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Gloucestershire College abbreviated ''GC'' (formerly known as Gloucestershire College of Arts and Technology, abbreviated ''GlosCAT'' or ''GLOSCAT'') is a college of further and higher education in the county of Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.〔(Gloscol web site )〕 It offers a range of education and training programmes, which include: * GCSEs * A Levels * Vocational qualifications * Apprenticeships and higher apprenticeships * Basic skills courses * Higher education * Short courses for businesses * Part-time and evening courses * English for overseas students The College is the leading provider of apprenticeships in Gloucestershire and was awarded the Gloucestershire Apprenticeship Training Provider of the Year in 2012. The latest OFSTED inspection in 2013 rated Gloucestershire College "good" with "outstanding" features. Its Visual Arts department was also graded "outstanding". ==History== In 1969, the two branches of Gloucestershire College of Art in Cheltenham and Stroud amalgamated with the Gloucester City College of Art to form the Gloucestershire College of Art and Design (GCAD). Gloucestershire College of Arts and Technology was formed in 1980 from the merger of four county (Local Education Authority) colleges, Gloucestershire College of Education, Gloucestershire College of Art and Design, Gloucester City College of Technology, and North Gloucestershire College of Technology.〔(Timeline of educational development over two centuries from University of Gloucestershire web site )〕 In 1990 GlosCAT divided its provision forming a separate Higher Education Trust to go forward with a separate merger to become Cheltenham & Gloucester College of Higher Education and then the University of Gloucestershire.〔〔University of Gloucestershire, 'Service of Thanksgiving' publication on attainment of University title, 30 April 2002, held in Gloucester Cathedral, pages 5-7〕 It maintained the remaining part as a Local Authority institution, which became a Further Education Corporation. In early 2011 Gloucestershire College merged with the former Royal Forest of Dean College and thus acquired the sites of the college to safeguard the provision of further education in the region. A 10-year Memorandum of Understanding has been signed by the University of Gloucestershire's Vice Chancellor and the Principals of Gloucestershire College and South Gloucestershire and Stroud College to support access to higher education locally in Gloucestershire.〔("New deal ignites a revolution in higher education" ) Gloucestershire Echo and ThisisGloucestershire, 8 February 2013〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gloucestershire College」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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