South Gloucestershire and Stroud College, also known as SGS College, is a college of

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and

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based in

South Gloucestershire South Gloucestershire is a unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire, South West England. Towns in the area include Yate, Chipping Sodbury, Thornbury, Filton, Patchway and Bradley Stoke, the latter three forming part ...

and

Stroud Stroud is a market town and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England. It is the main town in Stroud District. The town's population was 13,500 in 2021. Below the western escarpment of the Cotswold Hills, at the meeting point of the Five ...

, England. It was established in February 2012 following the merger of Filton College and Stroud College. The college is made up of six campuses located in and around Bristol, North Bristol,

and

. In 2021, the college launched a University Centre at its WISE campus after being awarded university centre status by the

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History

South Gloucestershire and Stroud College was formed when Filton College and Stroud College merged in early 2012. Filton College was founded in 1960 as Filton Technical College. By 1965 the college had over 2000 students, many of whom were part-time. In 1990 the college officially changed its name to Filton College. The next major development for the college was in 2005 when the WISE Campus (West of England Institute of Specialist Education) was opened, at a cost of £17.5 million. It is dedicated to performing arts, fine art and sport. Stroud College started in the School of Art in 1860. This was later renamed The Technical College, and was located in various buildings in Stroud. Only in the 1950s, after the town council was gifted

Stratford Park Stratford Park is a green flag awarded area of Stroud in Gloucestershire, south west England. With a large park and lake, and a leisure centre complex, Stratford Park is a major tourist area for Stroud. It is located on the outskirts of Stroud to ...

, did the college relocate to the present campus on Stratford Road. The Art Department remained for many years in the Art School in Stroud. The Gloucestershire College of Art was created from the merger of the Stroud School of Art and the Cheltenham College of Art in 1959.'150 years of Art Education', 2002, University of Gloucestershire

Courses

SGS provides a number of qualifications including

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and

A-level The A-Level (Advanced Level) is a subject-based qualification conferred as part of the General Certificate of Education, as well as a school leaving qualification offered by the educational bodies in the United Kingdom and the educational aut ...

, as well as a number of vocational courses leading to BTEC First and National Diplomas and other similar qualifications, and some higher education courses leading

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, foundation degrees and full BA/BSc (Hons) degrees through partnership with the

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It also runs EFL programmes for non-native speakers of English.

Campuses

South Gloucestershire and Stroud College (SGS) has six campuses, Filton, WISE, Queens Road, Clifton, Stroud and Berkeley Green.

SGS Filton

The Filton campus of the college is located in Filton Avenue, Filton, Bristol. A-level students attend classes at the main A-level Block (A-Block), adjacent to the main campus or in classrooms within the main site. At the A-level Block there is a small cafe selling hot drinks and a few hot meals. BTEC/National Diploma students attend classes in the main block or in the Arts block (F-Block). Media/Photography Students attend classes in F-Block, which is across the car park from the main site or at WISE. The campus has a refectory where hot food is served, a small sweet shop, and a Student Centre. CIC painted a mural in the canteen of the Filton campus, where

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and Felix Braun were students. It has a workshop area known as Bristol Construction Academy which takes place in "R-Block". The college teaches a variety of trades, including plumbing, brick laying, gas and engineering.

SGS WISE

The WISE (West of England Institute of Specialist Education) campus is located in New Road,

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adjacent to

Abbeywood Community School Abbeywood Community School is a mixed secondary school located in the Stoke Gifford area of South Gloucestershire, England. Abbeywood Community School opened in 2010, replacing Filton High School, which previously occupied the site. Abbeywood ...

opened in 2005 at a cost of £17.5 million. It is the main site for sports, performing and visual arts courses at the college. WISE is home to the Bristol Institute of Performing Arts (BIPA), Bristol School of Art, SGS Sport and since 2021 University Centre WISE. SGS Sport has partnerships with

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basketball team,

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and

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, and the women's

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team,

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, plays at the highest level in England, the

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Stoke Gifford Stadium Stoke Gifford Stadium is an association football stadium based in Filton, in South Gloucestershire, England. Until August 2020 it was the home of FA Women's Super League team Bristol City W.F.C. and the Bristol Aztecs american football team. It i ...

is the arena that hosts the association football, american football and athletics which was opened in 2011. The Bristol Institute of Performing Arts (BIPA) is based in the first wing of the WISE campus and offers a range of further and higher education degree courses. Degree Courses * BA (Hons) Musical Theatre * BA (Hons) Drama and Performance * BA (Hons) Acting & Touring Theatre * BA (Hons) Commercial Dance for Stage & Screen * FdA Live Events Production * FdA Digital Media * BA (Hons) Specialist Make-Up Design * BA (Hons) Prosthetics, Modelmaking & Digital Design BIPA's facilities include 6 dance studios, 5 acting/rehearsal studios, TV studio, Mac editing suits, scenic workshop, wardrobe department, study zone, gym, theatre bar and The Olympus Theatre and Studio 22 theatre which puts on over 40 productions a year. In 2021, the college launched its University Centre after remodelling its existing WISE Campus to accommodate additional degree students. The University Centre officially opened as University Centre WISE , West of England Institute of Specialist Education on Friday 19 November 2021.

SGS Stroud

The Stroud campus is located in Stratford Road,

. The campus has a remote education centre located in

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, Gloucestershire, and a co-operative sixth form site at

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with

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, Stroud High School and

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. The Stroud campus has a learning resource centre, construction workshops, learn IT centre, Envy hair and beauty salon, refectory, conference facilities as well as sports and leisure facilities.

SGS Queens Road (Bristol School of Art)

The SGS Queens Road Campus is located in the right wing of the

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in Queens Road, Clifton, Bristol. The academy was Bristol's first art gallery and constructed in 1857.

SGS Clifton at Bristol Zoo Gardens

The SGS Clifton Campus is located at Bristol Zoo Gardens, Clifton, Bristol. The Clifton campus offers two degree courses in Zoological Management and Conservation.

SGS Berkeley Green

SGS Berkeley Green opened in September 2017. The site is a 50-acre technology park, centred on the former Berkeley Nuclear Laboratories just south of the

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. Its main building, the John Huggett Engineering Hall, was converted from the laboratories former engineering hall building. The Berkeley Green campus is also home to the Berkeley Green UTC, part of the SGS Multi Academy Trust.

University Centre

In 2021 the college successfully applied to the

for University Centre status in recognition of its high achieving

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results. This followed a score of 94% overall degree student satisfaction in 2020 which was the highest in

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. The college then launched its University Centre after a remodelling of the existing WISE campus. Since September 2021 most of the college's higher education provision has been at the University Centre.

Notable alumni

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, BTE
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Gallery

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References

External links

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