Redcar and Cleveland College has a new principal.
Alan Old, vice-principal of the college and acting principal since July 2000, takes over from Lynne Howe.
A plan to extend the campus and provide a theatre and other arts-based learning facilities ran into financial difficulties and faced opposition from local people.
Mrs Howe was suspended last summer.
Mr Old was principal of the Sir William Turner Sixth Form College since 1988 until its merger with Cleveland College of Further Education in 1994.
He said: "I am very pleased to be officially appointed to the post of principal. As head of a committed team I am confident that we will be able to take the college forward at a time of great change in further education.
"Redcar and Cleveland College is committed to ensuring an environment which all the community can benefit from and achieve success. From the board of governors down, we are determined to have a community college which the borough and Teesside can be proud of.
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