NCC & BSix Merger
Infographics for the merger of BSix Sixth Form College into New City College.
- Client
- New City College London
- Disciplines
- Data visualisation, Graphic design
- Year
- 2024
The Problem
In 2024 New City College and Brooke House Sixth Form College (BSix) proposed merging, and put out a public consultation document: A strong and secure future for post-16 education in Hackney.
The case for the merger rested on where Hackney's 16 to 18 year olds come from and which campuses they choose. That lived in spreadsheets of postcodes and student numbers, and parents, staff and the local community needed to see it at a glance.
What I Did
I worked through the 2022/23 student data for both colleges and made eight maps & charts. Heat maps show which postcodes each college draws from, pie charts break that down by borough, and a map follows Hackney's students out to the other NCC campuses.
I kept the colour coding the same across every chart and matched it to NCC's brand, so the set reads as one piece. The set went through a round of edits before the document went out.
Figures in these images are blurred for GDPR reasons.
The Work
Outcomes
The maps & charts went into the merger consultation document, published in March 2024. I worked for Mark Silverman at Plus Pursuits, and NCC's Group Executive Director of Communications wrote to thank me for them too.
Your work is excellent and looks great in the document. I will have no doubt in recommending you and, I hope we can work again soon.
I know you worked to Mark for this rather than NCC, but I wanted to thank you personally and on behalf of NCC for your detailed work on the charts, which look great and illustrate well what we need them to show.
2022/23The student year the maps cover
8Maps & charts in the consultation
