Doncaster College
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| Principal: | David Gates (suspended) |
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| Students: | 30,000 |
| Address: | The Hub Doncaster College Chappell Drive Doncaster DN1 2RF |
| Tel: | 01302 553 553 |
| Web: | www.don.ac.uk |
Doncaster College is a further and higher education college in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Across its two campuses, the College employs around 1,200 staff and accommodates students aged 16+.
[edit] The Hub
Its first campus is the exciting new £65m Waterfront development in the centre of Doncaster. The Hub, as it is known, is home to some of the best educational facilities in the United Kingdom. Opening September 2006, the Hub includes state-of-the-art IT facilities, a 100-seat lecture theatre, a 200-seat drama studio and a massive Learning Resource Centre.
Leading edge technology is at the heart of the building - interactive whiteboards and projectors are in almost every classroom, video clips will be streamed into classrooms via a network, plasma screens welcome students at entrances, informing them of the latest College, national and international news.
Students are also able to study in a very relaxed way with comfy seating, computer zones, a media room, laptop bars and seminar rooms making up the new, improved Learning Resource Centre.
But as well as a place to learn, the new campus is a place to relax, too. People are able to unwind at the Spa Treatment Centre, which includes a sauna, steam room and Jacuzzi. They could even get a makeover at the on-site hairdressers, beautician and nail salon.
The new campus also has a range of catering options. All food is freshly produced by the students, for the students, offering a range of foods from Pizza to Chinese.
The new building, which will be the educational centre of Doncaster Education City (DEC), also includes escalators (the only College in the country to have escalators) and lifts, making access to learning areas easier.
DEC is one of the most exciting education and training initiatives ever to take place in the UK, bringing almost £90m into the town. It links schools, training providers, Further and Higher Education to business and the wider community. Its visionary approach to learning will be the catalyst for urban and social regeneration in the borough.
[edit] High Melton
The University Centre, Doncaster is the College’s second campus - set in 126 acres of idyllic countryside at High Melton, six miles west of Doncaster.
The campus is home to many of the College’s higher education courses, and houses Doncaster Business School and the town’s School of Intermedia and Performing Arts as well as a nine-hole golf course.
