26-630: Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education and University Centre Grimsby (often Grimsby Institute or GIFHE or Grimsby College or UCG ) is a further education college , and higher education university in Grimsby in North East Lincolnshire in England . Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education is one of England’s largest providers of further and higher education. The college specialises in vocational education and provides
52-401: A framework for an insolvency regime for further education colleges known as "Education Administration". This is a form of corporate administration adapted to the needs of further education, to be used "where a further education body is unable to pay its debts or is likely to become unable to pay its debts" and intended "to avoid or minimise disruption to the studies of the existing students of
78-631: A large service provider for apprenticeships where most of the training takes place at the apprentices' workplace, supplemented with day release into college. FE in the United Kingdom is usually a means to attain an intermediate, advanced or follow-up qualification necessary to progress into HE, or to begin a specific career path outside of university education. Further Education is offered to students aged over 16 at colleges of Further Education, through work-based learning, or adult and community learning institutions. Provision for further education colleges
104-517: A long tradition of delivering higher education courses. It is one of the largest college-based higher education providers in England. The college has held Foundation Degree Awarding Powers since 2013, and Bachelors Degree Awarding Powers since 2021. The college was rated Silver in TEF 2023. The Grimsby Institute's higher education degrees are validated using its own Degree Awarding Powers (TEC Partnership), or by
130-508: A range of training course in further education , higher education , apprenticeships and adult training courses across multiple campuses and consists of multiple brands including The Academy Grimsby (TAG), Career 6, Workforce Skills, Skegness TEC, and National Employer Training (NET). Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education is part of the TEC Partnership , one of the largest education, training and employability organisations in
156-534: A vocational route after the end of compulsory education at age 16. They offer a wide range of vocational qualifications to young people and older adults, including vocational, competency-based qualifications (previously known as SVQs ), Higher National Certificates and Higher National Diplomas . Frequently, the first two years of higher education – usually in the form of an HND – are taken in an FE college, followed by attendance at university. Further education in Wales
182-416: Is provided through seven multi-campus colleges. Northern Ireland's Department for Employment and Learning has the responsibility for providing FE in the province. Most secondary schools also provide a sixth form scheme whereby a student can choose to attend for two additional years to complete their AS and A-levels. Scotland's further education colleges provide education for those young people who follow
208-882: Is provided through: Further education in Wales comes under the remit of the Welsh Assembly Government . Funding came from Education and Learning Wales from 2000 until 2006, when that organisation was merged with the Assembly. Further education in the Republic of Ireland is similar to that offered in the UK. Typical areas include apprenticeships and other vocational qualifications in many disciplines, such as childcare, farming, retail, and tourism. The many types of further education awards are known as Post Leaving Certificates . Further education has expanded immensely in recent years, helped by
234-658: The Further and Higher Education Act 1992 , which removed further education colleges from local government control. Types of college include: Policies relating to colleges are primarily the responsibility of the Department for Education (DfE). Until July 2016, colleges were also covered by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS); on the abolition of BIS and formation of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), responsibility for FE colleges moved to DfE. The regulatory body for sixth form colleges
260-872: The University of Hull . Further education Further education (often abbreviated FE ) in the United Kingdom and Ireland is additional education to that received at secondary school that is distinct from the higher education (HE) offered in universities and other academic institutions. It may be at any level in compulsory secondary education, from entry to higher level qualifications such as awards, certificates, diplomas and other vocational, competency-based qualifications (including those previously known as NVQ/SVQs ) through awarding organisations including City and Guilds , Edexcel ( BTEC ) and OCR . FE colleges may also offer HE qualifications such as HNC , HND , foundation degree or PGCE . The colleges are also
286-622: The College of Technology's food-industry-related HE courses. The plan was to reduce the number of sites to four by the mid-1990s: three in Hull and one in Grimsby. The grand plans and vision for expansion of the polytechnic extended as far as Lincoln , York and Scarborough . This would almost actually happen: except (conversely) Lincoln would be the centre, extending as far north as Hull; Grimsby would be jettisoned. The former Humberside Polytechnic, which became
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#1732858934531312-732: The Grimsby Institute. In 2004 it became the Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education . Its connection (associate college status) with the former University of Lincolnshire and Humberside (formed in 1996) finished when this changed its name to the University of Lincoln in 2002, which rapidly closed most of its main Hull site down (now occupied by the Hull York Medical School ), concentrating it all in Lincoln . Grimsby Institute
338-613: The Institute announced that Sue Middlehurst had accepted the post of Principal. The main site is situated at the junction of the A1243 and A46 , just north of the Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital . The Institute's main campus is at Nuns Corner in Grimsby , and it has 8 branch sites. In 2019 the Institute had around 16,000 students. The site has its own nursery, theatre, campus shop, multi-use games area , and fitness suite. The Grimsby Institute has
