Education
Robert Clack School
Year 12 students from Robert Clack School won the 2005 National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship Business Plan Competition, and were then invited to present to the annual annual conference at the University of London.
A mixed comprehensive school for students between 11 and 18, Robert Clack serves as an enterprise education resource centre for other Barking & Dagenham schools.
Tel: 020 8270 4200
Email: office@robert-clack.bardaglea.org.uk
Website: www.robert-clack.bardaglea.org.uk
Barking College
Barking College topped the league tables for Further Education College A/AS Levels & Level 3 qualifications for adjoining east London boroughs released in January 2007.
The College has Centres of Vocational Excellence in Construction, Engineering and Care
Skills and educational levels are increasing hugely with the upgrading of schools and the determination of the community to seize the new opportunities that now exist in this business-friendly borough.
Government funding through the Local Enterprise Growth Initiative is encouraging and supporting enterprise, while the public and private sectors are investing on a massive scale in Barking & Dagenham’s infrastructure.
Website: www.barkingcollege.ac.uk
University of East London
UEL, a partner in the Barking Learning Centre, was London’s first new university campus in half a century when it opened on the waterfront at nearby Stratford in Millennium Year, 2000. Among the top ten post-1992 universities in the UK for research, UEL is rated by The Times University Guide 2007 as spending more on facilities per student than any other UK university.
Website: www.uel.ac.uk