Barking & Dagenham College | |
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Address | |
Dagenham Road, Rush Green , , RM7 0XU England | |
Coordinates | 51°33′36″N 0°10′23″E / 51.560°N 0.173°E |
Information | |
Type | Further education |
Motto | More than a qualification |
Established | 1961 |
Local authority | Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council |
Department for Education URN | 130424 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Principal & CEO | Natalie Davison[1][2] |
Gender | Mixed |
Age range | 16+ |
Enrolment | 10,000+ (2013)[3] |
Website | www |
Barking & Dagenham College is a general further education college in East London, England. It has four campuses across the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham with its main campus being located in Rush Green less than a mile from the Romford town centre. Their other campus are located in Barking town center at the Technical Skills Academy, The Broadway Theatre and Barking Learning Centre. [4]
The College is also home to the East London Institute of Technology. Institutes of Technology (IoT) were established by the Department for Education (DfE) to deliver world-class higher technical education - helping to increase the supply of high-skilled technicians across key industries that our economy needs.
Each IoT is awarded a license by DfE that outlines its role and objectives and is signed by all partners in the IoT. The Network has access to a £300 million capital funding pot to create state-of-the-art industry-standard facilities and infrastructure in which to deliver this learning. [5]