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Hopes for a new Trowbridge College are on 'hold' for a few years.
The plan to relocate Trowbridge College to the old Bowyer site has been shelved after the government 'Learning and Skills Council (LSC)' changed its mind about funding the scheme.
On Thursday, the LSC published the list of new building projects which have approval. Whilst Wiltshire College (Chippenham) was initially shortlisted, no parts of Wiltshire College will now receive any funding.
The 13 successful colleges are mostly in the north of England and seem to be closely linked to Labour constituencies and areas classed as 'deprived'.
At the Trowbridge Area Board meeting on Thursday, the vice-president of Trowbridge College was optimistic that funding might be available in three years or so. Knowing how Trowbridge is being called 'the nearly town' (as it nearly gets so many projects up and running) I would guess that the Bowyer site will still be vacant ...