Edinburgh’s Telford, Stevenson and Jewel and Esk Valley Colleges will merge to become the College for the Edinburgh City Region, it has been confirmed.
In a joint letter to ‘stakeholders’, the three College Principals said: ”You may be aware of recent media announcements that the Board of Management of Edinburgh’s Telford College has agreed to enter into merger negotiations with Stevenson College Edinburgh and Jewel & Esk College. The Boards of the three Edinburgh Colleges have agreed in principle to establish a new College for the Edinburgh City Region. This is a significant development and we thought you would like notice of this as you may see further coverage in the press over the next few weeks. It is proposed that the new College will be operational from October 2012; it will play a major role in the economic and skills development of the City of Edinburgh Region. Work will now move forward to establish the new College and we will keep you advised of progress.’
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I think when you consider the management have been unable or unwilling to come clean about what this means for class sizes, quality of education, course cuts, course transfers, cut backs on student support or anything else just goes to show that they have no interest in student education.
Now that they have confirmed it, perhaps they can come clean and hold a meeting with students rather than hiding from them