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Scarborough TEC, (formerly known as Yorkshire Coast College, Scarborough Technical College, Scarborough Technical Institute, and Scarborough School of Art) 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. I ...

college located on Filey Road

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, England. It is a constituent college of the

Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education and University Centre Grimsby (often Grimsby Institute or GIFHE or Grimsby College or UCG) is a further education college, apprenticeship provider, and higher education university in Grimsby in N ...

. Yorkshire Coast College was originally an independently controlled institution, but due to consistently poor results and long-term financial difficulties was taken over by the Grimsby Institute in January 2010. College courses for students from Scarborough and the surrounding area include

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s, BTECs,

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s, and some

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courses in conjunction with the

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. In November 2016, the name was changed from Yorkshire Coast College to Scarborough TEC, with the TEC standing for ''Training, Education, Careers''.

Notable recent alumni

* Ryan Swain - TV & radio presenter, DJ and motivational speaker. * Chris Helme – lead vocalist with

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– singer/songwriter * James Martin – celebrity chef and television personality. * Robert Palmer – recording artist * Mark Richardson – drummer with

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Timothy Sheader Timothy Sheader (born 23 November 1971 in Scarborough, North Yorkshire) is a British theatre director. Sheader read Law with French at the University of Birmingham before moving into a career in theatre. Since 2007, he has been Artistic Directo ...

– theatre

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* Jon Snow – journalist and presenter of

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Alumni from period as Scarborough School of Art 1882-1907

* Fred Appleyard – landscape artist *

Frances Crawshaw Frances Crawshaw ( Frances Fisher; September 1876 – 1968) was a British painter in oils and watercolours and also a botanical artist. Biography Crawshaw was born in Manchester and grew up at Sewerby on the Yorkshire coast where her father, Ro ...

- painter, botanical artist * Ernest Dade – painter, specialising in coastal and maritime subjects, and maker of model ships * Ian Hunter – painter and Dean of Fine Art at Central Saint Martins, London * Frank Henry Mason – maritime artist, and creator of art deco travel and railway posters * Albert Strange – Principal of the school for its first 35 years, yacht designer, and maritime artist * Harry Watson – landscape and portrait artist

References

External links

Official website

Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education website
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