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Principal's welcome

Frank McLoughlin

A very warm welcome to City and Islington College.

If you want to study at one of the country’s most successful colleges, our website is a good place to start. I hope that you’ll become one of our many student success stories, on track to get great results.

Our excellent achievement rates were one of the main reasons for our outstanding Ofsted inspection in 2008. Since then we have been awarded Beacon status in recognition of the high quality of our teaching and learning. 

How have we become so successful? Firstly, because we value our students – the range of backgrounds, experiences, energy and enthusiasm that students of all ages bring to the College.  We celebrate their success, set challenging targets and provide excellent support.

And we believe in the importance of the environment – that’s why we’ve invested £64 million – more than any other college in the UK – in developing our new Centres; great places to study equipped with leading edge technology.

But most of all, we ensure that you will get the best opportunities to learn, with courses that are well organised and designed to be fun as well as demanding, and teachers who are second to none.

I often visit our Centres and always value finding out how our students are getting on. I hope to meet many of you in your time with us.

Frank McLoughlin CBE
Principal
principal@candi.ac.uk

Student profile

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Loretta Addai

It is all great! Teachers, facilities and the environment, says Loretta Addai. I studied English, Sociology and History A-levels. I would like to carry on my studies and become a secondary teacher or lecturer. I definitely recommend City and Islington to anyone choosing a 6th Form College. No doubt it is a safe step in the right direction! Loretta is now studying a history degree at UCL.