COLCHESTER SCHOOL OF ART
The Albert School of Art and Design first opened its doors on Colchester’s High Street in 1885. By 1912, it had moved to North Hill and shortly afterwards was re-named Colchester School of Art. By 1912, it had moved to North Hill and shortly afterwards was re-named Colchester School of Art, later the Colchester Centre for Art, Design and the Media. From the 1950s, the development of what was to become Colchester Institute mirrored the social and economic changes of the post-war decades. In 1954, the current campus on Sheepen Road was opened, combining the School of Art with the North-East Essex Technical College School of Art. In 1965 saw the introduction of Higher Education courses and by 1976, the organisation had merged with St Osyth College of Education to become Colchester Institute, situated at the Minories, a notable Tudor building in the city. The Colchester Institute is a large provider of further and higher education and includes the Faculty of Creative Arts, the Centre for Hospitality and Food Studies, and the Professional Training Centre. Alumni and staff include John Scorror O'Connor, George Chapman, Hugh Verschoyle Cronyn and Blair Rowlands Hughes-Stanton and now operated on campuses in Colchester and Clacton. The organisational expansion continued with a further merger in 2010, this time with Braintree College, which added a third campus to Colchester Institute’s wider sub-regional presence. In 2016 the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) granted permission for the higher education provision at Colchester Institute to be delivered under the identity of University Centre Colchester. The UCC degree programmes cover three distinct areas: the Arts, Social Sciences and Industry & Commerce.
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