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'''South Kent College''' (SKC) was a college of [[Further Education|further]] and [[higher education]] in southeast [[England]]. The main campus was in [[Folkestone]], with satellites in [[Dover]] and at several sites in [[Ashford, Kent|Ashford]]. Following a [[KPMG]] report in 2008 that recommended a merger, in April 2010 SKC joined West Kent College to form South & West Kent College, trading as [[K College]].

== Campuses ==
* Ashford
** South Kent College & Ashford Sixth Form Centre, Jemmett Road 
** Ashford School of Art & Design, Tufton Street
** Ashford School of Art & Design, Henwood Industrial Estate
**An "Ashford Learning Campus" was proposed, teaching up to 14,000 students from 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ashford.gov.uk/community_and_living/life_events/education_and_learning/ashford_learning_campus.aspx | title=Ashford.gov.uk - Ashford Learning Campus | publisher=Ashford Borough Council | date=2008-07-17 | accessdate=2009-08-30|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415014110/http://www.ashford.gov.uk/community_and_living/life_events/education_and_learning/ashford_learning_campus.aspx|archivedate=2009-04-15}}</ref> After the merger, this was replaced with a £20m plan for a new campus at the Elwick Road site in spring 2013 and the sale of the Jemmet Road site.<ref>{{citation | url=http://www.thisiskent.co.uk/news/Undefined-Headline/article-3202367-detail/article.html | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505142315/http://www.thisiskent.co.uk/news/Undefined-Headline/article-3202367-detail/article.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=5 May 2013 | title=Ashford will be the first K College campus to be overhauled | first=Adam | last=Westgarth | publisher=Northcliffe Media Ltd | date=14 February 2011 }}</ref>
* [[Dover]] Campus
* [[Folkestone]] Campus

== Notable former pupils ==

* [[Richard Huckle]], serial child sex offender<ref>{{cite web|author=Ashton, Ben|url=https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/gruesome-details-revealed-over-death-3436632|title=Gruesome details revealed over death of Ashford paedophile Richard Huckle|work=[[KentLive]]|date=2019-10-16|accessdate=2020-01-11}}</ref>
* Dominic King, radio broadcaster

== References ==
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==External links==
* [http://www.southkent.ac.uk Official website] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20090415172547/http://www.southkent.ac.uk archived] at the [[Wayback Machine]] on 15 April 2009)

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[[Category:Dover District]]
[[Category:Ashford, Kent]]
[[Category:Higher education colleges in England]]
[[Category:Further education colleges in Kent]]