Edited sentence: Despite it's grand £40 million opening, the first year at the new college saw A-Level results drop drastically.However, the students also pointed the finger at learning board Edexcel who controversially lowered the deadline date from July to May.In a survey of the college, many of the students blamed the lecturers' reliance on "Thomas Telford Online", an online learning programme.The drop in A-Level has led to an OFSTED inspection, which is due to take place in November 2006.The students claimed that the lecturers refused to help when asked, instead telling them to look at the Telford material to find a solution