The Merseyside Colleges' Association (MCA) was established in 1993 and now represents all seven further education and three sixth-form colleges in Greater Merseyside.
The members recognised the strength that partnership can bring and that there is much that can be achieved in collaboration whilst respecting the individual ethos of each institution.
MCA strengthens colleges so they can work together more effectively for the benefit of local people and business by:
- Developing new initiatives
- Sharing good practice in working groups which currently include: Curriculum Developments; Employer Responsiveness; Examinations; Aimhigher; Higher Education in Further Education; Marketing; Peer Review; Equality and Inclusion, Sustainability, Procurement Forum focused on Saving through Sharing and an over-arching Principals Group
- Working with local partners in the public, voluntary and private sectors including the Aimhigher partnership, Greater Merseyside & West Lancashire Lifelong Learning Network and the Mersey Partnership and Fusion, the NW colleges consortium,
- Influencing decision makers locally, regionally and nationally including Association of Colleges (AoC) Skills Funding Agency and Government Office NW (GONW)
Contact details for the member colleges can be found below:
|
College name
|
Address
|
Website and
Telephone
|
| Birkenhead Sixth Form
College
|
Park Road West, Claughton, Wirral, CH43 8SQ. | www.bsfc.ac.uk
Tel: 0151 652 5575 |
| Carmel College
|
Prescot Road, St Helens, WA10
3AG.
|
www.carmel.ac.uk
Tel: 01744 452200 |
| Hugh Baird College
|
Balliol Road, Bootle, Liverpool, L20 7EW.
|
www.hughbaird.ac.uk
Tel: 0151 353 4444 |
| King George V College
|
Scarisbrick New Road,
Southport, PR8 6LR.
|
www.kgv.ac.uk
Tel: 01704 530601 |
| Knowsley Community
College
|
Cherryfield Drive, Kirkby, L32 8SF. College also has a centre in Roby. | www.knowsleycollege.ac.uk
Tel: 0845 155 1055 |
| Liverpool Community College | Clarence Street, Liverpool, L3 5TP. College has six sites across Liverpool. | www.liv-coll.ac.uk
Tel: 0151 252 1515 |
| Riverside College
Halton
|
Kingsway, Widnes, WA8 7QQ. College also has centres in Cronton and Runcorn. | www.riversidecollege.ac.uk
Tel: 0151 257 2800 |
| St Helens College
|
Water Street, St Helens, WA10 1PP. College has two other centres. | www.sthelens.ac.uk
Tel: 01744 733766 |
| Southport College
|
Mornington Road, Southport, PR9 0TT.
|
www.southport-college.ac.uk
Tel: 01704 500606 |
| Wirral Metropolitan
College
|
Conway Park Campus, Europa Boulevard, Conway Park, Birkenhead CH41 4NT. College has two other campuses. | www.wmc.ac.uk
Tel: 0151 551 7777 |
Colleges make a significant contribution to the social and economic regeneration of Greater Merseyside. In developing their individual and unique strengths the colleges are major players within the North West region and beyond. In addition to their primary educational role, the colleges influence the region's economy as:
- magnets for funding from various national sources
- direct employers
- buyers of goods and services
The MCA is chaired by Mike Potter, Principal of Wirral Metropolitan College. The colleges are supported on a day-to-day basis by Cathy Waldron, Coordinator of the MCA who is based at Liverpool Community College, Bankfield Road, Liverpool L13 0BQ.
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