Southend College Celebrates Completion of Major Work

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Southend Adult Community College is celebrating recent completion of major building work to improve the area and its energy efficiency, as well as winning a prestigious award.

The work was designed to help improve the learning environment for the students, including double glazing windows that will help to keep classrooms warmer during the winter. New classrooms have also been added to give more space to learning students.

The college, located in Ambleside Drive, has received the Beacon status award from the Learning Skills Council due the quality of education – and is the only council-run adult community college in the UK to have done so.

The celebration will serve as the official opening of the new look building, which is 100 years old and was originally a high school for boys.

Principal of the college, Ali Hadawi, stated that ‘we are delighted to have received our Beacon status’ and added that ‘we strived to improve the student’s learning environment by fitting double glazing and opening an art gallery exhibition space’. All of these changes will work together to make the space more pleasant to work in, as well as saving on energy bills and reducing carbon emissions.