Harrogate College, formerly known as Harrogate College of Further Education and later Harrogate College of Arts and Technology, is a

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college in

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, England. It offers several levels of qualifications, including further and higher education courses. Since August 2019 it is a member of the

Luminate Education Group Luminate Education Group (formerly Leeds City College Group) brings together a number of secondary, further and higher education institutions in Yorkshire, England. It was renamed from Leeds City College Group in December 2018 to better reflect ...

History

Harrogate College traces its origins to the

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movement, which began in 1873 under the auspices of

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. The college was known as Harrogate College of Further Education and later Harrogate College of Arts and Technology prior to 1 September 1994, when the name was shortened to Harrogate College.UK Legislation
Harrogate College (Dissolution) Order 1998
SI 1998/1657, made 7 July 1998, accessed 24 February 2021 Harrogate College relocated in 1985 to Hornbeam Park, after the older Bower Road location of the college in Harrogate closed. The college is on the former Harrogate ICI Fibres site in four buildings. The college merged with

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in August 1998 and was classified as a

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; the Harrogate College

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was dissolved on 1 August 1998. On 1 August 2008 management of the college was transferred to

Hull College Hull College is a Further Education and Higher Education establishment based in Kingston upon Hull, England. It provides vocational courses, apprenticeships, Higher Education and adult learning courses, with a focus on equipping young people ...

. By 2016 it had 3,000 full- and part-time students, including young people over 16, as well as adults and apprentices. On 1 August 2019 it transferred from Hull College Group to

(formerly Leeds City College Group), with Danny Wild as principal. it is still a member of this group.

Notable former students

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(BNP) MEP for

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, former politics lecturer and student *Leon Doyle, candidate on Series 7 of ''

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, ''

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(1879–1962), Australian theatre architect * Charles Wilson (1857–1932), New Zealand member of parliament * Jenny Vaughan (artist) (1944–2022)

References

External links

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Transfer of the Responsibility of Education and Training – at Harrogate College from Leeds Metropolitan University to Hull College (LSC consultation document November 2007
{{Authority control Education in Harrogate Further education colleges in North Yorkshire Buildings and structures in Harrogate 1873 establishments in England