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class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">52.56750°N 1.82167°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">52.56750; -1.82167</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">FE College</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Motto</th><td class="infobox-data">Shaping futures, realising dreams</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Local authority</th><td class="infobox-data">Birmingham</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Department_for_Education" title="Department for Education">Department for Education</a> URN</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/130466">130466</a> <a rel="nofollow" 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class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Matthew_Boulton_Campus_2010.JPG/220px-Matthew_Boulton_Campus_2010.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Matthew_Boulton_Campus_2010.JPG/330px-Matthew_Boulton_Campus_2010.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Matthew_Boulton_Campus_2010.JPG/440px-Matthew_Boulton_Campus_2010.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>The Matthew Boulton Campus viewed from <a href="/wiki/Aston_University" title="Aston University">Aston University</a> Lake.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sutton_Coldfield_College.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Sutton_Coldfield_College.jpg/220px-Sutton_Coldfield_College.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Sutton_Coldfield_College.jpg/330px-Sutton_Coldfield_College.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Sutton_Coldfield_College.jpg/440px-Sutton_Coldfield_College.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2240" data-file-height="1488" /></a><figcaption>The Sutton Coldfield Campus viewed from Lichfield Road prior to the 2008 refurbishment.</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Birmingham Metropolitan College</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Further_education" title="Further education">further</a> and <a href="/wiki/Higher_education" class="mw-redirect" title="Higher education">higher education</a> college with 10 campuses distributed within <a href="/wiki/Birmingham" title="Birmingham">Birmingham</a>, England. The college was created in 2009 as an amalgamation of Matthew Boulton College and Sutton Coldfield College. The main site is Matthew Boulton College based at Jennens Road in <a href="/wiki/Birmingham" title="Birmingham">Birmingham</a> City Centre. </p><p>In addition to the existing campuses and facilities, there are proposals for the construction of a new campus in <a href="/wiki/Perry_Barr" title="Perry Barr">Perry Barr</a>, although these plans are currently on hold due to funding issues. The college is a member of the <a href="/wiki/Collab_Group" title="Collab Group">Collab Group</a> of high performing schools.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Birmingham_Metropolitan_College&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Matthew_Boulton_College">Matthew Boulton College</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Birmingham_Metropolitan_College&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Matthew Boulton College"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The origins of Matthew Boulton College are related to the Municipal Technical School, which was located on Suffolk Street in Birmingham. Construction commenced on the college on 18 November 1893 and it was opened on 16 September 1895. The purpose-built premises were used by 34 staff and approximately 2,000 students. The classes available were <a href="/wiki/Chemistry" title="Chemistry">Chemistry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Physics" title="Physics">Physics</a>, Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, Metallurgy, <a href="/wiki/Mathematics" title="Mathematics">Mathematics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Handicrafts" class="mw-redirect" title="Handicrafts">Handicrafts</a> and Typography and Drawing.<sup id="cite_ref-mbc99_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mbc99-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the mid-1930s, a new site had been acquired in <a href="/wiki/Gosta_Green" title="Gosta Green">Gosta Green</a> and another college called the College of Technology, Commerce and Art was constructed, although construction was delayed by World War II. The Gosta Green site became the UK's first College of Advanced Technology (CAT), later <a href="/wiki/Aston_University" title="Aston University">Aston University</a>, receiving its royal charter in 1966. In 1957, it was decided to rename the separate Suffolk Street building and in November 1957, it became the Matthew Boulton Technical College, named after <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Boulton" title="Matthew Boulton">Matthew Boulton</a>, a prominent local industrialist of the <a href="/wiki/Industrial_Revolution" title="Industrial Revolution">Industrial Revolution</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-mbc99_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mbc99-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the 1950s and 1960s, a new college was constructed on Sherlock Street and the courses were moved there in a phased approach throughout the 1960s.<sup id="cite_ref-mbc99_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mbc99-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the late 1990s, these premises had become unfit for purpose and it was deemed uneconomic to refurbish them, so Matthew Boulton College sought a new location on Jennens Road in the <a href="/wiki/Eastside,_Birmingham" title="Eastside, Birmingham">Eastside</a> area of the city in late 1999 close to the <a href="/wiki/Aston_University" title="Aston University">Aston University</a> Campus.