Art and Design Centre (Stourbridge College)

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Stourbridge College is a further education college based in Stourbridge, West Midlands, England.HistoryThe college was formed in 1958 as the Foley College of Further Education and College of Art, through the merger of the Stourbridge College of Art and the Stourbridge Technical School . It was renamed Stourbridge College of Technology and Art in 1979, and adopted its current name in 1991. The college became a further education corporation in 1992, after the Further and Higher Education Act 1992.The main campus, built during the 1970s, is situated south of Stourbridge Town Centre. A second campus opened in 1990 within the buildings of the former Longlands School, after the school had closed to merge with High Park School to form the Ridgewood High School.A third campus opened in 2001 at the Merry Hill Waterfront, some four miles away in Brierley Hill. An additional Brierley Hill campus opened in September 2011, housing a new Art and Design centre, with a new technology centre currently being planned for the same site.In 2007, plans were unveiled for Stourbridge College to merge with Dudley College, but were later scrapped.Since 2013, Stourbridge College has formed a part of the Birmingham Metropolitan College, following a merger.