Knowsley Community College is a

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. It ...

college based over three sites in the

Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley The Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley is a metropolitan borough in Merseyside, North West England. It covers several towns and villages, including Kirkby, Prescot, Huyton, Whiston, Halewood, Cronton and Stockbridge Village; Kirkby, Huyton, ...

, in

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History

The college was established in 1990 as a

tertiary college In England and Wales, a tertiary college is a type of further education (FE) college that offers both academic and vocational courses to both youngsters and adults, combining the main functions of an FE college and a sixth form college. Unlike a si ...

, as a result of a merger between Kirkby College of Further Education and Knowsley Central Tertiary College. Today, the college has two main further education sites in Kirkby and Knowsley and previously a

sixth form In the education systems of England, Northern Ireland, Wales, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and some other Commonwealth countries, sixth form represents the final two years of secondary education, ages 16 to 18. Pupils typically prepare for ...

centre in Roby.

Courses

Courses offered by the college include

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 au ...

s, BTECs,

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s and

Access course The Access to Higher Education (HE) Diploma is a U.K. qualification which prepares students — usually 19+ — for study as an undergraduate at university. The diploma is designed for people who would like to study in higher education but who ...

s. Knowsley Community College also offers some

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courses in conjunction with

Edge Hill University Edge Hill University is a campus-based public university in Ormskirk, Lancashire, England, which opened in 1885 as Edge Hill College, the first non-denominational teacher training college for women in England, before admitting its first male stu ...

KCC Live

KCC Live is a community radio station based in Knowsley Community College, broadcasting across Knowsley, surrounding areas such as

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an
online
to 10 - 24 year olds.

History

KCC Live was launched on 1 December 2003 by Hywel Evans as the college radio station for Knowsley Community College. It broadcast on 1251 Medium Wave, through a web stream, and across the two college campuses. KCC Live is based in the new Stockbridge Campus of Knowsley Community College and operates from two interchangeable live/pre-rec studios.

FM Community Radio

In 2008, KCC Live was successful in a bid for a community radio FM licence from Ofcom.More info can be found on the Ofcom website.
/ref> KCC Live was allocated the frequency 99.8FM, and now broadcasts across Knowsley and surrounding areas such as

playing music and content exclusively tailored for 10- to 24-year-olds.

Daytime Broadcasting

KCC Live Broadcasts 24/7, playlisting a mix of music aimed at a younger generation such as

Grime music Grime is a genre of electronic music that emerged in London in the early 2000s. It developed out of the earlier UK dance style UK garage, and draws influences from jungle, dancehall, and hip hop. The style is typified by rapid, syncopated brea ...

Urban music Urban contemporary music, also known as urban music, Hip hop music, hip hop, urban pop, or just simply urban, is a music radio format. The term was coined by New York radio DJ Frankie Crocker in the early to mid-1970s as a synonym for Black music ...

, Hip Hop music,

House music House is a music genre characterized by a repetitive Four on the floor (music), four-on-the-floor beat and a typical tempo of 120 beats per minute. It was created by Disc jockey, DJs and music producers from Chicago metropolitan area, Chicago' ...

and

Rock music Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as " rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles in the mid-1960s and later, particularly in the United States a ...

to name a few.

References

External links

Knowsley Community College homepage
Further education colleges in Merseyside Buildings and structures in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley Educational institutions established in 1990 Education in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley 1990 establishments in England {{Merseyside-school-stub