The impressive £57 million project transforming the Town Centre Campus of St Helens College is now complete.On time and under budget the ambitious build redevelopment project first welcomed students into Phase 1 in September 2009. With phase 2 successfully completed and unveiled by 2011 the College has town centre facilities to be proud of. St Helens College is a general further education college serving the borough of St Helens in Merseyside with around 15,000 students enrolled on over 600 different courses of study. The college employs 836 staff of whom 373 are academic staff and 463 are business support. The College provides a wide range of both further and higher education programmes, including qualifications for City and Guilds, National Diplomas, National Awards, National Certificates and NVQs; it also offers honours and foundation degrees validated through established partnerships with universities, including Central Lancashire, Edge Hill, Huddersfield, Liverpool John Moores, Salford and Sheffield Hallam. There are a number of entry-level qualifications available. The college traces its foundation to 1896 when it was the town's Gamble In