Leeds College of Technology
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Unit 5 College Trade Park Roundhay Road, Leeds LS7 3BH, Roundhay Road, Leeds LS8 5AJ, UK, Roundhay Road, Leeds LS8 5AJ, United Kingdom Print route »
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Leeds College of Technology (formerly Kitson College) was a further education college in Leeds, in West Yorkshire, England. With a strong technical bias, the college supported the computing, engineering, social care and transport industries. In addition, the college was a national centre for print training and offered English language learning and teaching (ESOL).It was founded in 1824 as part of the Leeds Mechanics' Institute, and in 1868 the college became the Leeds Institute of Science, Art and Literature, then the Branch College of Engineering and Science. It was renamed Kitson College in 1967 in honour of James Kitson, 1st Baron Airedale, and then Leeds College of Technology.
The college served more than 5,000 students.
On 1 April 2009, Leeds College of Technology merged with Leeds Thomas Danby and the Park Lane College to form the new Leeds City College. The site on Cookridge Street is now known as the Technology Campus of the new college. On 26 January 2016 it was announced that the Health and Social Care services will move to a new Quarry Hill campus being built next to West Yorkshire Playhouse. The whole building will close in July 2019 and courses will move elsewhere. West Yorkshire Consortium of Colleges operates from Technology Campus.The Technology Campus has played its part in rock history. The Who's album Live From Leeds had two tracks re-recorded here and Pink Floyd's song "See Emily Play" was written here after a gig in the building when it was still known as Kitson College.
