construction & landbased - Leeds City College

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8Leeds is a trulycosmopolitan city,catering for all tastesand interests.

LEEDS & KEIGHLEYAs the fourth largest city in the UK after London,Birmingham and Manchester, Leeds is exciting,ever growing, and frequently ranks as among themost popular student destinations in the countryas well as a cost effective place to study.Whether it’s socialising or shopping, sport,culture or an escape from the hustle and bustle –Leeds has it all.Keighley is located in the Aire Valley on adirect train route from Leeds and about tenmiles from the centres of Bradford, Halifaxand Skipton. It offers the best of both worlds- a town centre large enough to offer a widerange of shops with a pleasant mix of smallindependent traders alongside major retailers. Thesurrounding countryside offers a wealth of leisureopportunities and is a popular international visitorattraction for walkers and Brontë fans.OUR ESTATES VISIONThis year we have taken forward plans to enhanceour estates portfolio with an exciting 10 yearproperty strategy.Phase 1 of the Property Strategy was the openingof a brand new £35m Keighley Campus inSeptember 2010, after two and a half years underconstruction.The property strategy plans will mean theimprovement of many of our other campusesphased over several years, and include extensiverenovation and relocation of various subject areas.The next phase of the plan is the relocation ofour Thomas Danby Campus provision (RoundhayRoad) in summer 2013. You may have read inthe news that Leeds City College purchased theformer Alf Cooke Printworks building (nearCostco) on Hunslet Road in Leeds.Work has already commenced to clear the siteand building work began in September 2012.During the spring/summer of 2013, theHospitality & Catering, Food Manufacturing, andHair and Beauty departments currently based atThomas Danby Campus will all relocate to thefantastic Printworks Campus.We look forward to seeing you at one of our openevents / tours of the fantastic new PrintworksCampus as soon as dates are announced in 2013.

LEEDS & KEIGHLEYAs the fourth largest city in the UK after London,Birmingham and Manchester, <strong>Leeds</strong> is exciting,ever growing, and frequently ranks as among themost popular student destinations in the countryas well as a cost effective place to study.Whether it’s socialising or shopping, sport,culture or an escape from the hustle and bustle –<strong>Leeds</strong> has it all.Keighley is located in the Aire Valley on adirect train route from <strong>Leeds</strong> and about tenmiles from the centres of Bradford, Halifaxand Skipton. It offers the best of both worlds- a town centre large enough to offer a widerange of shops with a pleasant mix of smallindependent traders alongside major retailers. Thesurrounding countryside offers a wealth of leisureopportunities and is a popular international visitorattraction for walkers and Brontë fans.OUR ESTATES VISIONThis year we have taken forward plans to enhanceour estates portfolio with an exciting 10 yearproperty strategy.Phase 1 of the Property Strategy was the openingof a brand new £35m Keighley Campus inSeptember 2010, after two and a half years under<strong>construction</strong>.The property strategy plans will mean theimprovement of many of our other campusesphased over several years, and include extensiverenovation and relocation of various subject areas.The next phase of the plan is the relocation ofour Thomas Danby Campus provision (RoundhayRoad) in summer 2013. You may have read inthe news that <strong>Leeds</strong> <strong>City</strong> <strong>College</strong> purchased theformer Alf Cooke Printworks building (nearCostco) on Hunslet Road in <strong>Leeds</strong>.Work has already commenced to clear the siteand building work began in September 2012.During the spring/summer of 2013, theHospitality & Catering, Food Manufacturing, andHair and Beauty departments currently based atThomas Danby Campus will all relocate to thefantastic Printworks Campus.We look forward to seeing you at one of our openevents / tours of the fantastic new PrintworksCampus as soon as dates are announced in 2013.

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