Scarborough TEC

Old building on Lady Edith's Drive

Scarborough TEC, (formerly known as Yorkshire Coast College, Scarborough Technical College, Scarborough Technical Institute, and Scarborough School of Art)^[1] is a further education college located on Filey Road Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England. It is a constituent college of the Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education.^[2]

Yorkshire Coast College was originally an independently controlled institution, but due to consistently poor results and long-term financial difficulties was taken over by the Grimsby Institute in January 2010.^[3]

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.^[2]

In November 2016, the name was changed from Yorkshire Coast College to Scarborough TEC, with the TEC standing for Training, Education, Careers.^[4]

Notable recent alumni

• Ryan Swain - TV & radio presenter, DJ and motivational speaker.
• Chris Helme – lead vocalist with The Seahorses^[5]
• Oliver Knight – singer/songwriter
• James Martin – celebrity chef and television personality.^[2]
• Robert Palmer – recording artist^[6]
• Mark Richardson – drummer with Skunk Anansie^[7]
• Timothy Sheader – theatre artistic director^[8]
• Jon Snow – journalist and presenter of Channel 4 News^[9]

Alumni from period as Scarborough School of Art 1882-1907

• Fred Appleyard – landscape artist^[10]
• Frances Crawshaw - painter, botanical artist^[11]
• Ernest Dade – painter, specialising in coastal and maritime subjects, and maker of model ships^[12]
• Ian Hunter – painter and Dean of Fine Art at Central Saint Martins, London^[10]
• Frank Henry Mason – maritime artist, and creator of art deco travel and railway posters^[10]
• Albert Strange – Principal of the school for its first 35 years, yacht designer, and maritime artist^[12]
• Harry Watson – landscape and portrait artist^[10]

References

1. "Yorkshire Coast College, Scarborough". The Independent. UK. 7 July 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
2. "Yorkshire Coast College guide". The Telegraph. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
3. "Ofsted success for Yorkshire Coast College". The Scarborough News. 8 January 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
4. "New name and new site for YCC". Scarborough News. 2 November 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
5. Cowell, Steve (21 August 2014). "Chris Helme interview: 'I wasn't good at being a rock 'n' roll star' • YorkMix". yorkmix.com. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
6. "Profile: Robert Palmer". bbc.co.uk. 15 May 2008. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
7. "Chart-topper recalls fondness for Whitby". Whitby Gazette. 22 January 2009. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
8. "Award-winner Tim unveils news season at theatre". The Scarborough News. 16 August 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
9. Prynne, Miranda (2014). "'Sex comes into every evaluation of a woman', says Jon Snow". The Telegraph. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
10. Bayliss, Anne; Bayliss, Paul (1999). "The origins and First Fifty Years of Scarborough School of Art". Transactions of the Scarborough Archaeological and Historical Society (35). Scarborough: Scarborough Archaeological and Historical Society: 18–35. ISSN 1474-1229.
11. Sara Gray (2019). British Women Artists. A Biographical Dictionary of 1000 Women Artists in the British Decorative Arts. Dark River. ISBN 978-1-911121-63-3.
12. Swales, Jeannie (15 March 2014). "Mason's watercolour of Fisher Girls". Scarborough News. Retrieved 30 May 2018.

External links

• Official website
• Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education website

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