Parsons Building: Opened in March 2016 this £18 million building features on site retail units; hospital training wards; childcare training rooms; science laboratories; learner zones and social spaces. Mandela Building: This building features painting & sculpture studios; MAC suites; 3D design workshops; digital photography suits; an exhibition space and a black & white darkroom. The foundation diploma for Art & Design has also been registered as a University Arts London (UAL) Approved Centre. Automotive Centre: This centre includes a number of automotive workshops. Rutherford Building: This building includes CAD workshops; CNC machinery; construction workshops; paint & decorating suites; welding & joinery facilities and electrical and pubmbing workshops. Newcastle College also offers HE qualifications. These include foundation degrees, bachelor's degrees and master's degrees. The college has over 3,000 HE students and is one of the biggest providers of HE in FE. These students have access to HE-only facilities such as Space. The college previously offered foundation degrees validated by universities, including Leeds Metropolitan, Northumbria, and Sunderland. In July 2011, Newcastle College was awarded Foundation Degree(FD) Awarding Powers, allowing it to develop and validate its own FD programmes.