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Bury College has invested over £40 million in recent years on facilities and buildings. The college has facilities for construction and engineering, IT suites and computer-aided design studios. The Woodbury developments provide a learning resource centre and library, industry standard art studios
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Bury College began as Bury Technical College. From May 1940 to May 1946, Bury Technical College was occupied by the Royal Military College of Science (Fire Control Wing) to provide specialist courses in the use of fire control instruments during the war. Following Local Government reorganisation in
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Bury College's results are consistently above the national average and in 2013 the college achieved an exceptional pass rate of 100% for 37 of its Advanced Level courses. The college saw exceptional results for Vocational A Level and National Diploma courses with 100% pass rates in many courses.
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on 1 September 1987, as a result of Bury Council's decision to develop a tertiary provision system for Bury. The college was formed by the merger of the then Bury College of Further Education premises in Bury and Radcliffe with Peel Sixth Form College, Stand Sixth Form College, and a number of
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The Innovation Centre - for students studying Engineering and Technology courses, including the Diploma in Engineering. The building has an Engineering Workshop, IT suites, Computer-Aided Design Studio and Classrooms with information and communications
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Beacon Centre - facilities for Performance Arts, Humanities, Languages, Health and Social Care, Childcare and Uniformed Services. A theatre, dance and rehearsal studios, together with a recording studio, language laboratory and coffee bar are situated
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The Aspire Centre - sports facilities for students, including exercise and fitness studios with sprung floors. In addition, the building houses the college's assessment centre for examinations and on-line
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Prospects Centre - this is the electrical engineering centre of the college. It has specialist laboratories, workshops and IT suites for technology-based subjects.
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The Construction Skills Centre - is equipped with tools, equipment and machinery. It supports the college's existing applied engineering and technology centres.
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Venture Centre - In 2012 a development on the Woodbury site opened providing a new learning resource centre, courtyard, IT facilities and classrooms.
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Bury College Nursery - a fifty-place nursery which opened in September 2004 and provides places for students with young children, and the public.
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1974, the college merged with Radcliffe Technical College to form the Bury Metropolitan College of Further Education.
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Woodbury Centre - facilities for hair, beauty and complementary therapy salons, catering facilities and art studios.
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Bury College is a further education college that provides qualifications for school leavers pursuing
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Millennium Centre - studios, laboratories, IT suites, Learning Resource Centres and classrooms.
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Bury
Greater Manchester
England
Coordinates
53°35′25″N 2°17′46″W / 53.590214°N 2.296164°W / 53.590214; -2.296164
Further Education College
Bury
Department for Education

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