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Are these the most beautiful colleges in the UK?
Unless you’ve been hidden under a rock, it won’t have escaped your notice that this week is Colleges Week.
Social media timelines have been full of nostalgia and thanks, with former students paying tribute to their almae matres and today’s learners posting with pride about where they are currently studying.
Colleges come in all shapes and sizes: some have campuses spread throughout a county, some have one singular building. Many have hi-tech, ultra-modern buildings; some occupy former stately homes.
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To celebrate the #LoveOurColleges campaign, Tes asked the FE twitterati to send us pictures of what they consider to be the most beautiful colleges across the UK.
The beauty of colleges
Here are 15 of our favourites:
Ashton Sixth Form College, Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester
We 🧡 our campus. Our main building dates back to 1928. Since then we’ve refurbished and added numerous modern buildings to expand our campus. #LoveOurColleges #CollegesWeek pic.twitter.com/PhGAMtyme7
— Ashton Sixth Form College (@ashtonsixthform) October 14, 2019
CEMAST Campus, Fareham College, Fareham, Hampshire
#LoveOurColleges Our CEMAST Campus – A Centre of Excellence in Engineering, Manufacturing and Advanced Skills Training. All Automotive, Engineering and Manufacturing programmes run by @FarehamCollege are delivered here. #equippingyouforexcellence pic.twitter.com/YbC9fY4Dtr
— Fareham College (@FarehamCollege) October 14, 2019
South Devon College, Paignton
@sdcollege @SDCHiTech new Hi Tech & Digital centre just opened adjacent to our inspiring main campus building at Vantage Point #loveourcolleges pic.twitter.com/eLfRgEs3bm
— Laurence Frewin (@LaurenceFrewin) October 13, 2019
Northern College, Barnsley, South Yorkshire
Looking forward to visiting @NorthernCollege in a few weeks. It looks like a stunning place pic.twitter.com/JaW6uV7D6Z
— Marguerite Hogg (@MargueriteHogg) October 13, 2019
Waltham Forest College, Walthamstow, north-east London
The College has invested £25 million over the past 5 years to create superb light and airy classrooms and workshops with industry-standard facilities. Let's just make the photos do the talking, shall we? #LoveOurColleges #ThinkCollegeThinkExperience pic.twitter.com/IvhT4nFiZQ
— WalthamForestCollege (@WFCTweets) October 14, 2019
Callywith College, Cornwall
@Callywith College in Cornwall - Temple Building. Inspirational modern architecture. #LoveOurColleges pic.twitter.com/tnwNeDyCqu
— Jon Grey (@Greyteach) October 15, 2019
Herefordshire and Ludlow College, Hereford
#LoveOurColleges Herefordshire, Ludlow and North Shropshire Colleges. This is our Hereford Campus in the Sunday sunshine ☀️ pic.twitter.com/3HCeblwRDS
— Linda (@harrisonl1954) October 13, 2019
King Edward VI College, Stourbridge, West Midlands
Just love the quad on campus, and the mix of traditional and new, from the stained glass windows to our brand new Henry Hickman building which opens this week! Come along to our open events on Thursday 17 or Saturday 19 October. #LoveOurColleges pic.twitter.com/6mf50YSplY
— King Ed's (@kedst) October 14, 2019
East Surrey College, Redhill
Our beautiful new build at night! (and a few extra shots) #LoveOurColleges pic.twitter.com/rVbNmCXtBJ
— East Surrey College (@EastSurreyColl) October 14, 2019
Cardiff and Vale College, Cardiff
Cardiff and Vale College in Cardiff @CAVC looks like a 21st Century Ministry of Magic... pic.twitter.com/WqCAup3CMU
— Mike Webster (@MikeW_DLead) October 12, 2019
City of Bristol College, Bristol
Here at @CoBCollege we love the beautifully modern look of our South Bristol Skills Academy campus near Hengrove in #Bristol pic.twitter.com/uwMD5Ag4tX
— CityofBristolCollege (@CoBCollege) October 14, 2019
Buxton and Leek College, Buxton
Our Buxton Campus is particularly pretty if we do say so 😊 It was built for the Duke of Devonshire in the 1700's, then used as a hospital before becoming the campus that we share with @derbyuni today. It also hosts events and visitors from around the world! #CollegesWeek pic.twitter.com/C17FCHxVeY
— Buxton Leek College (@BuxtonLeek) October 11, 2019
Newbattle Abbey, Midlothian
I reckon Newbattle Abbey College is in with a shout... pic.twitter.com/Mu8ifxLYHw
— Gary Husband 🐾🐾 (@garyhusband) October 11, 2019
City of Glasgow College, Glasgow
City Campus @CofGCollege is pretty awesome too #CollegesWeek pic.twitter.com/3DhAKy0HEG
— Helen Louise Young (@helyoung1) October 11, 2019
Bournemouth and Poole College, Bournemouth, Dorset
Here’s Bournemouth and Poole College where I teach Maths. That clock tower is impressive! pic.twitter.com/AioQilZmeS
— Rosalie Flanagan (@flanaganrbpc) October 13, 2019
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