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Wakefield college opens digital campus before building new home
CAPA College (Creative and Performing Arts College) has rolled out its digital campus with Liverpool-based Collabco’s myday – making it the first ever FE college to have a digital campus before having a place to call home. The FE college, which opened in Wakefield last term, is currently waiting on planning permission to build its physical campus environment for opening in 2020. It is Wakefield’s first DfE-funded Free School. The decision to roll out the digital
infrastructure was a strategic one that allows the foundations to be laid to keep students and institution in constant communication whilst in a period of transition. myday delivers a digital hub for all college resources and services for students and for everything from safeguarding policies to registration information for staff in one location. “As a Creative and Performing Arts
College we need to be able to physically come together to rehearse, perform and learn, but we are currently in temporary accommodation with plans to move into our purpose-built campus in the centre of Wakefield in 2020,” said Sarah Williamson, marketing and communications officer, CAPA College.
“The digital campus is vitally important
to laying the infrastructure of the college and will allow us to transition more easily and smoothly to our new premises when that time comes. We currently have 105 full-time students who enrolled in September 2018, but our intake will grow, and we will have multiple academic years
– not just a first year to accommodate too. myday will grow with the college and deliver increasingly more resources as we take in more students and staff and work with third parties – we’re investing for our future, and we are embracing a digital way of working from the outset – even before we have a physical campus environment.”
UK public schools expand into China
British independent school branches in China are expected to increase by nearly 50% in 2019, according to a report by Venture Education. According to the British Independent
Schools in China: Annual Report 2019, 2019 will see a record 14 British independent school branches opening across the country. Amongst them are King’s School,
Canterbury and Shrewsbury School. At the end of 2017 there were 22
British independent school campuses operating in China. This number is expected to have more than doubled by the end of 2019, with 10 new campuses in 2018 and a further 14 openings planned in 2019. In addition, the number of British
independent school brands with at least
one branch in China is expected to increase by 64% in 2019, an indication of the strength of their brand abroad and their firm appeal to Chinese students looking to study in the UK. Last year, Shenzhen, Fuzhou, Xuzhou
and Wuxi all saw their first British independent school campuses as will the cities of Nanjing, Guangzhou, Chongqing, Hefei and Foshan in 2019. Commenting, senior partner of
Venture Education Julian Fisher, described the “incredible growth” of British independent schools in China as a sign that British education is seen as the gold standard in China. “British schools bring experience,
expertise and innovation to a country that is looking for a holistic education that inspires the next generation.”
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This year the cities of Nanjing, Guangzhou (pictured), Chongqing, Hefei and Foshan will see their first British independent school campuses
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