<sup id="cite_ref-jisc_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jisc-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 18,000-square-metre (193,750 sq ft) site was purchased by the college from <a href="/wiki/Aston_University" title="Aston University">Aston University</a> in 2003 and a three-month demolition programme on the site commenced in September 2003. Construction started in January 2004 and was completed by July 2005 to allow the building to be opened to students for the new academic year in September 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-jisc_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jisc-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The project cost £37.9 million, £13.2 million was given by the Birmingham and Solihull <a href="/wiki/Learning_and_Skills_Council" title="Learning and Skills Council">Learning and Skills Council</a>, the largest awarded in the Midlands and the second largest in the country to a college of further and higher education.<sup id="cite_ref-dg_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dg-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Construction cost approximately £23 million.<sup id="cite_ref-jisc_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jisc-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bond Bryan Architects were commissioned to design the scheme while Davis Langdon were appointed to manage the construction and costs of the project.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Sherlock Street buildings were purchased by the regional development agency <a href="/wiki/Advantage_West_Midlands" title="Advantage West Midlands">Advantage West Midlands</a><sup id="cite_ref-dg_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dg-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and were demolished in late 2008. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sutton_Coldfield_College">Sutton Coldfield College</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Birmingham_Metropolitan_College&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Sutton Coldfield College"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Birmingham-Metropolitan-College-James-Watt-Campus-June-2010.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Birmingham-Metropolitan-College-James-Watt-Campus-June-2010.jpg/220px-Birmingham-Metropolitan-College-James-Watt-Campus-June-2010.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Birmingham-Metropolitan-College-James-Watt-Campus-June-2010.jpg/330px-Birmingham-Metropolitan-College-James-Watt-Campus-June-2010.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Birmingham-Metropolitan-College-James-Watt-Campus-June-2010.jpg/440px-Birmingham-Metropolitan-College-James-Watt-Campus-June-2010.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2662" data-file-height="1562" /></a><figcaption>James Watt Campus in June 2010</figcaption></figure> <p>Sutton Coldfield College originated in 1896 as a technical school, then expanded in 1964 as a further education college.<sup id="cite_ref-SC-Independent_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SC-Independent-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Preparations for the further education college began in the 1950s when its purpose-built facilities at Lichfield Road were constructed. In 2003, plans were submitted to the Government for North Birmingham College, formerly Brooklyn Technical College, to be merged with Sutton Coldfield College. The plans were laid before Parliament on 19 May 2003 and subsequently approved by <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Hodge" title="Margaret Hodge">Margaret Hodge</a>. North Birmingham College was then dissolved with all of its property being transferred to Sutton Coldfield College on 1 August 2003,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with the college buildings becoming the <a href="/wiki/Great_Barr" title="Great Barr">Great Barr</a> campus (It is now known as BMC's 'James Watt Campus'). In 2006, plans were put before Parliament for the merger of Josiah Mason Sixth Form College and Sutton Coldfield College. They were approved by the Secretary of State and Josiah Mason College was dissolved on 1 August 2006, with its properties being transferred to Sutton Coldfield College.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A new Sixth Form Centre, designed by SMC Hickton Madeley Architects, at the Lichfield Road campus was completed in 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also recently<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (January 2011)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> completed is an Amenities Building and a new entrance to the Design Centre. The 1950s buildings at the Lichfield Road campus underwent an extensive refurbishment in 2008 which also saw the partial demolition of the Student Services building which was then reconstructed to become the Business Development Centre. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Merger">Merger</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Birmingham_Metropolitan_College&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Merger"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2008, Matthew Boulton College and Sutton Coldfield College collaborated in providing courses. In the same year, they applied to the Government to allow the two colleges to merge, and also applied for funding from the <a href="/wiki/Learning_and_Skills_Council" title="Learning and Skills Council">Learning and Skills Council</a> for the construction of a new £42 million campus on a former dairy site alongside the <a href="/wiki/River_Tame,_West_Midlands" title="River Tame, West Midlands">River Tame</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Perry_Barr" title="Perry Barr">Perry Barr</a>, named the Riverside.