Welcome to Blackburn College and to our state of the art £65M campus where for three years running 9 out of 10 students have gained a job or moved into further study within six months. With the largest University Centre in England, the highest Advanced Apprenticeship success in England, and overall further education success in the top 10% in England you can be assured that whether you are studying a Vocational course, A-Levels, an Apprenticeship, Access course or Degree level course, you will receive an outstanding learning experience that will prepare you for your dream career. Blackburn College is named for the Reverend Gideon Blackburn, D.D., a Presbyterian minister and former president of Centre College in Kentucky. Like many founders of American colleges, Dr. Blackburn sought to establish an institution to train young men for the ministry. Blackburn College is the largest provider of higher education for a college in the UK* and in 2013 celebrated providing education and training for 125 years. Each year Blackburn College provides learning opportunities to 16,000 students at all levels, 3,000 of whom are Higher Education students.