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Gloucestershire College abbreviated GC or Gloscol is a college of further and higher education in the county of Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.It offers a range of education and training programmes, which include: GCSEs Vocational qualifications Apprenticeships and higher apprenticeships Basic skills courses Higher education Short courses for businesses Part-time and evening courses English for overseas students The College is the leading provider of apprenticeships in Gloucestershire and was awarded the Gloucestershire Apprenticeship Training Provider of the Year in 2012.Provision for A levels was removed for new entrants in 2017, due to low application levels.The latest OFSTED inspection in 2013 rated Gloucestershire College "good" with "outstanding" features. Its Visual Arts department was also graded "outstanding".HistoryIn 1969, the two branches of Gloucestershire College of Art in Cheltenham and Stroud amalgamated with the Gloucester City College of Art to form the Gloucestershire College of Art and Design .Gloucestershire College of Arts and Technology was formed in 1980 from the merger of four county colleges, Gloucestershire College of Education, Gloucestershire College of Art and Design, Gloucester City College of Technology, and North Gloucestershire College of Technology. In 1990 GlosCAT divided its provision forming a separate Higher Education Trust to go forward with a separate merger to become Cheltenham & Gloucester College of Higher Education and then the University of Gloucestershire. It maintained the remaining part as a Local Authority institution, which became a Further Education Corporation.