<sup id="cite_ref-BPmerge_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BPmerge-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To allow the merger of the two colleges, Matthew Boulton College was dissolved and all of its properties transferred to Sutton Coldfield College.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The merger to create 'Birmingham Metropolitan College' was approved by the <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of State">Secretary of State</a> in June 2009 and came into effect from 1 August 2009. Upon the merger, the new college had a combined student population of 27,000, making it one of the largest further and higher education institutions in the United Kingdom.<sup id="cite_ref-BPmerge_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BPmerge-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Before the 2013–2014 academic year, the college prohibited garments obscuring the face, for which it was congratulated by the Prime Minister, <a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Campuses">Campuses</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Birmingham_Metropolitan_College&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Campuses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Birmingham Metropolitan College manages eight campuses within Birmingham, most of them the result of previous college mergers. The main site is Matthew Boulton College in Birmingham City Centre. Sutton Coldfield College<sup id="cite_ref-john_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-john-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at Lichfield Road in Sutton Coldfield is home to the college's administrative offices, a <a href="/wiki/Sixth_form_college" title="Sixth form college">sixth form college</a> and further education facilities. The buildings were mostly constructed in the 1950s as purpose-built structure although the college also obtained the <a href="/wiki/Listed_building" title="Listed building">Grade II* listed</a> <a href="/wiki/Moat_House,_Sutton_Coldfield" title="Moat House, Sutton Coldfield">Moat House</a> which was built in the 17th century by <a href="/wiki/William_Wilson_(architect)" title="William Wilson (architect)">Sir William Wilson</a>. They also obtained the Old Art School, further up Lichfield Road adjacent to <a href="/wiki/Bishop_Vesey%27s_Grammar_School" title="Bishop Vesey's Grammar School">Bishop Vesey's Grammar School</a>, which is now being used as a performing arts centre. On Sutton Coldfield High Street is the college's Media Centre which is based within the Emmanuel Court office complex.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The college has a separate campus in The Mall Sutton Coldfield, also known as the Gracechurch Shopping Centre, in Sutton Coldfield town centre that serves as the college's IT campus.<sup id="cite_ref-uku_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uku-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another campus in Sutton Coldfield is the Design Centre, a specially converted building on the periphery of Sutton Coldfield town centre.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are two campuses in the <a href="/wiki/Erdington" title="Erdington">Erdington</a> area of north Birmingham; Slade Road and Mason Road. The Slade Road campus was originally occupied by Josiah Mason College until it merged with Sutton Coldfield College. Josiah Mason College also occupied another campus in <a href="/wiki/Castle_Vale" title="Castle Vale">Castle Vale</a> that is now occupied by Birmingham Metropolitan College. The Castle Vale campus was completed as part of the C3 complex on the High Street in December 2005 at a cost of £3.7 million<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and shares the building with Castle Vale Library. The building was designed by <a href="/wiki/Associated_Architects" title="Associated Architects">Associated Architects</a> and was officially opened on 6 March 2006. The building received funding from the council, <a href="/wiki/European_Regional_Development_Fund" title="European Regional Development Fund">European Regional Development Fund</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Learning_and_Skills_Council" title="Learning and Skills Council">Learning and Skills Council</a>. There are 27 public computer terminals and an additional 60 study places in the 600 m<sup>2</sup> (6,458 sq ft) building.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The distinctive building features a curved double-height corner feature, topped by a sharp Tecu Bronze-clad apex.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The other campus, <i>James Watt Campus</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-john_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-john-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> located in north Birmingham is the <a href="/wiki/Great_Barr" title="Great Barr">Great Barr</a> facility that was formerly North Birmingham College,<sup id="cite_ref-uku_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uku-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and before that Brooklyn Technical College. </p><p>Matthew Boulton campus, formerly the main Matthew Boulton College building, serves as the second largest campus for Birmingham Metropolitan College. The nine-storey building is located on Jennens Road in the Eastside district of <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_City_Centre" class="mw-redirect" title="Birmingham City Centre">Birmingham City Centre</a>, adjacent to <a href="/wiki/Aston_University" title="Aston University">Aston University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Riverside_campus">Riverside