Exmouth, Rolle College to be Closed ! 2008

Report from Friday, 11 November 2005

Governors at the University of Plymouth have decided to close the Exmouth teacher training campus, known as Rolle College.

Now in late 2006, Discussions are under way over the sale of Exmouth's Rolle campus site, to be vacated by the University of Plymouth in 2008 after the sell off to raise money for Plymouth.

Negotiations are ongoing over the future of the nine-acre faculty of education.

Also up for sale are three acres of playing fields off Douglas Avenue and several halls of residence.

Meetings are going on between the university, which will relocate its education facilities to Plymouth, and interested parties. It is possible that Exmouth Community College and Exeter College are two of the parties involved, but this is not confirmed.

Also we shall see if it goes to the highest bidder in the long run, it must be worth a lot more than the £6 million it would sell for as an education centre, you dont have to be a proffessor to work out how much you would get for the land if used for hundreds of properties?

Sadly the Governors at the University of Plymouth have voted to close the Exmouth teacher training campus.

The faculty of education, also known as Rolle College, will now be transferred to Plymouth. The 4,000 students and 300 staff have the chance to will move to the city in 2008, if they can afford it or can with commitments, family money etc.

About 300 students and some staff walked out of the meeting as the announcement was made on Friday afternoon (11 November 2005).

Amid tearful scenes, angry opponents of the move accused the university of betraying them for money.
Senior lecturer Ulrika Gelder said: "They are playing with people's lives. Hundreds of staff will lose their jobs. I can't see how they can justify this."

24th September Anti-closure demo, Rolle College (University of Plymouth)

with P.M. Hugo Squire speaking, also there were East Devon District Cllr. Jill Ellson (Blue), East Devon District Cllr. and Exmouth Town Councilor Steve Wragg, and The Mayor of Exmouth Cllr. Eileen Wragg

The university says consolidating activity at its Plymouth base strengthens its work. It is claimed moving the campus, known as Rolle College, will cost the local economy £20m.

Vice-Chancellor, Professor Roland Lewinsky, said: "In my view, this is a necessary development to help us achieve the mission of becoming an international centre of learning and research excellence serving the whole of the South West peninsula.

"We now have several years of hard work ahead to manage the relocation with the minimum disruption for our staff and students."

24th September Anti-closure demo, East Devon District Cllr. Jill Ellson (Blue), East Devon District Cllr. and Exmouth Town Councilor Steve Wragg, and The Mayor of Exmouth Cllr. Eileen Wragg (in black) with students.

24th September Anti-closure demo, East Devon District Cllr. and Exmouth Town Councilor Trevor Cope (Ex. Mayor,) who trained at Rolle College.

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