Facts and figures

Students come here to study a wide range of vocational and academic subjects.

We are a truly international college, with links with countries across the world and students who have travelled from five continents to learn here.

We have:

• over 20,000 students
• 1,750 staff,
• more than £53 million turnover
• more than 1,500 courses across 20 different subject areas
• strong links with employers - we have over 1100 apprentices trained every year
• 18% students are sponsored by their employers
• excellent provision for students with learning difficulties and disabilities and this affects 12% of our students
• over 1000 students studying a higher education course

Six centres, six facts

1. Leamington has a £5.8 million arts, crafts, design and multimedia centre
2. Moreton Morrell was the first equine college in Britain
3. Henley-in-Arden has a fully operational commercial day spa
4. The Power Industry Academy at our new Rugby centre is a unique facility to train the power engineers of the future
5. Pershore College makes and bottles its own apple juice and cider
6. A Rolls Royce jet engine is among the many pieces of equipment donated by employers to the Trident Centre, Warwick

Where our students live

• Warwickshire  57%
• Worcestershire 6%
• West Midlands 14%
• Other counties 23%

Find out about transport links to the six centres of Warwickshire College

Types of study

We offer flexible study pathways to suit the lifestyles and learning styles of all our students.

Of our students:

• 21.7% study with us full time
• 60.7% study with us part time
• 5.5% are apprentices
• 12% are adults studying in the workplace

Higher Education

As well as providing excellent further education, the college has around 1,000 HE students at any one time, with around 400 graduating from HE courses each year.

We offer a personal approach to studying higher education with lots of individual attention and continual assessment for an effective and fun learning experience.

Our foundation degrees are accredited by the universities of Coventry, Worcester, BCU, Warwick and Gloucester.

Find out more about studying HE at Warwickshire College.

Investment

We continually plan, build and renew our buildings and facilities. Recent projects include:

• A new sports hall at Henley-in-Arden
• Re-generation of our facilities in Rugby with a £33m centre on a brand new site
• New 97 bed halls of residence in Pershore
• New 94 bed halls of residence in Leamington
• New classroom accommodation at our Pershore centre
• Purchase of over 1200 new PCs
• Upgraded software to support student learning (Windows 7/Office 2010)

History

Warwickshire College started life in 1996 when Mid-WarwickshireCollege in Leamington and the Moreton Morrell Centre merged.

The college merged with RugbyCollege in 2003, and soon after built the Trident Centre, Warwick, specialising in engineering and motorsport, with state-of-the-art workshops and laboratories for students and employers.

The college merged with a Henley-in-Arden, developing specialisms in sport, fashion, textiles and hair and beauty, then in August 2007 a further merger took place, with Pershore College, Centre of Horticultural Excellence, in Worcestershire, spreading Warwickshire College across the two counties.