Leeds College Of Technology
It was founded in 1824 as part of the Leeds Mechanics' Institute, and in 1868 the college became the Leeds Institute of Science, Art and Literature, then the Branch College of Engineering and Science. It was renamed Kitson College in 1967 in honour of James Kitson, 1st Baron Airedale, and then Leeds College of Technology.
The college served more than 5,000 students each year.
On 1 April 2009, Leeds College of Technology merged with Leeds Thomas Danby and the Park Lane College to form the new Leeds City College. The site on Cookridge Street was then known as the Technology Campus of the new college. On 26 January 2016 it was announced that the Health and Social Care services was to move to a new Quarry Hill campus then being built next to West Yorkshire Playhouse, now Leeds Playhouse. The whole building closed in July 2019 and was demolished during the summer of 2021 to make way for student lets. Work began on the Quarry Hill Campus in September 2016 and the building opened in July 2019. West Yorkshire Consortium of Colleges operated from Technology Campus until 2018.
The Technology Campus has played its part in rock history. The Who's album Live at Leeds had two tracks re-recorded here and Pink Floyd's song "See Emily Play" was written here after a gig in the building when it was still known as Kitson College.
References
- ^ goodbye technology campus-closure for Leeds City College campus is announced
- ^ "Leeds City College". The Independent. 12 August 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
- ^ West Yorkshire Consortium of Colleges
- ^ "Technology Campus". Leeds City College. LCC. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
- ^ "Floyd Masterpiece Penned in Leeds". Yorkshire Evening Post. 23 April 2007. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
External links
- Leeds City College – official website
- QAA Review 2002