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Last month we sent a team of three merober& of staff to assess the town of Camford as a pot en tla 1 location for a new English language college for speakera of other ianguages. This report outiines the lindings of the team and concludes with a recommen-dation.

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geographical reasons why Camford wouid appear to be an attractive location for a language college. Firstly, it is situated at a distance of only fifty miles from London and there are good raił and bus connections with the Capital. Secondiy, although Camford is marnły known for its ancient university, it also has a number of other further education colleges so that. there are

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substantial groups of young people in the city in term-times. Moreover, links between local industry, much of which is based on modern technology, and the educationał institutions are growing so that the economy of the area is relatively healthy.

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The health of the local economy combineb with the youthful naturę of the population, inevitably has a poeitive effect on the facil-ities available in the town. These include a sports complex with, omong other things, a skating rink and an Olympic-sized swimming pool, five cineroas, three theatres and two large conoert halls. There

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Despite its many flr.e pornes, Camford has, nevsrtheiess, a coupie of not insigr.iSca.nc disad-vantages as the location fer our new language schooł. First cf all, there is a lack of appropnate rented accommodation availanle. In addition, public transport within the city is extremeiy poor.

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To conclude, our reconnenćation is that we should take our incesti-gation of Camford as a suitabie location a stage further ano should look for an aopropna^e site within walking drst3nce o~ the town centra. >»’e should, however, also cors i der tne po»si-biiity of providing residentia-