Central Bedfordshire College

Central Bedfordshire College

Former names	Dunstable College
Type	Further education
Established	2010 (1961)
Principal	Ali Hadawi CBE
Location	Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England 51°53′28″N 0°31′08″W / 51.891°N 0.519°W / 51.891; -0.519Coordinates: 51°53′28″N 0°31′08″W / 51.891°N 0.519°W / 51.891; -0.519
Website	www.centralbeds.ac.uk

Central Bedfordshire College (formerly Dunstable College, also known as CBC) is a British further education college located in Bedfordshire, England. The college was established in 1961 in Dunstable. On 14 January 2010, the college was renamed Central Bedfordshire College. Ali Hadawi CBE, principal and chief executive explained that the change of name was to reflect the College's commitment to Central Bedfordshire as a whole and be recognised as the premier post sixteen institution in the area.

Today, the college has four campuses across Central Bedfordshire, based in Dunstable, Houghton Regis, Luton and Leighton Buzzard. The college offers a range of courses, full-time and part-time, vocational and academic, from further education to higher education.

In addition, the college is a co-sponsor of UTC Central Bedfordshire, a university technical college which opened at the Houghton Regis campus of Central Bedfordshire College in September 2012.

Courses include:

Security
Sign Language
Spanish
Sports & Sports Therapy
Sugarcraft
Teacher Training
Trade Union Studies
Travel & Tourism
Vocational Studies
Welding
Logistics
Chiltern Business Training courses

Schools in Bedfordshire¹

Middle	Alban Ashton Beauchamp Etonbury Goldington Harrold St Gregory's RC Westfield

Secondary	All Saints Academy Ashcroft High School Bedford Academy Bedford Free School Biddenham International School Cardinal Newman RC School Castle Newnham School Cedars Upper School The Chalk Hills Academy Challney High School for Boys Challney High School for Girls Denbigh High School Harlington Upper School Hastingsbury Business and Enterprise College Houghton Regis Academy Icknield High School Lealands High School Lea Manor High School Manshead School Mark Rutherford School Putteridge High School Queensbury Academy Redborne Upper School St Thomas More RC School Samuel Whitbread Academy Sandy Upper School Sharnbrook Upper School Stockwood Park Academy Stopsley High School Stratton Upper School The Studio School Luton UTC Central Bedfordshire Vandyke Upper School Wootton Upper School

Independent	Bedford Girls' School Bedford Modern School Bedford Preparatory School Bedford School Rabia School Rushmoor School St Andrew's School

Special	The Chiltern School Grange Academy Ivel Valley School Oak Bank School Ridgeway School St John's School Weatherfield Academy Woodlands Secondary School

Sixth form and FE colleges	Barnfield College Bedford College Central Bedfordshire College Kimberley College Luton Sixth Form College Shuttleworth College Stella Mann College

Former	Bedford High School Dame Alice Harpur School Dunstable Grammar School

¹includes schools in Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Luton.

Universities and colleges in the East of England

Universities	Anglia Ruskin Bedfordshire BPP Cambridge Cranfield East Anglia Essex Hertfordshire Norwich Suffolk

Other higher education	University Centre Peterborough

Further Education colleges	Barnfield Bedford Braintree Cambridge Central Bedfordshire Chelmsford Colchester Easton & Otley Epping Forest Great Yarmouth Harlow Hertford Huntingdonshire Lowestoft North Hertfordshire Norwich Oaklands Peterborough SEEVIC Shuttleworth South Essex Suffolk New West Anglia West Herts West Suffolk

Sixth form colleges	Braintree Colchester Dereham East Norfolk Hills Road Kimberley Long Road Lowestoft Luton Palmer's Paston Sir Isaac Newton One

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