Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education and University Centre Grimsby (often Grimsby Institute or GIFHE or Grimsby College or UCG) is a
further education
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college
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,
apprenticeship
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provider, and
higher education
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university
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in
Grimsby
Grimsby or Great Grimsby is a port town and the administrative centre of North East Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England. Grimsby adjoins the town of Cleethorpes directly to the south-east forming a conurbation. Grimsby is north-east of Linco ...
in
North East Lincolnshire
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in
England
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.
Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education is one of England’s largest providers of further and higher education. The college specialises in vocational education and provides a range of training course in
further education
Further education (often abbreviated FE) in the United Kingdom and Ireland is education in addition to that received at secondary school, that is distinct from the higher education (HE) offered in universities and other academic institutions. I ...
,
higher education
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,
apprenticeship
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s and adult training courses across multiple campuses and consists of multiple brands including The Academy Grimsby (TAG), Career 6, Workforce Skills, Skegness TEC, and National Employer Training (NET).
Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education is part of the TEC Partnership, one of the largest education, training and employability organisations in the UK. On 4 May 2017,
Ofsted
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graded the college as 'Outstanding'.
History
Grimsby College of Further Education
It was known as Grimsby Technical College in the 1950s, administered by the County Borough of Grimsby Education Committee, becoming Grimsby College of Further Education in the 1960s, offering three-year
HNDs (a higher education qualification) in
food science
Food science is the basic science and applied science of food; its scope starts at overlap with agricultural science and nutritional science and leads through the scientific aspects of food safety and food processing, informing the developm ...
, and also applied chemistry. It was based at Nuns Corner. The food science course involved six months of teaching and six months in industry per year. In 1966 it became Grimsby College of Technology, and was heavily involved with training people for food science careers; which was of considerable importance to the economy of Grimsby.
Grimsby College of Technology
By 1967 it was also offering HNDs in Refrigeration Engineering, Analytical Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. Refrigeration was taught on a site on Weelsby Street. It also offered courses in training for the
British Merchant Navy
The Merchant Navy is the maritime register of the United Kingdom and comprises the seagoing commercial interests of UK-registered ships and their crews. Merchant Navy vessels fly the Red Ensign and are regulated by the Maritime and Coastguar ...
. It hosted food science conferences. By 1968 it was also offering HNDs in Business Studies and Mechanical Engineering (refrigeration or environmental). Its departments included:
* Food and Fashion
* Science and Mathematics
* Engineering
* Management and Business Studies.
* School of Art
* Maritime Studies and Fisheries
* Building
* General Studies (the humanities)
* Grimsby School of Nursing
By the early 1970s it was offering four HNDs – Business,
Refrigeration
The term refrigeration refers to the process of removing heat from an enclosed space or substance for the purpose of lowering the temperature.International Dictionary of Refrigeration, http://dictionary.iifiir.org/search.phpASHRAE Terminology, ht ...
Engineering, Food Technology, and Food Science (Applied Chemistry). Its
HNC courses also were food or chemical industry based, to train technicians. By 1972 it had a department of Science and Food Technology, as well as Food and Fashion (which looked at catering qualifications, not the chemistry involved). In 1973 it was offering an Applied Biology HND (with options of Nutrition and Biochemistry). In April 1974 administration transferred to Humberside Education Committee, and more HNDs (briefly) included Data Processing and Marketing and Advertising.
By 1989 more arts courses were being offered than science, so the college name became Grimsby College of Technology & Arts (GCTA), then just Grimsby College in 1993. In 2004 in its 60th anniversary year, it became Grimsby Institute.
Connections with Humberside University
By September 1982 it was offering its same set of four food-industry-related HND through Hull College of HE on Inglemore Avenue in Hull. On 1 January 1983, the Humberside College of HE came into existence, through integrating Grimsby's HND courses with the Hull College of HE. At this point, it was becoming a full-fledged HE college. On 11 June 1990, the HE College, at Hull, became Humberside Polytechnic. Three of its thirteen sites were in Grimsby (its food and fisheries site), one being the College of Technology's food-industry-related HE courses. The plan was to reduce the number of sites to four by the mid-1990s: three in Hull and one in Grimsby. The grand plans and vision for expansion of the polytechnic extended as far as
Lincoln
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* Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), the sixteenth president of the United States
* Lincoln, England, cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England
* Lincoln, Nebraska, the capital of Nebraska, U.S.
* Lincoln ...
,
York
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and
Scarborough Scarborough or Scarboro may refer to:
People
* Scarborough (surname)
* Earl of Scarbrough
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* Scarborough, Western Australia, suburb of Perth
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. This would almost actually happen: except (conversely) Lincoln would be the centre, extending as far north as Hull; Grimsby would be jettisoned.
