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K College was a college of Further Education (FE) and Higher Education (HE) with facilities across Kent, formed in April 2010, by the merger of ''South Kent College'' with ''West Kent College''. In the academic year beginning 2009, it had 25,290 students between its 6 campuses, at Jemmett Road and Henwood in Ashford, Dover, Folkestone, Tonbridge and Royal Tunbridge Wells.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=K College Press Information )〕 The Interim Principal was Phil Frier and the Patron was Lord Mayhew of Twysden. Due to the large amount of debt sustained by K College, it was split into two units from 1 August 2014: *Hadlow College Group has taken over the Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells campuses as "West Kent College" and Ashford campus as "Ashford College". *East Kent College has taken over Folkestone and Dover.〔http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-21783224〕〔Private Eye no 1355 p31〕 Most staff at the Folkestone & Dover campuses were transferred under TUPE to East Kent College. Staff based at Ashford, Tonbridge & Tunbridge Wells remained with K College and were based at either West Kent College or Ashford College from 1st August. In July 2014 prior to Hadlow College managing Ashford, Tonbridge & Tunbridge Wells campuses K College announced that there would be up to 127 redundancies of those not TUPEd to East Kent College. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Union up in arms after controversial K College announces 127 further redundancies )〕 In comparison, East Kent College have recruited at least 40 extra staff since taking over the Folkestone & Dover campuses. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Everything will be oK )〕 == Courses == Higher Education courses are offered in conjunction with the College’s partner universities: Canterbury Christ Church University, University of Greenwich and University of Kent.〔 The main campus in Tonbridge teaches a large number of A-level and vocational courses including apprenticeships. It also runs teacher training courses, TUC courses and has a Professional Development Centre. It has additional teaching courses on deaf issues and a dyslexia unit. 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「K College」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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