Bridlington Chamber visits East Riding College’s new Flemingate Campus in Beverley

Bridlington Chamber Chair Neil Watson is shown the new campus by John Doris (right) and the college’s Business Development Representative Luke Portlock.

EAST Riding College has been showing off the facilities at its new Flemingate Campus in Beverley, to members of Bridlington Chamber.

The College usually hosts the quarterly Chamber meeting at its site in Bridlington, but Vice Principal, John Doris, was keen to take members on a tour of the new Flemingate Campus which has recently been completed.

This is the second major campus for East Riding College which opened in September and was the result of an 11-year project. It’s already paying dividends with recruitment 17 per cent up on the new campus compared to last year’s figures at the previous site. The College is now developing its Centre for Professional Development, which from September, will offer a range of corporate training services, initially including accounting, human resources, management and health and safety.

Mr Doris told members that the new building sits on one acre and is only 45,000 square feet in size, but can accommodate 1,000 students on a busy day, plus 200 teaching and support staff. He said he was “absolutely delighted” with the new college which was working really well for them.

Mr Doris said: “In addition the new campus has specialist facilities for Engineering, Construction, IT, Early Years & Care and many other disciplines. From its sites in Bridlington and Beverley the College delivers professional training serving the wide range of employers across the East Riding”.

The Flemingate site features its own restaurant called Elwell's, which has a fully licensed dining room and its own professional kitchen. Catering students cook on site honing their skills while students on Food and Drink Service courses present the results of their efforts to their paying customers. The students prepare and serve meals during college term times, allowing customers to enjoy views of Beverley Minster. Reservations are recommended. Call 01482 390760 to avoid disappointment.

The College also has its own hair and beauty salon called Inspire which is kitted out with all the latest products and equipment, and there are plans to allow qualified hairdressers to rent a chair by the day and benefit from the salon’s central location and up-to-date equipment.

The Flemingate Campus also boasts its own travel agent called New Horizons, so for the students, the world really is their oyster!