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Robin Morley elected as City College chairman

14 October 2008

Robin Morley has been unanimously elected as City College Brighton and Hove’s new Chair of the Corporation. Mr. Morley is a company director and producer with over twenty five years of creative and business experience in running strategic arts organisations, events, festivals and programmes in the UK and working with major public sector bodies and corporate clients. This includes running Zap Productions - well known for its outdoor theatre events and festivals - for 17 years. He is a Director of Magnetic Events Ltd and is on the Management Committee of the National Outdoor Events Association (NOEA) and Board of the Independent Streets Arts Network (ISAN). Mr. Morley lives with his family in Brighton and Hove and has two sons in full time education at Dorothy Stringer High School and BHASVIC College.

City College Principal Phil Frier says:

New City College chairman Robin Morley with students Victoria Levi (left) and Oskar Owedyk (right)

New City College chairman Robin Morley with students Victoria Levi (left) and Oskar Owedyk (right)

"Since joining the Corporation three years ago, Robin has impressed everyone with his enthusiasm and dedication to the College through his chairmanship of the Capital Development Committee and by serving on the Finance Committee. He is very much a Brighton person and genuinely understands the forward-looking and community-spirited ethos of the College. We’ve no doubt that he’ll be an outstanding chairman."

Robin Morley says:

"The College faces many exciting challenges over the next few years and I’m really pleased to have the confidence of the other Corporation members and senior staff in accepting the role as Chair of the Corporation."

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About City College Brighton and Hove: Founded over 100 years ago, City College Brighton and Hove has become an international centre of excellence. Every year, around 9,000 students, including many international and European students, choose City College as their education provider. Over 500 14 to16 year olds from local schools also attend the College. City College provides training to over 2,000 businesses and has a ‘City Business Skills’ department which focuses on employers’ needs. Offering hundreds of courses from basic level to pre-University level, City College is working with its partners to develop the workforce of the future.