campus</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Birmingham_Metropolitan_College&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Riverside campus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Update plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Update" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/42px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png" decoding="async" width="42" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/63px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/84px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="290" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section needs to be <b>updated</b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">December 2020</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Plans for a new campus for Sutton Coldfield College in the <a href="/wiki/Perry_Barr" title="Perry Barr">Perry Barr</a> area of Birmingham came to light in 2005. The site chosen was the former Express and Avonmore Dairy complex on Aldridge Road and the initial plans included the construction of a four-storey building, which received approval from Birmingham City Council in November 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The services offered at the Great Barr and Mason Road campuses were to be consolidated into the single campus at Aldridge Road. The sale of the campuses would fund the construction<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and plans were put forward for the construction of 89 houses and 31 flats of two and three storeys on the Great Barr campus site.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The merger of Josiah Mason College and Sutton Coldfield College led to the plans being put on hold in 2006. Work towards the start of construction of the campus were due to commence in 2007 following the appointment of <a href="/wiki/Christine_Braddock" title="Christine Braddock">Christine Braddock</a> as college principal from Matthew Boulton College. However, the college decided to change the plans following the merger so that the services at the Josiah Mason campus and Castle Vale campus could be incorporated onto the site. Tendering for a contractor commenced in March 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new designs by Nicholas Hare Architects LLP for the campus were unveiled in mid-2008 and the project progressed with appointment of various companies to help manage the project. In August 2008, Concept were appointed as project managers<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while BAM Construction were appointed to construct the scheme and BAM Design were appointed as structural engineers.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the planning application was submitted on 16 October 2008. The planning application was approved by the city council on 18 December 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The approved designs included a six-storey building with 22,000 m<sup>2</sup> (236,806 sq ft) of space<sup id="cite_ref-BM20080929_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BM20080929-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on the 7.5-acre (30,351 m<sup>2</sup>) site.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The scheme is estimated to cost £44 million. It was believed that construction would commence in April 2009 with completion due for the start of the new academic year in September 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-BM20080929_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BM20080929-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Construction of the campus was reliant on the college being able to obtain a £21 million grant from the Learning and Skills Council. However, in early 2009, the Learning and Skills Council announced that they were putting a freeze on capital programmes due to a lack of funds.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> LSC then announced that they would launch a cost-cutting programme. There were worries that the Riverside scheme could be classed as a "rebuild" by LSC, who had announced that a small number of "rebuild" projects would receive full funding.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In July 2009, Sutton Coldfield College learned that it was not one of the thirteen shortlisted colleges to receive funding, placing the Riverside project in jeopardy as the college would only be able to apply for funding next in 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stourbridge_campus">Stourbridge campus</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Birmingham_Metropolitan_College&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Stourbridge campus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Stourbridge College was formed in 1958 as the Foley College of Further Education and College of Art, through the merger of the Stourbridge College of Art (founded in 1848) and the Stourbridge Technical School (founded in 1891). It was renamed Stourbridge College of Technology and Art in 1979. The college became a further education corporation in 1992, after the <a href="/wiki/Further_and_Higher_Education_Act_1992" title="Further and Higher Education Act 1992">Further and Higher Education Act 1992</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Col_History_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Col_History-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The college merged with BMET in 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The main campus, built during the 1970s, is situated south of Stourbridge Town Centre. A second campus opened in 1990 within the buildings of the former <a href="/wiki/Longlands_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Longlands School">Longlands School</a>, after the school had closed to merge with <a href="/wiki/High_Park_School" class="mw-redirect" title="High Park School">High Park School</a> to form the <a href="/wiki/Ridgewood_High_School,_Wollaston" title="Ridgewood High School, Wollaston">Ridgewood High School</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Col_History_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Col_History-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A third campus opened in 2001 at the <a href="/wiki/Merry_Hill_Shopping_Centre" title="Merry Hill Shopping Centre">Merry Hill Waterfront</a>, some four miles away in <a href="/wiki/Brierley_Hill" title="Brierley Hill">Brierley Hill</a>. An additional Brierley Hill campus opened in September 2011, housing a new Art and Design centre,<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with a new technology centre currently being planned for the same site.