New lead to oversee college’s £4 million facelift
ACCRINGTON and Rossendale College’s transformation has seen a new centre principal appointed for the campus.
Morag Davis will be the designated lead from the senior leadership team for the Accrington site, currently undergoing £4m of improvements.
This includes new Hair and Beauty salons, study spaces, a revamped specialist Learning Resource Centre, and a remodelled student refectory.
Coming soon is the redevelopment of the Construction and Technology building.
Ms Davis, assistant principal for technical curriculum across the Nelson and Colne College
Group, has been with the group for 18 years, beginning as a college lecturer before becoming Head of Division for Creative and Digital and then Assistant Principal. She also has experience of leading on projects on outstanding teaching, learning and assessment, working with the Department for Education on a national communications strategy group and writing for national subject journals.
She said: “I am extremely excited about the plans for Accrington and Rossendale College, and progress on our £4m campus transformation has already changed the feel of the site, creating a new advanced and specialist curriculum plans in place, and the collaboration with our ‘Outstanding’ partner college, Nelson and Colne College.
“I am passionate about the importance of vocational and technical qualifications and curriculum in preparing East Lancashire’s young people for their future, and ensuring they develop the essential industry-focused skills and knowledge that our evolving economy and society need.”
The college will open to visitors again on Monday, February 10 between 5.30pm and 7.30pm for the Year 11 open evening.
This is another chance for prospective students and parents to come and discover what life is like at the college.