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'{{Infobox UK school | name = South Essex College of Further and Higher Education | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = SouthEssexCollege.svg | size = | alt = | caption = | image2 = f | size2 = | alt2 = | caption2 = | motto = | motto_pl = | established = {{Start date|1899|df=y}} | approx = | closed = | c_approx = | type = Further Education College | admissions = | trust = | religion = | president = | head_label = gill Thomas | head gill Thomas | r_head_label = | r_head = | deputy_head_label = | deputy_head = | r_deputy_head_label = | r_deputy_head = | chair_label = | chair = | founder = | founder_pl = | medium = | street = Luker Road | locality = | city = [[Southend-on-Sea]] | district = | postcode = | county = [[Essex]] | country = England | latitude = | longitude = | iso_region = | coordinates_display = | dms = | local_authority = Southend-on-Sea | dfeno = 882/8000 | urn = 130672 | old_urn = | ofsted = y | capacity = | enrollment = 11,100 {{As of|2015|05|lc=on}}<ref>{{cite web|title=South Essex College of Further and Higher Education|url=http://www.education.gov.uk/cgi-bin/schools/performance/school.pl?urn=130672|website=Department for Education|accessdate=5 December 2015}}</ref> | gender = Mixed | lower_age = 16 | upper_age = 99 | houses = | colours = | publication = | publication_pl = | free_label_1 = | free_1 = | free_label_2 = | free_2 = | free_label_3 = | free_3 = | website = http://www.southessex.ac.uk/ | website_name = | bodystyle = }} {{EngvarB|date=October 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2013}} '''South Essex College of Further and Higher Education''' is a [[further education college]] located over three main sites in [[Basildon]], [[Southend-on-Sea]] and [[Grays]] in Essex, England. The college provides courses for students of all ages, from 14- to 19-year-olds to undergraduates, adults and businesses.run by the wonderful Gill Thomas and her lover, Bill Cosby <ref name="southessex1">[http://www.southessex.ac.uk/about/index.aspx About Us]. Southessex.ac.uk (28 April 2003). Retrieved on 21 April 2011.</ref> ==History== The college was founded in 1899 as an [[art school]] and was renamed later as the Junior Day Technical School, then being restructured to include in its teaching commercial and industrial skills for education in courses like plumbing.<ref name="independent1">[http://www.independent.co.uk/student/into-university/az-uni-colleges/south-east-essex-college-459062.html South East Essex College – A-Z Unis & Colleges, Getting Into University]. The Independent (5 August 2010). Retrieved on 21 April 2011.</ref> The college became South East Essex College of Arts and Technology in 1991.<ref name="independent1"/> In 2004, the college relocated to a £52m campus in the centre of [[Southend]], close to main public transport routes, right next to the High Street and mainline railway station.<ref>http://www.southessex.ac.uk/about/campus.aspx</ref> The college formally merged with [[Thurrock and Basildon College]] on 1 January 2010, and was renamed South Essex College.<ref name="southessex1"/> The college is seeking to relocate its [[Basildon]] campus to the town centre in the future.<ref>http://www.thurrocktgdc.org.uk/data/Publications/Grays/North%20Grays%20Master%20Plan.pdf</ref> ==The college today== South Essex College has one of the largest higher education provisions in a [[further education]] centre in the country, with around 11,100 students. Programmes are primarily validated by the [[University of Essex]] but the college also has some courses validated by the [[University of East London]].<ref name="southessex.ac.uk">http://www.southessex.ac.uk/about/partners.aspx</ref> The college also offers services to business through its Business Development Team, and leads The NOVA Partnership for Apprenticeships and Skills, consisting of 13 education and training providers. This is the fifth largest training provider partnership in the country, offering a range of [[apprenticeship]] programmes.<ref name="southessex.ac.uk"/> The college was inspected by [[Ofsted]] in 2008 and recognised as a good college with a number of outstanding features. The responsiveness to meeting the needs and interests of students, employer engagement, equality and diversity, partnership working, governance and financial management were among the areas graded outstanding.<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/student/into-university/az-uni-colleges/south-essex-college-459062.html</ref> ==Campuses== '''Southend Campus''' Located in the heart of [[Southend]] Town Centre, next to Southend Central Rail Station, the Southend Campus offers a range of academic and vocational courses for school leavers. Facilities include a [[Sony]]-approved high-definition television studio, a radio studio, a fully equipped [[Nikon]] photographic studio with digital SLR cameras as well as art areas and science labs.