York College (York, England)

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Associated Locale
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Field of Activity
Vocational education
Postsecondary education
Education, Higher

found: BL RS&CD, 28 Sept. 2000(York College is merger between York College of Further and Higher Education and York Sixth Form College)

found: Higher Education Review of York College, April 2014:page 4 (York College was created in April 1999 by the merger of York College of Further and Higher Education and York Sixth Form College; largest provider of 16-19 education and work-based learning in the subregion; higher education provision has expanded through partnerships with several higher education institutions)

found: Its website, viewed 17 February 2023(York College; originally founded in 1827 as the Mechanics' Institute; York College, Sim Balk Lane, Bishopthorpe, York YO23 2BB)

found: Wikipedia, viewed 17 February 2023(York College (York); further and higher education college in York, England; established in its present form in 1999 by a merger of York Sixth Form College and York College of Further and Higher Education, which had been known as York College of Arts and Technology; the sixth form college opened on the site of Ashfield Secondary Modern School, on the corner of Tadcaster Road and Sim Balk Lane, in September 1985; the Ashfield buildings were demolished in 2005 to make way for a new building for York College, which opened in September 2007)

found: The Press (York) newspaper website, 2 May 2008(history of York College starts with the opening of the Mechanics Institute, originally in Bedern, in 1827, and the founding of the School of Art and Design, in Little Blake Street, in 1842)