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Stourbridge College was closed down in 2019,<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> leading to a call for enquiry from Stourbridge's MP, Margot James, alongside students being transferred to nearby <a href="/wiki/Dudley_College" title="Dudley College">Dudley College</a> and <a href="/wiki/Halesowen_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Halesowen College">Halesowen College</a>, although many students chose not to - many citing issues with travel time and cost.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Alumni">Alumni</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Birmingham_Metropolitan_College&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Alumni"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Adkins" title="Scott Adkins">Scott Adkins</a>†</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Benson" title="David Benson">David Benson</a>†</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashley_Blake" title="Ashley Blake">Ashley Blake</a>†<sup id="cite_ref-SC-Independent_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SC-Independent-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Carder" title="Frederick Carder">Frederick Carder</a> ‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gideon_London" title="Gideon London">Gideon London</a> ‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigel_Mansell" title="Nigel Mansell">Nigel Mansell</a>*<sup id="cite_ref-independent_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-independent-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Reekie" title="David Reekie">David Reekie</a> ‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Skinner_(musician)" title="Mike Skinner (musician)">Mike Skinner</a>†<sup id="cite_ref-SC-Independent_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SC-Independent-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samantha_Tross" title="Samantha Tross">Samantha Tross</a>*<sup id="cite_ref-morgan_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-morgan-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Walters" title="Ian Walters">Ian Walters</a> ‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neville_Weston" title="Neville Weston">Neville Weston</a> ‡</li></ul> <p>* - Matthew Boulton College </p><p>† - Sutton Coldfield College </p><p>‡ - Stourbridge College </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Birmingham_Metropolitan_College&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Birmingham" title="Education in Birmingham">Education in Birmingham</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Birmingham_Metropolitan_College&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.collabgroup.co.uk/#members">"Collab Group"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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College Birmingham">UCB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Warwick" title="University of Warwick">Warwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Wolverhampton" title="University of Wolverhampton">Wolverhampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Worcester" title="University of Worcester">Worcester</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Further Education colleges</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Birmingham Metropolitan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bournville_College" title="Bournville College">Bournville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burton_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Burton College">Burton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buxton_%26_Leek_College" title="Buxton & Leek College">Buxton & Leek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_College_Coventry" class="mw-redirect" title="City College 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title="Solihull College">Solihull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_%26_City_College_Birmingham" class="mw-redirect" title="South & City College Birmingham">South & City Birmingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Staffordshire_College" title="South Staffordshire College">South Staffordshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stafford_College" title="Stafford College">Stafford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent_College" title="Stoke-on-Trent College">Stoke-on-Trent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stratford-upon-Avon_College" title="Stratford-upon-Avon College">Stratford-upon-Avon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telford_College" title="Telford College">Telford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walsall_College" title="Walsall College">Walsall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warwickshire_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Warwickshire College">Warwickshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Wolverhampton_College" title="City