Yorkshire Coast College
Yorkshire Coast College, formerly known as Scarborough Technical College, (and before that Scarborough Technical Institute, formed in 1938, from, among other educational bodies, Scarborough School of Art)[1] is a further education college located over three sites in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England. It is a constituent college of the Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education.
Yorkshire Coast College was originally an independently controlled institution, but was taken over by the Grimsby Institute in January 2010.
College courses for students from Scarborough and the surrounding area include NVQs, GCSEs, BTECs, Apprenticeships and Access courses, and some higher education courses in conjunction with the University of Hull.
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Notable recent alumni
- Chris Helme – lead vocalist with The Seahorses
- Oliver Knight – singer/songwriter
- James Martin – celebrity chef and television personality.
- Robert Palmer – recording artist
- Mark Richardson – drummer with Skunk Anansie
- Timothy Sheader – Artistic director of Theatre
- Jon Snow – journalist and presenter of Channel 4 News
Alumni from period as Scarborough School of Art
- Albert Strange – Principal of the school for its first 35 years, yacht designer, and maritime artist
- Fred Appleyard – landscape artist
- Ernest Dade – English painter, specialising in coastal and maritime subjects, and maker of model ships
- Frank Henry Mason – maritime artist, and creator of art deco travel and railway posters
- Harry Watson – English landscape and portrait artist
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