The former Humberside Polytechnic, which became the University of Humberside in 1992 (and essentially closed down in Hull when it became the
University of Lincoln
, mottoeng = Freedom through wisdom
, established = 1861 – Hull School of Art1905 – Endsleigh College1976 – Hull College1992 – University of Humberside1996 – University of Lincolnshire and Humberside2001 ...
in 2002), had its Food, Fisheries and Environmental Studies site adjacent to Grimsby College on Bargate, which became the School of Applied Science and Technology with around 500 students. It offered BSc courses in
Food Science
Food science is the basic science and applied science of food; its scope starts at overlap with agricultural science and nutritional science and leads through the scientific aspects of food safety and food processing, informing the developm ...
. It offered a similar range of courses to that of the University of Lincoln's current
site
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in
Holbeach
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.
![Yeast on grapes](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Yeast_on_grapes.jpg)
Grimsby College, as it was known from 1993, was known as an 'Associate College' of the University of Humberside, and offered a wide range of HNDs, not its former range of food-industry courses, although it even offered an HND in
Viticulture
Viticulture (from the Latin word for ''vine'') or winegrowing (wine growing) is the cultivation and harvesting of grapes. It is a branch of the science of horticulture. While the native territory of ''Vitis vinifera'', the common grape vine, ran ...
and
Vinification
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, which became the UK's first degree course in
Oenology
Oenology (also enology; ) is the science and study of wine and winemaking. Oenology is distinct from viticulture, which is the science of the growing, cultivation, and harvesting of grapes. The English word oenology derives from the Greek word ' ...
(wine-making) in 1994, run by Mike Grubb. It offered a Sports Science HND through
Nottingham Trent University
Nottingham Trent University (NTU) is a public research university in Nottingham, England. It was founded as a new university in 1992, although its roots go back to 1843 with the establishment of the Nottingham Government School of Design, w ...
. The type of degree courses it offered were social science, business, humanities, and marketing & tourism. The former food department was not part of the college.
In 1999 it began to offer Broadcast Journalism and Media Production courses, and in 2000 it branched out to ECE Television, which became
East Coast Media
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Etymology
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, which worked with GTV (owned by
Granada
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).
In 2015, The Media Production Course was renamed from East Coast Media to Estuary Student TV. This was to reflect on the
Estuary TV
Estuary TV was a local television station based in the United Kingdom.
Coverage
Estuary TV was the UK's longest running local television station at the time of its closure. It reached approximately 140,000 homes in North and North East Linco ...
brand which is the Local Television Channel owned by the Grimsby Institute.
Higher education college
In 2004 it became the Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education. Its connection (associate college status) with the former University of Lincolnshire and Humberside (formed in 1996) finished when this changed its name to the
University of Lincoln
, mottoeng = Freedom through wisdom
, established = 1861 – Hull School of Art1905 – Endsleigh College1976 – Hull College1992 – University of Humberside1996 – University of Lincolnshire and Humberside2001 ...
in 2002, which rapidly closed most of its main
Hull site down (now occupied by the
Hull York Medical School
Hull York Medical School (HYMS) is a medical school in England which took its first intake of students in 2003. It was opened as a part of the British Government's attempts to train more doctors, along with Brighton and Sussex Medical School, ...
), concentrating it all in
Lincoln
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* Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), the sixteenth president of the United States
* Lincoln, England, cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England
* Lincoln, Nebraska, the capital of Nebraska, U.S.
* Lincoln ...
. Grimsby Institute was now separate from any partner university.
In 2006 it sponsored the Pyewipe roundabout on the
A180.
The Humber Food School was moved from
Grimsby
Grimsby or Great Grimsby is a port town and the administrative centre of North East Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England. Grimsby adjoins the town of Cleethorpes directly to the south-east forming a conurbation. Grimsby is north-east of Linco ...
to
Lincoln
Lincoln most commonly refers to:
* Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), the sixteenth president of the United States
* Lincoln, England, cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England
* Lincoln, Nebraska, the capital of Nebraska, U.S.
* Lincoln ...
. The Food Refrigeration and Process Engineering Research Centre (FRPERC) moved to the College in August 2009. Ray Ellis took over as acting principal from Professor Daniel Khan OBE in February 2010, who had been there for nine years. In July 2010 the Institute announced that Sue Middlehurst had accepted the post of Principal.
Campuses
The main site is situated at the junction of the
A1243 and
A46, just north of the
Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital
Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital (previously Scartho Road Hospital) is a public hospital in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England. It is managed by the Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
History
The hospital has its orig ...
.
Main campus
The Institute's main campus is at Nuns Corner in
Grimsby
Grimsby or Great Grimsby is a port town and the administrative centre of North East Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England. Grimsby adjoins the town of Cleethorpes directly to the south-east forming a conurbation. Grimsby is north-east of Linco ...
, and it has 8 branch sites. In 2019 the Institute had around 16,000 students. The site has its own nursery, theatre, campus shop,
multi-use games area, and fitness suite.
Other sites
* The Academy Grimsby or TAG (formerly East Coast School of Art and Design and Grimsby Art College) is a
school
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for 14-16 year-olds on Westward Ho, next to
Ormiston Maritime Academy
Ormiston Maritime Academy (formerly known as Hereford Technology School) is a secondary school with academy status in Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, England.
