre is currently home to the College's Higher Education courses, but this may change in the future.

Hylton Centre

Hylton is the main centre on the north side of the river wear in Sunderland. For students wishing to train for careers in numerous occupations it offers valuable real life learning facilities, including a £1 million hospitality and catering wing with fully equipped training kitchens, a bistro and a fast food outlet. Fast food is food prepared and served quickly at a fast-food restaurant or shop at low cost. ...

The Centre is home to Hyltons Restaurant and Conference Centre, one of the top training restaurants in the UK. Also there is a hair and beauty salon, which offers hands-on experience over the range of vocational courses on offer. Exhibition Hall of the Makaryev Fair. ... A beauty salon is a place where people go to receive beauty treatments, and purchase beauty products. ...

A recent refurbishment has brought new teaching facilities and state of the art workshops and preparation areas for construction courses such as bricklaying, plumbing and joinery, as well as motor vehicle and electrical courses. The state of the art is the highest level of development, as of a device, technique, or scientific field, achieved at a particular time. ...

Although there is a plan to build a new vocational centre near the Stadium of Light and abandon the Hylton Skills Campus

Bede Centre

The Bede Centre is situated close to Sunderland City Centre

The Centre offers the students a 150 seat lecture theatre, equipped with audio-visual aids. These facilities enable the Centre to deliver business, business administration and computing courses. Look up Management in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

The centre is also the base for Education courses.

It has the facilities to assist students with their studies, careers or with university progression.

In addition to the lecture theatre the centre has fully equipped science labs and a two storey learning centre with hundreds of computers, thousands of books, CDs and research materials.

There are plans in the pipeline to demolish the beautiful historic buildings and build a modern facility.

Sixth Forms

The College has three sixth forms, that it has entered in to partnership with local schools in the area. The sixth forms are St Peter's Sixth Form, which is currently lodging in the Humbledon Building (Bede Centre) until their premises is built for the academic year 2008/2009. The Bede Sixth Form Academy at the Bede Centre, Durham Road. The Usworth Sixth Form College.

St Peter's Sixth Form College serves the Sixth Form needs of Sunderland north and currently has a partnership arrangement with Monkwearmouth, Hylton Red House and Castle View Schools.

Bede Sixth Form Academy serves the Sixth Form needs of Sunderland south and currently has a partnership arrangement with Southmoor, Pennywell, Thornhill, Sandhill View and Farringdon schools.

Usworth Sixth Form Academy serves the Washington area and currently has a partnership arrangement with Usworth, Oxclose, Biddick and Washington schools.

In September 2006, Usworth Sixth form college Sixth Form College opened its brand new £10 million campus on Stephenson Road in Washington, Tyne and Wear, Washington, with state of the art facilities. The campus also won public sector building of the year at the Journal Landmark awards in 2006.

Facilities

Each of the colleges centres has its own learning centre or ILC as know by the students, in which the students can have access to networked computers, loan books from the library or even just find a quiet place to read. The NASA Columbia Supercomputer. ... Julio Pérez Ferrero Library - Cúcuta, Colombia A modern-style library in Chambéry A library is a collection of information, sources, resources and services, organized for use, and maintained by a public body, an institution, or a private individual. ...

Famous Past Students

Fashion Designer Gareth Pugh Gareth Pugh (born 1982 in Sunderland) is an English fashion designer. ...

Many members of The Futureheads The Futureheads are a four-pice English indie rock band from Sunderland. ...

External links

• City of Sunderland College Home Page
  • City of Sunderland College Blackboard Portal
  • City of Sunderland Colleges Novel Netmail System