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outh Staffordshire College is home to more than 20,000 students
across its four campuses at Lichfield, Tamworth, Cannock and Rodbaston. Its Cannock Campus has undergone a £6.6m refurbishment to create a major new education environment and a flagship seat of learning which marks a new chapter in South Staffordshire College’s history. Since the formal ceremony to
lay the foundation stone of the new County Mining College in Cannock on 22nd November 1928, the college has served the needs of the local community and beyond with its programmes of continuing and further education. Many tens of thousands of students have passed through its doors and gone on to succeed in their chosen professions, including university professors, heads of companies and chartered engineers. The original building has been
extended several times since the 1920s with a third floor being added during the 1960s. January 2009 saw the merger combining the resources and expertise of Rodbaston College, Cannock Chase Technical College and Tamworth and Lichfield College to become South Staffordshire College. The brief to East Midlands
architects Maber Associates was to strengthen links with the wider community by making the building more welcoming and improving internal access and refurbish the existing college building to achieve a BREEAM ‘very good’ rating. Major changes included both
ABOVE: a new three-storey atrium has created a central heart to the building. BELOW: the front of the campus
structural and architectural improvements, delivering a more stimulating and open environment, using a new glass- covered main entrance, improved public access to the ground-floor facilities including a café, hair and beauty salons and the Litle
South Staffordshire College now boasts a new high-tech campus thanks to a £6.6 million refurbishment project
OPENING A NEW CHAPTER
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