Borders College

Coordinates: 55°36′29″N 2°47′02″W / 55.608°N 2.784°W / 55.608; -2.784
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Borders College
TypeCollege of Further Education
Established1984
PrincipalPete Smith
Location, ,
55°36′29″N 2°47′02″W / 55.608°N 2.784°W / 55.608; -2.784
Websitehttp://www.borderscollege.ac.uk/

Borders College (

Newtown St. Boswells. The college was founded in 1984, by a merger of four pre-existing institutions: the Agricultural Centre at Newtown St. Boswells, Duns Agricultural Centre, Galashiels Technical College, and Henderson Technical College.[1] The Galashiels campus has a Technology Enhanced Care Hub and the Hawick campus[2] has a Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) Hub.[3]

Borders College former Principals: Angela Cox (30/01/2017 – 4/09/2022). Elizabeth Anne McIntyre (14/08/2006 – 04/12/2016). Dr Robert Boyd Murray (01/04/1997 – 02/08/2006). Robert Campbell Pearson (16/8/1980 – 31/03/1997).

Borders College Honorary Fellows: Chris Ball (2023). Jodie Millar (2022). Virginia Grant (2021). Ross Dickinson (2020). Nick Bannerman (2019).

Sir David Steel
(2002). Sir Archy Kirkwood (2001) Barbara Baker (2000). John Cleland (1999). Keith Geddes CBE (1998).

References

  1. ^ Borders College, About our College, accessed 10 November 2018
  2. ^ Staff (1 January 2019). "South of Scotland Skills & Learning Network Project Update - Project Launch July 2019 - South of Scotland to benefit from multi-million pound SoSEP investment" (PDF). Dumfries and Galloway College. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  3. ^ Borders College staff (4 October 2019). "Dumfries and Galloway College and Borders College Bring Digital Learning to Parliament". FE News. Retrieved 7 October 2019.

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