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Leek College can trace its history back to 1868 when the ''Leek School of Art'' was founded in the town.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.emfec.co.uk/2016/12/09/new-degree-course-offer-leek-school-art/|title=New Degree Course on Offer at Leek School of Art - emfec|date=2016-12-09|work=emfec|access-date=2018-02-03|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/staffs/vol7/pp84-169#h3-0121|title=Leek: Leek and Lowe {{!}} British History Online|website=www.british-history.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-02-03}}</ref> ''Leek College of Further Education'' was formed in 1981 from the merger of the ''Leek School of Arts and Crafts'' and the ''Nicholson Institute of Science and Technology''.<ref name=":6" /> The College was dissolved as an independent entity in 2012 when it was merged into the University of Derby.<ref name=":5" />
 
Even before the mergers with High Peak College and Leek College, the University of Derby had a long history of providing further and adult education, having been founded as a teacher training College in 1851<ref>{{cite web|title=University of Derby|url=https://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/derby/|website=The Complete University Guide|accessdateaccess-date=4 February 2018}}</ref> and merging with various different colleges throughout the twentieth century, before achieving University status in 1992.
 
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