North Hertfordshire College

North Hertfordshire College (NHC) has an ambition to provide exceptional opportunities for all of its students, communities, employers and stakeholders. It recognised as early as 2009 that the changing landscape in terms of the funding and in terms of student expectation and demand would significantly challenge the traditional paradigm of a further education college.

NHC also recognised that the transformation of the college would require collaboration with others who shared our vision for a more entrepreneurial culture and college. We set out to become a disruptive influence in the sector and to create first mover colleges that could get behind a shared vision that would enable our colleges to maximise the resources needed to realise our ambition.

Using resources earmarked for curriculum development, technological improvement, and workforce development in particular, and workforce development in particular, the five colleges committed to an investment that would put them in the vanguard of a movement to create entrepreneurial colleges in the UK. The power of many has therefore been harnessed through effective collaborative investment to benefit students across the UK, with greater opportunities for them to learn through this wider network.

NHC is based across 5 main centres in Stevenage, Hitchin and Letchworth Garden City, including a vocational skills centre and a purpose built management and professional centre.

Our Vision

'To become nationally recognised as the foremost entrepreneurial college in the UK'

Our Mission

'North Hertfordshire College is an entrepreneurial college, where the ethos, values and culture of students, tutors and leaders is distinctively geared towards the task of wealth creation, business formation and growth and employment outcomes.'

Our Values

• Respect – You recognise and value the contribution of others
• Accountable – You take personal responsibility for the success of the college
• Inclusive – You take account of the different needs and aspirations of others
• Entrepreneurial – You are proactive and you engage with innovation
• Challenge – You are confident to give your opinion and open to receive the views of others
• Empowering – You take initiative and support others to take initiative within agreed boundaries
• Aspirational – You are relentless in pursuit of excellence
• Safe – You are alert of risks and proactive in the security of others