USP College

USP College
Seevic aerial view in 1987
Motto Your life Your Career
Established 1706 (Palmer's College)
1972 (Seevic College)
Type Sixth form college
Coach Dan Pearson, CEO of USP College
(both campuses)
Location Essex
RM17 5TD (Palmer's Campus)
SS7 1TW (Seevic Campus)
Students 2,000+ (Palmer's Campus)
2,500 (Seevic Campus)
Gender Co-educational
Ages 16–25+
Former names Palmer's College &
Seevic College
Website uspcollege.ac.uk

USP College (Unified Seevic Palmer’s, previously known as Seevic and Palmer's Colleges Group)[1] is a further education college located in Thundersley, Benfleet, Essex, and Grays Thurrock, England. Approximately 4,500 students attend the college. The Seevic campus name was originally an acronym for South East Essex Sixth (VI) Form College. The Thundersley campus opened in September 1972. The Palmer's Campus in Grays opened in 1706.

The Seevic Campus offers adult education courses for learners of any age. Both campuses offer a special needs department for anyone with a learning disability. The Palmer's campus opened its special needs department in September 2018, following the success of the Seevic Campus one which has been running for several years and has over 94 students in the department.

In 2018 Seevic merged with Palmer's College as part of a government initiative.[2] From September 2018 the colleges were renamed USP College with a new logo.

Seevic College

Seevic entrance from A13, Kiln Road

The Seevic Campus is located in Thundersley, Benfleet, Essex, England. The name was originally an acronym for South East Essex Sixth (VI) Form College. The Thundersley campus opened in September 1972. Approximately 2,500 students attend the college. There is also a provision of adult education courses for learners of any age.

The college offers courses such as performing arts, science, health and social care.

Palmer's College

Palmer's entrance

Palmer's was first opened in 1706 when the merchant William Palmer founded a charity school for "ten poore children" of the parish of Grays Essex, endowing it with valuable property in the town and Lombard Street in the City of London. Initially located in a small building inside the churchyard, the school evolved into a boys' school of modest merit. However, in response to the changing educational landscape initiated by the 1870 Education Act, the trustees of Palmer's charity re-launched the school on a new site on the hill above the town in 1874. To this a girls' school was added in 1876.[3]

2008 saw a record number of students applying to the College with over 2000 students enrolling. The College is equipped with modern teaching facilities set in landscaped grounds. Both students and the general public have access to a newly refurbished sports and fitness centre (including gym), Palmer's hosts a variety of events for children from local schools on its playing fields.

The Student Executive are the "voice of the students" within the college; they are responsible for organising various college events. The Student Executive of 2007–2008 raised £4,000 for Little Havens Children's Hospice while the Student Executive of 2008/9 raised £3,000 for Cancer Research UK as well as hosting various social events and fundraising days over the course of the year.

The school has a good record of students attaining places on the prestigious Prime Minister's Global Fellowship programme. The school achieved its first two students in the inaugural year of the programme, 2008. In 2009 it had another successful applicant.[4]

In 2006 Palmer's College celebrated its 300th anniversary and is able to trace its roots back over 300 years.

Merging

In 2017 it was announced that Palmer's College and Seevic College would merge together to make one college, over the year running up to September 2018, both colleges underwent extensive changes. In June 2018 the college was officially renamed USP College. The new name included a new logo and a new look to both campuses.

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ New college gives students USP 19 July 2018
  2. ↑ http://www.seevic-college.ac.uk/about-seevic/contact-us/how-to-find-us/
  3. ↑ Herbert Brooks, William Palmer and his School. Being an account of the founder of Palmer's Charity at Grays Thurrock, Essex (Colchester, 1928).
  4. ↑ British Council website "Fellows" accessed 10 November 2009.Archived 12 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/BMyPNMzA6cp/?taken-by=seeviccollege
  6. ↑ "ISSUU - Seevic College 16-19 Prospectus 2011/12 by Seevic College". Seevic College. p. 58. Retrieved 21 February 2014.

Coordinates: 51°33′45″N 0°35′01″E / 51.5625°N 0.5835°E / 51.5625; 0.5835

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