Loughborough College is a general further education college located in Leicestershire, England that offers further education, higher education, apprenticeships and professional qualifications.
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| Type | General FE |
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| Established | 1909 |
| Principal | Corrie Harris |
| Address | Radmoor Road , , , |
| Colours | Blue |
| Website | www |
Further education courses
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Loughborough College offers courses in beauty, business, childcare, creative industries and computing, electrical installation, engineering, hairdressing, hospitality and catering, leisure, travel and aviation, motor vehicles, public services and sport. It has partnered with the National Space Academy to form the Space Engineering program.[1] The college offers students work experience as part of their course.[2]
Apprenticeships
editThe college offers apprenticeships for students who wish to gain practical skills in a working environment whilst earning a wage.[3]
Qualifications
editMany of the courses are offered in association with the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT), Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) and the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM).[citation needed]
Notable alumni
edit- Thomas Young – T38 100m Sprinter
- Harry Aikines-Aryeetey – athletics[4]
- Andrew Barnard – cricket
- Harvey Barnes – football
- Jude Bellingham – football
- Mason Bennett – football
- Katie Boulter – tennis
- Sophie Bradley – football
- Rachel Bragg – volleyball[5]
- Karen Carney – football
- Ben Chilwell – football
- Elise Christie – short track skating
- Libby Clegg – athletics
- James Dasaolu – athletics
- Toni Duggan – football
- Harry Ellis – rugby union
- Daniel Fogg – swimming
- Carl Froch – boxing
- Phil Gilchrist – football
- Robbie Grabarz – athletics
- Sophie Hahn – athletics
- Lucy Hall – triathlon
- Fran Halsall – swimming
- Jeff Hendrick – football
- Steph Houghton – football
- Tom Huddlestone – football
- Sam Ingram – judo
- Andy King – football
- Charlie Matthews – rugby union
- Melanie Nocher – swimming
- Roberto Pavoni – swimming
- Leon Rattigan – wrestling
- Jemma Reekie – middle-distance runner. Voted Athletics Weekly 'Women's British Athlete of the Year 2020'[6]
- Joe Roebuck – swimming
- Tom Rogic – football
- Martyn Rooney – athletics
- Jeffrey Schlupp – football
- Sarah Stevenson – taekwondo
- Bradly Sinden – taekwondo
- Liam Tancock – swimming
- Sophie Thornhill - paracycling[7]
- Nicola White – hockey[8]
- Keely Hodgkinson - athletics
See also
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edit- ^ "Loughborough College". National Space Academy. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "About the College | Loughborough College". www.loucoll.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 24 December 2012.
- ^ "Apprenticeships".
- ^ "Rio 2016: Kilty says team ran their hearts out". Loughborough College. 20 August 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
- ^ "Our athletes | London 2012 Games | Loughborough University". www.lboro.ac.uk. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
- ^ "Voted Athletics Weekly, 'Women's British Athlete of the Year 2020'". Athletics Weekly. 3 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ "RIO 2016: SECOND PARALYMPIC MEDAL FOR LOUGHBOROUGH COLLEGE CYCLIST SOPHIE THORNHILL". Loughborough College. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
- ^ "FE students add to Team GB Olympic medal haul". FE Week. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.