City of Oxford College is a further education college in Oxford, England. It has two campuses – the City Centre campus in Oxford city centre and the Technology Campus in Blackbird Leys, south east of Oxford city. Introduction It used to be known as Oxford and Cherwell Valley College (OCVC), but changed its name in 2013 when the Oxford and Cherwell Valley College Group restructured and became the Activate Learning group. City of Oxford College offers vocational courses, mainly for the post-16 population, covering a variety of disciplines. Programmes include vocational training for school leavers and professionals/adults, A Levels, apprenticeships, higher education, international study, leisure and adult learning and programmes to help the unemployed return to work. History 1.1 Oxford College of Further Education Founded in 1960, and based at the current Blackbird Leys and Oxford city centre campuses, the Oxford College of Further Education offered courses to students at all levels. At the turn of the millennium the student population was made up of 1,872 full-time and 7,533 part-time students. The College was divided into three faculties: arts, engineering services, and business and technology. 1.2 Oxford and Cherwell College On 31 July 2003, Oxford College of Further Education merged with North Oxfordshire College in Banbury to become Oxford and Cherwell College. The newly-merged college also became home to the Rycotewood Furniture Centre, which moved from Thame – where it belonged to Rycotewood College – to the Oxford city centre campus. Rycotewood College was founded through a philanthropic grant by Cecil Michaelis in the 1930s. 1.3 Oxford & Cherwell Valley College A new campus was opened in Bicester in 2005. This is when the college became Oxford & Cherwell Valley College (OCVC). In 2010 OCVC, along with the Learning Skills Network (LSN), took responsibility for running Reading College. OCVC then became the Oxford & Cherwell Valley College Group. 1.4 City of Oxford College In 2013, the OCVC Group reorganised and restructured and became Activate Learning. The two OCVC colleges (Oxford and Banbury) changed their names to City of Oxford College and Banbury and Bicester College. Subjects and courses 2.1 Full-time study Subjects available for full-time study at City of Oxford College include art and design, brickwork, business and enterprise, caring and health, catering and hospitality, construction, electrical, engineering, foundation studies, furniture, hair and beauty, joinery, media, motor vehicle, music, painting and decorating, performing arts, plumbing, sport, travel and tourism, and