North Lindsey College is a further education college in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, England situated on the A18. It is also an associate college of the University of Lincoln providing a wide range of further education and higher education courses. The college is made up of 69 departments and occupies an area of 23 acres (93,000 m). It has two local centres in Ashby and Barton. Funding decisions for the college come from the local Yorkshire and the Humber Learning and Skills Council in Bradford. The course types range from basic GCSE type courses all the way up to HND courses. The college has many different courses viewable from its homepage. It offers NVQ courses on the Train to Gain scheme. It began life as the North Lindsey Technical College in 1953, and in 1964 the main building opened. In 1971 it became the North Lindsey College of Technology. This was when it was run by Lindsey Education Committee (based in Lincoln). In 1974 it was now administered by Humberside Education Committee in Beverley. At this stage it had five departments: The library was built in 1978, and the refectory in 1980.