The school has an intake of 1048 pupils, aged 11 to 16.
In the last Ofsted re ...
and
Franklin College.
* The Nunsthorpe Community Campus is in
Nunsthorpe
Nunsthorpe (sometimes known locally as 'The Nunny', or by its nickname of Garden city movement, Garden City) is a suburb and housing estate in the western part of Great Grimsby, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, England. It is situated between L ...
and offers animal care and horticulture further education and training courses.
* Skegness TEC (formerly Lincolnshire Regional College) on Heath Road in
Skegness
Skegness ( ) is a seaside town and civil parish in the East Lindsey District of Lincolnshire, England. On the Lincolnshire coast of the North Sea, the town is east of Lincoln and north-east of Boston. With a population of 19,579 as of 2011, i ...
offers a range of vocational and employability further education and training courses.
* Grimsby Learning Centre on Osborne Street, Grimsby offers a range of adult training courses and employability training.
*Doncaster Learning Centre on Frances Street,
Doncaster
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offers a range of adult training courses and employability training.
*Humber Maritime College on Middleplatt Road, Immingham offers sea cadets and maritime education and training.
*Louth Learning Centre on Mercer Row,
Louth Louth may refer to:
Australia
*Hundred of Louth, a cadastral unit in South Australia
* Louth, New South Wales, a town
* Louth Bay, a bay in South Australia
**Louth Bay, South Australia, a town and locality
Canada
* Louth, Ontario
Ireland
* Cou ...
offers a range of adult training courses and employability training.
*Immingham Learning Centre on Pelham Road,
Immingham
Immingham is a town, civil parish and ward in the North East Lincolnshire unitary authority of England. It is situated on the south-west bank of the Humber Estuary, and is north-west from Grimsby.
The region was relatively unpopulated and un ...
offers a range of adult training courses and employability training.
Higher education
The Institute's higher education
degrees are validated by
Teesside University
, mottoeng = Deeds Not Words
, established = 1930 – Constantine Technical College1969 – as Teesside Polytechnic 1992 – gained university status
, type = Public
, endowment = £0.23 m (2019/20)
, chancellor ...
,
Hull,
Sheffield Hallam,
Leeds Metropolitan, and
Huddersfield
Huddersfield is a market town in the Kirklees district in West Yorkshire, England. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Kirklees district. The town is in the foothills of the Pennines. The River Holme's confluence into ...
universities.
Graduation ceremonies are held in October.
Notable alumni
*
Maxine Carr Partner and accomplice of child murderer
Ian Huntley
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*
Keeley Donovan
Keeley Emma Donovan (born 14 May 1983) is an English journalist and broadcaster, working for the BBC as a weather presenter for television and radio stations in the North of England.
Early life
Donovan was born in Grimsby and grew up in nearb ...
* Prof John Sizer CBE, former chief executive of the
Scottish Higher Education Funding Council
The Scottish Funding Council (Scottish Gaelic: '; SFC), referred to more formally as the Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council, is the non-departmental public body charged with funding Scotland's Further education, further and ...
from 1992–2001, who founded Loughborough Business School in 1991
*
Thomas Turgoose
Thomas Aiden Turgoose (born 11 February 1992) is an English actor, best known for his role as Shaun Fields in the film ''This Is England'' (2006), a role he reprises in the ''This Is England'' TV series ''This Is England '86'' (2010), ''This Is ...
Actor
*
Martin Vickers
Martin John Vickers (born 13 September 1950) is a British Conservative Party politician. He was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Cleethorpes at the 2010 general election.
Early life
Born in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, Vickers was ed ...
MP
Grimsby School of Art
*
Jane Andrews
Jane Dawn Elizabeth Andrews (born 1 April 1967) is an English former royal dresser for Sarah, Duchess of York, who was convicted at the Old Bailey in 2001 of murdering her lover, Tom Cressman. She was released from prison in 2015.
Early life
A ...
, murderer and former aide to the Duchess of York.
*
Richard Barnbrook
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, artist, filmmaker and former BNP member of the
London Assembly
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*
Alex Box
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People
Multiple
* Alex Brown (disambiguation), multiple people
* Alex Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people
* Alex Harris (disambiguation), multiple ...
, make-up artist.
*
Colin Carr
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Biography
Born in Liverpool, Carr is professor of cello at the Royal Academy of Music. He taught at the New England Conservatory in Bosto ...
artist, editor of "This England"(1929 – 2002)
*
John Hurt
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, actor
*
Reham Khan
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, Journalist
*
Susanne Osbourne, artist and designer, wife of singer
Stuart A. Staples.
References
* ''Guardian'', 13 November 1990, page 25
* ''Guardian'', 15 November 1994, page B4
External links
*
EduBase
News items
Seafood Institute opens in May 2008Taking over Scartho, Nunsthorpe and the Willows libraries in October 20042004 Olympic Games catering training
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