Campuses and Buildings
Truro and Penwith College is known for its state-of-the-art new-build buildings and facilities The main campuses are the Truro campus, between Truro and Threemilestone, and the Penwith campus in Penzance. The Tregye campus, near Carnon Downs, hosts some Outdoors, Jazz, and Art and Design courses, and some part-time courses, amongst others. It also has student accommodation. The College has a presence in Truro city centre, with the Haven House Community Learning Centre and Business Centre, both in Quay St, and in Newquay at the Newquay Community Learning Centre, in the Old Chapel, Chapel Hill.
The buildings at the main Truro campus are named after rivers in Cornwall and the buildings at the Penwith campus are named after coves. Most have a reception area, a study centre, library and ICT suite, along with cafes or refectories, and seating areas inside and outside.
The buildings on the Truro campus are: Mylor—science, and music, dance and performing arts, Tresillian—science and humanities, Calenick—hair and beauty, including commercial salons, Kenwyn—mathematics, IT and computing, media and film studies, Helford—English, foreign Languages, and International Baccalaureate, Allen—general teaching building and Student Services, Pecuil—business, law, accounting, Fal—Higher Education (including Honours Degrees, Foundation Degrees, Higher National Diplomas, education qualifications, Success courses and others), Lynher—sport, outdoors, and health and social care, Gannel—the Cornwall Cricket Centre (in partnership with the England and Wales Cricket Board), Red—music practice space, White—art and design, and Seaton—automotive, construction and engineering.
The buildings on the Penwith campus in Penzance are: Lamorna—Higher Education, Halldrine—computer facilities and seminar room, Treneere Manor—grade II listed Manor House containing administration, Penberth—general teaching and IT rooms, Nanjizal—art and design, Gwenvor—construction and automotive engineering, Sennen—library, general teaching rooms and main reception, Zennor—lecture theatre, drama studio, hair and beauty salons, Senara restaurant and training kitchen, music rooms and recording studio, and conference centre, and Porthcurno—general teaching rooms, sports hall, fitness suite, science labs, and library. Truro and Penwith College opened two new buildings on the Truro campus 2012, the White Building, a new centre for art and design, and the Seaton building, a facility for Construction, Automotive and Engineering. Both were officially opened by HRH The Duke of Gloucester. The White building has large studio spaces and was built due to the rapidly-expanding science and technology teaching at the College needing more space. As science and technology has now taken over the Mylor building, art and design has gained a bespoke new-build building of its own. The Seaton building was built in response to the growing interest in and demand for construction and automotive engineering. Both buildings continue Truro and Penwith College’s reputation for new facilities.
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“If the factory people outside the colleges live under the discipline of narrow means, the people inside live under almost every other kind of discipline except that of narrow means—from the fruity austerities of learning, through the iron rations of English gentlemanhood, down to the modest disadvantages of occupying cold stone buildings without central heating and having to cross two or three quadrangles to take a bath.”
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