Ashford College


Ashford College is a further education college in Ashford, Kent founded in August 2014. It is run by EKC Group, after it was acquired from the West Kent and Ashford College corporation. The principal is Victoria Copp-Crawley. Its campus is based at Elwick Road In April 2020, Ashford College was acquired by EKC Group.
The college offers a number of full and part-time qualifications and leisure courses, from vocational BTEC and NVQ Diplomas, to Access to HE courses, Apprenticeships and Higher Education programmes. The campus is equipped with a multi-media learning resource centre, engineering workshops, photography studios and darkrooms as well as commercial hair and beauty salons offering treatments to students, staff and the general public.
In September 2017, Ashford College relocated to a brand new campus on Elwick Road.
With £26 million of investment, the 7,135m² campus accommodates over 1000 students.

History

Ashford College was founded in 2014 as a result of the split of K College. Prior to this, the Jemmett Road campus was part of South Kent College. Following a 2008 KPMG report that recommended a merger, South Kent College joined West Kent College in April 2010 to form South & West Kent College, which traded as K College. In 2018 it became the first college to introduce a course to educate people on internet culture, mainly focusing on memes and the science of internet trends. The college campus location has changed from Jemmett Road, to Elwick Road after a new, multi-million pound campus was built.

Courses

The college offers a number of full and part-time qualifications, from vocational BTEC and NVQ Diplomas, to Access to HE courses, Apprenticeships and Higher Education programmes, in subjects such as: