South East Essex College of Arts and Technology
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South Essex College of Further and Higher Education is a further education college located over three main sites in Basildon
, Southend-on-Sea
and Grays
in Essex
, England
. The college provides courses for students of all ages, from 14–19 year olds to undergraduates, adults and businesses.
on 1 January 2010, and was renamed.
The college offers its higher education
courses with the University of Essex
.
and was renamed later as the Junior Day Technical School, then being restructured to include in its teaching commercial and industrial skills for education in courses like plumbing. It became South East Essex College of Arts and Technology in 1991.
Basildon
Basildon is a town located in the Basildon District of the county of Essex, England.It lies east of Central London and south of the county town of Chelmsford...
, Southend-on-Sea
Southend-on-Sea
Southend-on-Sea is a unitary authority area, town, and seaside resort in Essex, England. The district has Borough status, and comprises the towns of Chalkwell, Eastwood, Leigh-on-Sea, North Shoebury, Prittlewell, Shoeburyness, Southchurch, Thorpe Bay, and Westcliff-on-Sea. The district is situated...
and Grays
Grays
Grays is the largest town in the borough and unitary authority of Thurrock in Essex and one of the Thurrock's traditional parishes...
in Essex
Essex
Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. The college provides courses for students of all ages, from 14–19 year olds to undergraduates, adults and businesses.
Overview
Originally called South East Essex College of Arts and Technology, the college formally merged with Thurrock and Basildon CollegeThurrock and Basildon College
Thurrock and Basildon College was a further education college in Grays, Essex, England. It was formed by the merger of Thurrock Technical College and Basildon College. The college merged with South East Essex College of Arts and Technology on 1 January 2010 to form South Essex College....
on 1 January 2010, and was renamed.
The college offers its higher education
Higher education
Higher, post-secondary, tertiary, or third level education refers to the stage of learning that occurs at universities, academies, colleges, seminaries, and institutes of technology...
courses with the University of Essex
University of Essex
The University of Essex is a British campus university whose original and largest campus is near the town of Colchester, England. Established in 1963 and receiving its Royal Charter in 1965...
.
Construction
The college was founded in 1899 as an art schoolArt school
Art school is a general term for any educational institution with a primary focus on the visual arts, especially illustration, painting, photography, sculpture, and graphic design. The term applies to institutions with elementary, secondary, post-secondary or undergraduate, or graduate or...
and was renamed later as the Junior Day Technical School, then being restructured to include in its teaching commercial and industrial skills for education in courses like plumbing. It became South East Essex College of Arts and Technology in 1991.
Collegial relations between the Essex campuses
Previously known as South East Essex College, its official title now is South Essex College of Further & Higher Education, due to the interelationship it has with several campuses.Notable alumni
- Stuart Fenegan — producer of the film MoonMoon (film)Moon is a 2009 British science fiction drama film about a man who experiences a personal crisis as he nears the end of a three-year solitary stint mining helium-3 on the far side of the Earth's moon. It is the feature debut of director Duncan Jones. Sam Rockwell stars as the employee Sam Bell, and...