364-595: The UK. On 4 May 2017, Ofsted graded the college as 'Outstanding'. It was known as Grimsby Technical College in the 1950s, administered by the County Borough of Grimsby Education Committee, becoming Grimsby College of Further Education in the 1960s, offering three-year HNDs (a higher education qualification) in food science , and also applied chemistry. It was based at Nuns Corner. The food science course involved six months of teaching and six months in industry per year. In 1966 it became Grimsby College of Technology, and
390-685: The University of Humberside in 1992 (and essentially closed down in Hull when it became the University of Lincoln in 2002), had its Food, Fisheries and Environmental Studies site adjacent to Grimsby College on Bargate, which became the School of Applied Science and Technology with around 500 students. It offered BSc courses in Food Science . It offered a similar range of courses to that of the University of Lincoln's current site in Holbeach . Grimsby College, as it
416-539: The chemistry involved). In 1973 it was offering an Applied Biology HND (with options of Nutrition and Biochemistry). In April 1974 administration transferred to Humberside Education Committee, and more HNDs (briefly) included Data Processing and Marketing and Advertising. By 1989 more arts courses were being offered than science, so the college name became Grimsby College of Technology & Arts (GCTA), then just Grimsby College in 1993. In 2004 in its 60th anniversary year, it became Grimsby Institute. By September 1982 it
442-535: The further education body as a whole". Education administrators were appointed to run Hadlow College and West Kent College in 2019. All colleges and FE providers are subject to inspection by Ofsted , which monitors the quality of provision in publicly funded institutions in England. Membership organisations for providers include the Association of Colleges and the Sixth Form Colleges' Association . In 2020,
468-705: The government allocated £200 million for repairs and upgrades of FE college buildings, subject to a degree of matched funding by the colleges, and the Department for Education is allocating this to colleges via the Further Education Capital Transformation Fund (FECTF). Sixteen colleges with sites in poor condition have been selected, and detailed proposals were invited for submission before October 2021, for projects which can be completed by December 2024. Further education in Northern Ireland
494-890: Was already DfE prior to the 2016 changes. Following the merger of the Education Funding Agency and the Skills Funding Agency in 2017, funding for colleges is provided through the Education and Skills Funding Agency for all further education students.In 2018/19, colleges' income totalled £6.5 billion, of which £5.1 billion (78%) was public funding. Most college funding follows the learner. Colleges must attract students, competing with each other and with other types of education and training provider. Colleges can borrow commercially, own assets, employ staff and enter into contracts, and they may make financial surpluses or deficits. The Technical and Further Education Act 2017 laid out
520-548: Was also offering HNDs in Business Studies and Mechanical Engineering (refrigeration or environmental). Its departments included: By the early 1970s it was offering four HNDs – Business, Refrigeration Engineering, Food Technology, and Food Science (Applied Chemistry). Its HNC courses also were food or chemical industry based, to train technicians. By 1972 it had a department of Science and Food Technology, as well as Food and Fashion (which looked at catering qualifications, not
546-545: Was heavily involved with training people for food science careers; which was of considerable importance to the economy of Grimsby. By 1967 it was also offering HNDs in Refrigeration Engineering, Analytical Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. Refrigeration was taught on a site on Weelsby Street. It also offered courses in training for the British Merchant Navy . It hosted food science conferences. By 1968 it
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#1732858934531572-648: Was known from 1993, was known as an 'Associate College' of the University of Humberside, and offered a wide range of HNDs, not its former range of food-industry courses, although it even offered an HND in Viticulture and Vinification , which became the UK's first degree course in Oenology (wine-making) in 1994, run by Mike Grubb. It offered a Sports Science HND through Nottingham Trent University . The type of degree courses it offered were social science, business, humanities, and marketing & tourism. The former food department
598-553: Was laid out in sections 41 to 47 of the Education Act 1944 ; their role was to offer "full-time and part-time education" and "leisure-time occupation" for persons over compulsory school age. In the 1960s, A-level students predominantly studied at school rather than colleges (often referred to as "techs" at that time). More types of colleges were introduced over the next decades, and by 1990 colleges took in almost half of A-level students. Colleges in England are corporate bodies under
624-539: Was not part of the college. In 1999 it began to offer Broadcast Journalism and Media Production courses, and in 2000 it branched out to ECE Television, which became East Coast Media , which worked with GTV (owned by Granada ). In 2015, The Media Production Course was renamed from East Coast Media to Estuary Student TV. This was to reflect on the Estuary TV brand which is the Local Television Channel owned by
650-612: Was now separate from any partner university. In 2006 it sponsored the Pyewipe roundabout on the A180 . The Humber Food School was moved from Grimsby to Lincoln . The Food Refrigeration and Process Engineering Research Centre (FRPERC) moved to the College in August 2009. Ray Ellis took over as acting principal from Professor Daniel Khan OBE in February 2010, who had been there for nine years. In July 2010
676-640: Was offering its same set of four food-industry-related HND through Hull College of HE on Inglemore Avenue in Hull. On 1 January 1983, the Humberside College of HE came into existence, through integrating Grimsby's HND courses with the Hull College of HE. At this point, it was becoming a full-fledged HE college. On 11 June 1990, the HE College, at Hull, became Humberside Polytechnic. Three of its thirteen sites were in Grimsby (its food and fisheries site), one being
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