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Line 23: '''Brockenhurst College''' is a large [[tertiary college]] situated in [[Brockenhurst]], [[Hampshire]]. Co-educational since the 1920s, Brockenhurst College accepts students over the age of 16 or year 12 students, whichever occurs first due to safeguarding policies. The college has over 2,700 full-time students and over 8,000 part-time adult learners from asplaces ~~far and wide~~such as The New Forest, [[Bournemouth]], [[Poole]], [[East Dorset]], the Waterside area of [[Southampton]], South [[Wiltshire]], [[Eastleigh]], and the [[Isle of Wight]]. Brockenhurst College has been an accredited [[Investors in People]] since 1996, and in 2004 was awarded by the [[AoC Beacon Awards\|AoC Beacon Award]] and is also rated 'Good' by [[Ofsted]].<ref name="BomoEcho20170309"/> The types of courses the college provides are professional, vocational and [[Advanced Level (UK)\|AS/A Level]] courses, [[Foundation Degree]]s and Apprenticeships. Line 29: ==Campus== The College~~, with its many different buildings and uses,~~ is divided up into A, B, E, M, S and T blocks. In addition to the Main Hall and Foyer, there are also other blocks given full names, such as the Sports Centre, the '''Hard Brock Café''', the Learning Care Centre, and the LRC (Learning Resources Centre). There is also the '''Highwood Nursery''' located between the sports centre and the car park. The college has adult learning centres in Brockenhurst, [[Lymington]] and [[New Milton]] along with the [[Hengistbury Head]] Outdoor Activity Centre and the Marchwood Marine and Construction Centre. [[Image:Brockenhurst College Promenade.jpg\|left\|thumb\|200px\|The promenade, with the main hall behind, connecting the M Block with the S Block, A Block and LRC.]] '''M Block''' ~~M Block, standing for~~The Main ~~Building,~~Block is the oldest section of the college which includes the original hall, now called the SEC, used as a secondary room for exams and enrichment programmes. Also within the block, besides the main reception area, are much of the non-teaching staff at Brock as well as the main division offices and the Principal's offices. The offices are also used by [[connexions (agency)\|Connexions]] and EMA ([[Education Maintenance Allowance]]) attendants located at Student Services. Based also in this block are a ~~highly skilled~~ team of IT professionals who are in charge of the college network system and maintenance of all college's IT equipment. Many of the lessons held in this block are [[Music]] courses with their own sound rooms and recording studios, [[Performing Arts]] and [[Theatre]] with their own Performing Arts Centre, [[Mass media\|Media]] which also have sound rooms and digital editing suites, Philosophy, [[Politics]], [[Archeology]], [[History]], and [[Business]] which has over five computer suits for its study. Line 124: [[Tom Friend]] (born 1991), cricketer<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.mccuniversities.org/cardiff-glamorgan/player-profiles/tom-friend,214,PP.html \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130113031832/http://www.mccuniversities.org/cardiff-glamorgan/player-profiles/tom-friend,214,PP.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=13 January 2013 \|title=Player profile: Tom Friend \|publisher=mccuniversities.org \|access-date=29 July 2012 }}</ref> [[Heather Hallett\|Dame Heather Hallett]] (born 1949), judge of the [[Court of Appeal]] [[Patrick Harverson]] (born 1962), ~~personal~~public ~~assistant~~relations toexecutive ~~[[King~~and ~~Charles~~former ~~the Third]]~~journalist [[Guy Henry (actor)\|Guy Henry]] (born 1960), actor [[Danny Ings]] (born 1992), footballer<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/11664945.Burnley_striker_and_ex_Saint_Danny_Ings_takes_aim_at_hometown_club/?ref=mry\|title=Burnley striker and ex-Saint Danny Ings takes aim at hometown club\|website=Daily Echo\|language=en\|access-date=28 December 2017}}</ref> [[Derek Plumbly\|Sir Derek Plumbly]] (born 1948), Diplomat Foreign Office, specialist in Middle East, former Ambassador to [[Saudi Arabia]] and [[Egypt]]<ref>''[[Who's Who (UK)\|Who's Who]]'' 2013</ref> [[Jonathan Raban]] (born 1942), travel writer and novelist [[Kate Royal]] (born 1979), opera singer [[Ian Wooldridge]] (1932–2007), ''[[Daily Mail]]'' [[sports journalism\|sports journalist]] [[Justin Young (singer, born 1987)\|Justin Young]] (born 1987) of [[The Vaccines]]