of Wolverhampton College">Wolverhampton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th 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Primary School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parkfield_Community_School" title="Parkfield Community School">Parkfield Community School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robin_Hood_Academy" title="Robin Hood Academy">Robin Hood Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Starbank_School" title="Starbank School">Starbank School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washwood_Heath_Academy" title="Washwood Heath Academy">Washwood Heath Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waverley_School,_Birmingham" title="Waverley School, Birmingham">Waverley School</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Secondary schools</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Archbishop_Ilsley_Catholic_School" title="Archbishop Ilsley Catholic School">Archbishop Ilsley Catholic School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arena_Academy" title="Arena Academy">Arena Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ark_Boulton_Academy" title="Ark Boulton Academy">Ark Boulton Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ark_Kings_Academy" title="Ark Kings Academy">Ark Kings Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ark_St_Alban%27s_Academy" title="Ark St Alban's Academy">Ark St Alban's Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Arthur_Terry_School" title="The Arthur Terry School">The Arthur Terry School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aston_Manor_Academy" title="Aston Manor Academy">Aston Manor Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aston_University_Engineering_Academy" title="Aston University Engineering Academy">Aston University Engineering Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bartley_Green_School" title="Bartley Green School">Bartley Green School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Ormiston_Academy" title="Birmingham Ormiston Academy">Birmingham Ormiston Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_Challoner_Catholic_College" title="Bishop Challoner Catholic College">Bishop Challoner RC College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_Walsh_Catholic_School" title="Bishop Walsh Catholic School">Bishop Walsh RC School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bordesley_Green_Girls%27_School" title="Bordesley Green Girls' School">Bordesley Green Girls' School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bournville_School" title="Bournville School">Bournville School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broadway_Academy" title="Broadway Academy">Broadway Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cardinal_Wiseman_Catholic_School,_Birmingham" title="Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School, Birmingham">Cardinal Wiseman RC School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cockshut_Hill_School" title="Cockshut Hill School">Cockshut Hill School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colmers_School" title="Colmers School">Colmers School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dame_Elizabeth_Cadbury_School" title="Dame Elizabeth Cadbury School">Dame Elizabeth Cadbury School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erdington_Academy" title="Erdington Academy">Erdington Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairfax_Academy" title="Fairfax Academy">Fairfax Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fortis_Academy" title="Fortis Academy">Fortis Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_Dwellings_Academy" title="Four Dwellings Academy">Four Dwellings Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Dixon_Academy" title="George Dixon Academy">George Dixon Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenwood_Academy,_Birmingham" title="Greenwood Academy, Birmingham">Greenwood Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hall_Green_School" title="Hall Green School">Hall Green School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamstead_Hall_Academy" title="Hamstead Hall Academy">Hamstead Hall Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harborne_Academy" title="Harborne Academy">Harborne Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heartlands_Academy" title="Heartlands Academy">Heartlands Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hillcrest_School,_Birmingham" title="Hillcrest School, Birmingham">Hillcrest School</a></li> <li><a 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Edward VI Northfield School for Girls">King Edward VI Northfield School for Girls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_Edward_VI_Sheldon_Heath_Academy" title="King Edward VI Sheldon Heath Academy">King Edward VI Sheldon Heath Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_Solomon_International_Business_School" title="King Solomon International Business School">King Solomon International Business School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kings_Heath_Boys" class="mw-redirect" title="Kings Heath Boys">Kings Heath Boys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Norton_Boys%27_School" title="King's Norton Boys' School">King's Norton Boys' School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kings_Norton_Girls%27_School" title="Kings Norton Girls' School">Kings Norton Girls' School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lordswood_Boys%27_School" title="Lordswood Boys' School">Lordswood Boys' School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lordswood_Girls%27_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Lordswood Girls' School">Lordswood Girls' School</a></li> <li><a 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