Newham College is a large general

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college in the

London Borough of Newham The London Borough of Newham is a London borough created in 1965 by the London Government Act 1963. It covers an area previously administered by the Essex county boroughs of West Ham and East Ham, authorities that were both abolished by the s ...

, England, established in 1985. The college's main site is in

East Ham East Ham is a district of the London Borough of Newham, England, 8 miles (12.8 km) east of Charing Cross. East Ham is identified in the London Plan as a Major Centre. The population is 76,186. It was originally part of the Becontree Hun ...

, with a further site in Stratford and six further local neighbourhood learning centres; the college also runs the

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in Central London. As of 2018 there are over 23,000 enrolled students at the college. At one point it was one of the largest colleges of further education in England.

History

Newham College (originally named Newham Community College until the 1990s) was established in 1985 through a merger between East Ham College of Technology and West Ham Further Education College. In April 2016 the college announced a strategic alliance with

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. In September 2019 the college was refused registration by the

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as the college has failed to demonstrate that it delivers "successful outcomes for all of its higher education students". Since 2006, the College has owned and managed the

, delivering a wide range of educational and training programmes as well as a full programme of exhibitions, including retrospectives from Zandra Rhodes, Kaffe Fassett and Orla Kiely. In 2018-19, Newham College was the best performing college in London, with overall achievement rates of 90.9% The College was awarded the Mayor's Construction Academy Quality Mark in 2018 and is now part of the Mayor's Construction Academy, a network of 21 training providers that have gained official recognition for providing the sector with suitably skilled workers.

Faculties

The college's two main teaching sites are located in East London, at East Ham and Stratford. The College also has an additional five community education sites in the Gainsborough Learning Centre, Beckton Globe Centre, Little Ilford Centre, Forest Gate Learning Zone and the North Woolwich Learning Zone.

Notable alumni

West and East Ham colleges have had a number of notable alumni. Designer

Lee Alexander McQueen Lee Alexander McQueen CBE (17 March 1969 – 11 February 2010) was a British fashion designer and couturier. He founded his own Alexander McQueen label in 1992, and was chief designer at Givenchy from 1996 to 2001. His achievements in fashion ...

took an A Level in art at West Ham Technical College before securing a Savile Row apprenticeship. Newspaper cartoonists

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and

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both went to East Ham Technical College. Mayor of Newham, Rokhsana Fiaz OBE studied A levels at East Ham Technical College.

References

External links

Newham College website
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