Huntingdon Campus of Cambridge Regional College, formerly Huntingdonshire Regional College is a

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college located in the Huntingdonshire district of

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and Cambridge,

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. The college has campuses in the town of

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and Cambridge. The Huntingdon Campus of Cambridge Regional College offers a range of qualifications including GCSEs, apprenticeships, BTECs, and

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s. Study subjects include art and design, business, computing, construction, photography, travel and tourism and hair and beauty. The college also offers a range of professional career courses including

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(AAT),

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(CMI) and

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. Specialist courses are run for adults with learning difficulties or disabilities. The campus offers a range of services to the public, including a hair and beauty salon, a plant centre and a nursery. Following an

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grade of inadequate in October 2016, the governors decided to remove the college's senior management team. The governors decided that the college should merge with Cambridge Regional College and so the senior team from Cambridge Regional College took over the running of the college. The merger took place on 1 August 2017 and Huntingdonshire Regional College is now known as Cambridge Regional College Huntingdon Campus.

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External links

Cambridge Regional College homepage
Further education colleges in Cambridgeshire Huntingdon {{Cambridgeshire-school-stub