National College of Cyber Security
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Key people | Alastair MacWillson[1][2][3] |
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The College of National Security[1][2][3] (also referred to as the National College of Cyber Security[4][5][6][7][8]) was a proposed cyber security school for 16-19 year-olds, scheduled to open in September 2020[9] at Bletchley Park.[1][2][3]
Founding
[edit]The initiative to create the school emerged from Qufaro,[4] a nonprofit organisation created by representatives of Raytheon, BT Security and the Institute of Information Security Professionals.
The college was to be located in Block G of Bletchley Park which was being renovated in 2017 with funding by the Bletchley Park Science and Innovation Centre. Bletchley Park Trust had no involvement in the cyber security college.[10]
The opening of the college, originally planned for 2016, was pushed back to 2020 as the application to open as a college in the Department for Education's Free Schools program had yet to be granted.[11] However, in April 2020 Bletchley Park Capital Partners (a private company run by Tim Reynolds) announced plans to sell off the freehold to the site for commercial development. Offers of between £4m and £6m were reportedly being sought for the three acre plot, for which planning permission for employment purposes had been granted in 2005.[12][13]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Eleanor Ross. "School for teenage codebreakers to open in Bletchley Park | Technology". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- ^ a b c "UK's first National College of Cyber Security to open at historic Bletchley Park". Ibtimes.co.uk. 24 November 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- ^ a b c Tom Mendelsohn (25 November 2016). "Cyber college for wannabe codebreakers planned at UK's iconic Bletchley Park". Ars Technica. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- ^ a b Sayer, Peter (24 November 2016). "Britain's wartime codebreaking base could host a national cyber security college". PCWorld. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- ^ "Enigma Codebreaker site to house cyber security college". News.sky.com. 25 November 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
- ^ "Bletchley Park reactivated with planned National College of Cyber Security on site - Milton Keynes Citizen". Miltonkeynes.co.uk. 24 November 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
- ^ Coughlan, Sean (24 November 2016). "Bletchley Park: 'Codebreakers school' planned for site". BBC News. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
- ^ "National Museum of Computing involved in setting up cyber security college". Museums Association. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
- ^ "Qufaro Christmas Update". Qufaro. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
- ^ Sullivan, Nicola (30 November 2016). "National Museum of Computing involved in setting up cyber security college". Museums Association.
- ^ "National College of Cyber Security application update". Qufaro. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
- ^ "Historic Block G at Bletchley Park is being sold off for up to £6m in Milton Keynes". Milton Keynes Citizen. 9 April 2020. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ Clarence-Smith, Louisa. "Bletchley Park's wartime buildings up for sale". The Times. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
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