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Truro and Penwith College is a Tertiary College located in Cornwall in the United Kingdom. It was the first Further Education or Tertiary College in the UK to be awarded 'Designated Outstanding Status' by Ofsted.〔Truro and Penwith College Annual Report 2010/2011. www.truro-penwith.ac.uk/download/TPC_annual_report.pdf Accessed 1 February 2013.〕〔Truro College Ofstead Inspection Report, 2006. www.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/files/857725/urn/130629.pdf Accessed 1 February 2013.〕 Truro College opened in 1993 and merged with Penwith College in 2008.〔Truro College and Falmouth College to merge, 'Falmouth Packet', April 2008. http://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/2172789.truro_college_and_penwith_college_to_merge/ Accessed 1 February 2013.〕〔An effective college merger – Truro and Penwith College, ‘The Excellence Gateway Treasury’. Accessed 1 February 2013.〕 Truro and Penwith College is a member of the Combined Universities in Cornwall partnership and the Plymouth University partner college network. The principal is David Walrond.〔New Principal determined to see College thrive, 'This is Cornwall', October 2010. http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/New-principal-determined-college-thrive/story-11515752-detail/story.html Accessed 1 February 2013.〕 The College’s aim is: ‘to work with every student to help achieve the best possible results, providing the best possible learning experience leading to the highest possible level of achievement.’ 〔Truro and Penwith College Mission Statement,’Truro and Penwith College’, http://www.truro-penwith.ac.uk/information/mission-statement/ Accessed 1 February 2013.〕 In the academic year 2011–12 Truro and Penwith College achieved some of its best A Level results ever, its highest ever International Baccalaureate results, its best ever vocational course results, the largest and most successful degree-level cohort in its history, and some of its best sporting achievements.〔A Level Results 2012, 'Truro and Penwith College', August 2012. http://www.truro-penwith.ac.uk/news/a-level-results-2012/ Accessed 1 February 2013.〕 It is the top non-selective state school for the International Baccalaureate in the UK, and in the top five of all state school providers of the IB nationally.〔College rated in UK's Top 5 for its IB diploma, 'This is Cornwall', December 2012. http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/College-rated-UK-s-5-IB-diploma/story-17514522-detail/story.html Accessed 1 February 2013.〕 Two of its students got the highest marks in the country for their respective A Level subjects, English Language and Law, in 2012.〔Cornwall duo are crowned UK’s best in their exams, ‘This is Cornwall’, December 2069. http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/Cornwall-student-duo-crowned-UK-s-best-exams/story-17691055-detail/story.html Accessed 1 February 2013.〕〔Top marks in the country for two Truro and penwith College students, ‘Truro and Penwith College’, December 2012. http://www.truro-penwith.ac.uk/news/top-marks-in-the-country-for-two-truro-and-penwith-college-students/ Accessed 1 February 2013.〕 In 2012–13 the College continued its excellent results, bucking the year’s national trend of a 0.3% decline in A and F grades at A Level, with a 0.7% rise in A or A * grades. More than 420 students were awarded A * grades, a total of 123 students achieved at least three grade As or better, and 39 students achieved four straight A or A * grades at A Level.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Top A-level grades on the up at Truro College )〕 On BTEC extended diploma courses in 2013, a record 256 students achieved at least a triple distinction (equivalent to 3 grade As at A Level), and 162 students achieved the highest grade possible, the triple distinction star.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fantastic results bring hope of bright future for students )〕 ==History== Truro College was founded in 1993 as a new-build campus in the Gloweth area, between Truro and Threemilestone in Cornwall. Penwith College was founded in 1980 in Penzance, and was known until 1990 as Penwith Sixth Form College. Following the merger in 2008, a £30 million programme of investment has resulted in many new state-of-the-art buildings on the Penwith campus, while the opening of new facilities on the Truro campus also continues. The new White Building for Art and Design, and new Seaton Building for Construction and Automotive Engineering were both opened on the Truro campus by HRH the Duke of Gloucester in October 2012.〔Royal seal of approval for two new buildings, at Truro College, This is the Westcountry, October 2012. http://www.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk/news/cornwall_news/10003807.Royal_seal_of_approval_for_two_new_buildings_at_Truro_College/?ref=rss Accessed 1 February 2013.〕 The original principal of Truro College, and later Truro and Penwith College, was Jonathan Burnett. He retired in 2010,〔Pioneering Truro College Principal retires, This is Cornwall, January 2010. http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/Pioneering-Truro-College-principal-retire/story-11507015-detail/story.html Accessed 1 February 2013.〕 succeeded by David Walrond.〔New principal settles into office, This is Cornwall, September 2010. http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/New-principal-settles-office/story-11378027-detail/story.html Accessed 1 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「Truro and Penwith College」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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