the sole further education college in the borough, sandwell college was opened in september 1986 following the merger of warley college and west bromwich college. it was originally based in the old warley college buildings on pound road, oldbury, and the west bromwich college buildings on west bromwich high street, as well as a building in smethwick town centre, but moved into a new single site campus in west bromwich town centre in september 2012. in 2004, a debt-ridden sandwell college was subject to a police investigation.