Northbrook College
| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Active | 1986–2017 |
Administrative staff | 1,000[1] |
| Students | 16,000 |
| Location | , England, United Kingdom |
| Affiliations | University of Brighton |
| Website | http://www.northbrook.ac.uk |
Northbrook Metropolitan College is a further education and higher education college with three campuses in Worthing and one in nearby Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex. It was founded as West Sussex College of Art & Design 1912 and became Northbrook College Sussex in 1986. In 2017 it was part of a failed merger with with City College Brighton & Hove to create a unified college under the name of Greater Brighton Metropolitan College (MET).[2]. The merger was undone when Chichester College Group took over Greater Brighton Metropolitan College and the previously merged colleges were restored to their original constituent parts under the Chichester College Group federation.
The Worthing and Shoreham campuses are known as Northbrook Metropolitan College.[3]
Overview
The college's Worthing campuses are the West Durrington Campus and the Broadwater Campus. The college's Shoreham campus is at Shoreham Airport.
Northbrook was previously West Sussex College of Design (WSCD) but amalgamated with Worthing Technical College and Chelsea College of Aeronautical and Automobile Engineering in 1985–86. Whilst the college retained its central Worthing site in Union Place, West Sussex County Council (WSCC) closed the workshops in Homefield Place, which were knocked down and are now the Environment Agency headquarters for the area.
The college is the largest provider of higher education for the creative and cultural industries in West Sussex. It is also a significant provider of higher education in a variety of other work-related areas. The College, additionally, has contracts for apprenticeship training and adult and community learning, and provides courses in most work-related areas as well as those for personal development.
The college is also home to the Southern Theatre Arts Centre, providing theatre courses ranging from National Diplomas to Foundation Degrees and BA Hons, which like all Northbrook's higher education courses are affiliated with the University of Brighton. Its venue, The Northbrook Theatre, is a professional theatre that regularly hosts touring companies from around the UK and Europe. Productions in recent years include Wild Party, Chess, The Blue Room, Angles in America, Metamorphosis and West.
Campus locations
- University Centre Worthing, Durrington: 50°49′24.42″N 0°25′56.69″W / 50.8234500°N 0.4324139°W
- Broadwater: 50°49′29.3″N 0°22′29.05″W / 50.824806°N 0.3747361°W
- Shoreham Airport: 50°50′1.31″N 0°17′28.71″W / 50.8336972°N 0.2913083°W
Notable alumni
- Jamie Hewlett, comic book artist and co-creator of the comic Tank Girl and co-creator of the virtual band Gorillaz
- Alan Martin, comic book writer and co-creator of the comic Tank Girl
- Luke Newton, actor
- Paul Norris, Oscar winner in Visual Effects for the film Ex Machina.[4]
- Claire Phillips, British portrait artist
- Leo Sayer, singer-songwriter and musician
- Robert Smith, front man and principal songwriter to the band The Cure
- Hilary Stratton, Sculptor and teacher (West Sussex College of Art & Design)
- Sunset Strippers, electronic music band
- Nick Waplington, artist and photographer
References
- ^ Independent Guide to Northbrook College Sussex Retrieved on 3 August 2011.
- ^ "City College to merge with Northbrook in Worthing". Brighton and Hove News. 23 March 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
- ^ "Contact". GB MET | Greater Brighton Metropolitan College. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
- ^ Ex Machina - IMDb, retrieved 27 May 2021
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