- Providing high quality maritime training to industry for more than 125 years
- Dedicated campus for Maritime Studies
- An Ofsted Grade 1 Outstanding college
- Commendations from The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA)
- The highest possible gold rating in the government's Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF)
- Degrees awarded by Lancaster University – ranked in the UK’s top ten institutions*
- One of just seven general further education colleges to be granted Foundation Degree Awarding powers as at March 2019
- The prestigious Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education Excellence regarding our partnership work with employers
- One of only four Women in Maritime Charter pilot companies
- Highly qualified, expert tutors with lots of industry experience
- Excellent purpose-built facilities, including a new marine engineering centre
- An exceptionally high graduate to employment rate
- Embedded professional development, including an exciting programme of adventure-based training
- A richly diverse student body
- Lots of individual support
*The Complete University Guide League Tables 2020
