Richmond upon Thames College

Richmond-upon-Thames College
A view of several department buildings of the college
Type	Public FE
Established	1977
Principal	Robin Ghurbhurun
Chair of Corporation	Cathy Bird
Students	3,000
Location	Twickenham, Middlesex, England
Campus	Urban
Nickname	RuTC
Website	www.rutc.ac.uk

Richmond upon Thames College (formerly Twickenham College of Technology) is a College of General Further and Higher Education located on a single site in Twickenham. It provides education and training to 16- to 18-year-olds and adults from across Richmond, London, Surrey and Berkshire. The college offers a wide range of academic and technical vocational qualifications (entry level through to level 4) including a wide range of A Levels and a raft of technical vocational qualifications, higher education courses and Apprenticeships.

The college is currently involved in a redevelopment project of its existing 22-acre estate. This redevelopment involves a number of partners - Richmond upon Thames College, Richmond Council, Clarendon School, Haymarket Media Group, Achieving for Children, Waldegrave School and Harlequins - to create an Education and Enterprise Campus on one site. This project will result in a college of further and higher education, a new 11-16 secondary school, purpose built accommodation for Clarendon School's secondary pupils and Haymarket's new 'tech hub' and digital media incubator. The first phase of this project should be completed in 2017.

General

The College was formed in 1977 by a merger of the sixth form colleges from Shene and Thames Valley with the former Twickenham College of Technology on its site.^[1]

The college currently has around 3,000 full-time students. All students have access to the college's onsite facilities, which include sports fields,sports hall and gym, a large learning and resources centre and many specialist facilities for the college's performing arts, media, art, construction craftes, engineering, science, languages, sports and catering students. Parking is available on the campus for both staff and students and there are a number of food outlets. The college is one of the largest suppliers of students to university (including Oxbridge and Russell Group) and also has excellent employer links to help students find employment.

Location

The college is situated in Twickenham, Greater London less than a kilometre from the English national rugby stadium. The nearest rail link is Twickenham Station and the nearest underground connections are Richmond and Hounslow Central. It is also served by local bus routes notably the 281 between Tolworth and Twickenham and the 267 between Fulwell and Hammersmith.

Enrichment

The college has an extensive enrichment programme for its 16- to 19-year-old students, this includes music, recreational sports and Sports Academies and a number of clubs and societies e.g. Amnesty International, Film Club.

Notable alumni

Alexander Yusuf, architect
Susannah Doyle, actress and scriptwriter
Ben Scott
Andrew Gilligan
Joe Anderson
Ruby Bentall
Nathan Ellington^[2]
Caroline Flint
Benjamin Cook
Jamie T
Rebecca Romero
Su-Elise Nash
Crispian Mills, member of band Kula Shaker
Alonza Bevan, member of band Kula Shaker
Delon Armitage, international rugby player
Anabel Barnston, actress (known for Chloe in Coming of Age)
Jason Flemyng, actor
Edd Gould, animator (known for Eddsworld)
Alex Evans, bass guitarist and songwriter with top 20 band Moke (British band))
Adam Waithe, youtuber.

Notes

↑ "East Sheen Grammar School for Boys". Retrieved 27 April 2011.
↑ http://www.rutc.ac.uk/sportsacademies/hallOfFame.asp

Schools and colleges in Richmond upon Thames

Secondary schools	Christ's School Grey Court School Hampton Academy Orleans Park School Richmond Park Academy St Richard Reynolds RC College Teddington School Twickenham Academy Waldegrave School

Independent schools	Colet Court German School London Hampton Court House Hampton School The Harrodian School Kew College King's House School Lady Eleanor Holles School The Mall School Newland House School Royal Ballet School St Catherine's School St Paul's School The Swedish School in London Tower House School

Further education colleges	Richmond Adult Community College Richmond upon Thames College

Defunct schools	Alcott House Corona Theatre School London Central Elementary High School Richmond County School for Girls Thames Valley Grammar School

Universities and colleges in London

Education in London

Universities

University of London	Birkbeck Central School of Speech and Drama Courtauld Institute of Art Goldsmiths Heythrop College Institute of Cancer Research King's College London London Business School London School of Economics London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Queen Mary Royal Academy of Music Royal Holloway Royal Veterinary College School of Advanced Study St George's SOAS University College London

Other	University of the Arts London BPP University Brunel University City University London University of East London University of Greenwich Kingston University Imperial College London University of Law London Metropolitan University London South Bank University Middlesex University Regent's University London Richmond, The American International University in London Roehampton University Royal College of Art St Mary's University University of Westminster University of West London

Other university-level colleges

Further Education colleges

Sixth form colleges

List

Coordinates: 51°27′04″N 0°20′28″W / 51.4512°N 0.3411°W / 51.4512; -0.3411

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