South Staffordshire College is a further education college located over four sites in Staffordshire,

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. The college was created in 2009 as a result of a merger of Cannock Chase Technical College, Rodbaston College and Tamworth and Lichfield College. It now operates over five sites in

Lichfield Lichfield () is a cathedral city and civil parish in Staffordshire, England. Lichfield is situated roughly south-east of the county town of Stafford, south-east of Rugeley, north-east of Walsall, north-west of Tamworth and south-west o ...

, Rodbaston (

Penkridge Penkridge ( ) is a village and civil parish in South Staffordshire District in Staffordshire, England. It is to the south of Stafford, north of Wolverhampton, west of Cannock and east of Telford. The nearby town of Brewood is also not far awa ...

), Cannock and 2 campuses in Tamworth. The Cannock campus was closed in July 2017 but re-opened as the Skills and Innovation Hub in August 2018. South Staffordshire College offers a range of further education courses including

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s and

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s. The college also has a

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provision, with courses offered in conjunction with

Staffordshire University , mottoeng = Dare to know , type = Public , endowment = £70 million (2015) , administrative_staff = 1,375 , chancellor = Francis Fitzherbert, 15th Baron Stafford , vice_chancellor = Professor Martin Jones , ...

and the

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. The College is a sponsor of The Rural Enterprise Academy, a state-funded secondary school in

, Staffordshire.

Campuses

* Lichfield Campus, The Friary, Lichfield () * Rodbaston Campus, Penkridge () * Cannock Campus, The Green, Cannock, Staffordshire, * Tamworth Campus, Croft Street, Tamworth () * Torc Professional and Technical Centre, Silver Link Road, Glascote Heath, Tamworth ()

References

External links

South Staffordshire College homepage
Education in Staffordshire Cannock Education in Lichfield Borough of Stafford Further education colleges in Staffordshire Further education colleges in the Collab Group Educational institutions established in 2009 2009 establishments in England Education in Tamworth, Staffordshire {{UK-university-stub