<ref name="ReferenceA">http://www.southessex.ac.uk/about/facilities.aspx</ref> The college’s building in Southend is recognised as providing one of the most innovative and exciting learning and working environments in the country and was featured in the [[Learning and Skills Council]] publication 'World Class Buildings – Design Quality in Further Education' in March 2005<ref>http://readingroom.lsc.gov.uk/LSC/2005/research/commissioned/world-class-buildings.pdf</ref> and ‘Better Buildings, Better Design, Better Education’ published by the [[Department for Education and Skills (United Kingdom)|Department for Education and Skills]] in 2007.<ref>https://www.education.gov.uk/publications/eOrderingDownload/10yrs%20investment.pdf</ref> It also won a Structural Steel Award <ref>http://www.steelconstruction.org/resources/design-awards/2006/certificate-of-merit/south-east-essex-college-southend-on-sea.html</ref> and was a finalist in the [[RIBA]]/LSC Further Education Awards in 2006.<ref>http://www.architecture.com/UseAnArchitect/PublicBuildings/FurtherEducationClientForum/FurtherEducationAwards/FurtherEducationAwards2006/SouthEastEssexCollege.aspx</ref> It has 26,500 sq. metres of space with an atrium accommodating a 250 seat auditorium within the ‘Performance Pod’, dining decks, viewing balconies and social, meeting and event areas. Beauty Therapy students are taught at the Beauty Academy in Queens Road, a few minutes walk from the main campus. It also offers reasonably priced treatments to the general public.<ref>http://www.southessex.ac.uk/about/beauty.aspx</ref> The College also offers purpose-built sports facilities at Wellstead Gardens in [[Westcliff-on-Sea]], with a gym and playing fields for team sports.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> '''Basildon Campus''' The Basildon Campus is situated in spacious grounds just outside Basildon Town Centre. It specialises in vocational courses ranging from childcare, education, hairdressing, beauty therapy, motor vehicle, health and social care, public services and sport.<ref name="ReferenceB">http://www.southessex.ac.uk/info/prospectus/FE_2012_13_Guide.pdf</ref> The Campus offers realistic work environments such as motor vehicle workshops and a trainee hairdressing salons which is a Wella Centre of Excellence, an award which is only given to institutions that provide the highest level of training and links with industry.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> For those studying animal care, an animal-management centre is on-campus. '''Thurrock Campus''' Located just outside [[Grays]], the Thurrock Campus offers courses in business, catering, childcare, construction, engineering, games development and ICT.<ref name="ReferenceB"/> It also houses specialist training facilities for beauty therapy, hairdressing and theatrical make-up. There are spacious art studios on-site and for those on performing arts courses the College maintains close links with the [[Royal Opera House]] Production Park in [[Purfleet]]. The Campus also has a purpose-built fortlift truck training centre on site.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> There is also an on-campus restaurant, Waves, staffed by the college's catering students which is open to the public and allows students to learn catering and front of house roles in a real working environment.<ref>http://www.southessex.ac.uk/about/waves.aspx</ref> In 2010, the Thurrock Campus underwent a programme of extensive refurbishment and redecoration with a particular focus on the students Refectory and Library. ==Notable alumni== * [[Dave Gahan]] - Influential singer, composer and vocalist from [[Depeche Mode]] * [[Stuart Fenegan]]{{citation needed|date=April 2011}} — producer of the film ''[[Moon (film)|Moon]]'' * [[Alison Moyet]] – Singer * [[Toby Gard]] – Creator of [[Lara Croft]] * [[Ross Kemp]] – [[BAFTA]] award-winning actor * [[James Bourne]] - Singer in Busted/McBusted * [[Walé Adeyemi]] - British-Nigerian fashion designer * [[Spencer Livermore]] - Labour peer and former Director of Strategy to Prime Minister ==See also== * [[South East Essex Technical College]] ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.southessex.ac.uk/ South Essex College website] {{Universities and colleges in the East of England}} {{Schools in Southend-on-Sea}} {{Schools in Thurrock}} {{coord|51.5378|0.7111|type:edu_region:GB-SOS|display=title}} [[Category:Educational institutions established in 1899]] [[Category:Education in Southend-on-Sea]] [[Category:Further education colleges in Essex]] [[Category:University of Essex]] [[Category:Art schools in England]] [[Category:Defunct art schools]] [[Category:Education in Thurrock]] [[Category:1899 establishments in England]]'