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Warrington Collegiate gears up for the Olympics

 Warrington Collegiate staff and students geared up for London 2012 with a Health and Wellbeing Day organised by Level 3 Business students at a fun filled event in glorious sunshine.

 The students worked for several weeks before the event with Elise Lee, Welfare Adviser and Marie Keeley, Team Leader for Guidance, Finance and Welfare at Warrington Collegiate.  They also received support and encouragement from their…

Youth unemployment is undoubtedly a cause for concern across the UK, with over one million young people between the ages of 16 and 24 out of work. However, students at Kirklees College, West Yorkshire, are learning the skills to buck the trend.

112 students took part in an intense day-long employability competition, where ‘The Apprentice’ met ‘Dragons’ Den’!

The event, held at Galpharm Stadium, put the students through their paces as they were divided into…

Trade Placements Offered to Warrington Collegiate Students

Students studying construction trades at Warrington Collegiate have been given the opportunity to put theory into practice thanks to repairs and maintenance company Manchester Working Limited (MWL), which is Warrington Borough Council public buildings maintenance partner.

MWL has committed to offering 225 work placements for plumbing, joinery and electrical work over the next three years, with up to 25…

Education is changing. It’s being delivered in new ways, in new places, by new people. Whether we like it or not the education and skills supply side is being wrenched wide open – what is coming next?

While it’s unlikely that you will see a ‘for sale’ sign outside your local school or college, the extent of the private sector’s role in schools, colleges and universities is a…

Backcombed barnets and terrible tresses were order of the day at City College Southampton on May 15 and staff and students held a wacky hair event to raise money for their charity of the year, Naomi House and Jacksplace.

The fundraisers showed off their crazy styles at the college before marching through Southampton to boost the charity’s coffers.

In total around £200 was raised for the charity.…

Warrington Collegiate supports Charity Football Tournament and raises nearly £5000

 Warrington Collegiate staff d onned football kit and took to the pitch last Saturday to help their colleague, Jez Deus, Technician at Warrington Collegiate,…

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One of the stars of the blockbuster film series the Twilight Saga, MyAnna Buring (centre) presented Uxbridge College filmmakers with ‘Oscar’ awards.

MyAnna, who plays Tanya in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 and will also be in Part 2 which is due to be released in the autumn,…

Two students from Blackpool & The Fylde College have delivered presentations at a prestigious academic convention.

Joanna Cinis and Shanaz Dawood, who are both students on the College’s BSc (Hons) Project Management, spoke at the British Conference for Undergraduate Research at Warwick University in March.

The conference is an annual event, held every spring at a different university, and showcases outstanding student research from across the UK and beyond. All student…

Warrington Collegiate plays its part in Queen’s visit to Warrington

Staff and students from Warrington Collegiate were on hand to greet and entertain the Queen on her first official visit to Warrington since 1979 to mark the grand opening of the Orford Park Project, in Warrington, the largest Olympic legacy development outside of London.

The Queen, looking splendid in a coral dress and coat, and accompanied by HRH Prince Phillip, were driven on a tour of the Orford Park…

 Newham students proved recently that after a few cookery lessons anyone can make tasty fast food meal that is healthy.

Three teams of two students cooked a meal from scratch in 40 minutes in a special ‘Ready Steady Cook healthily’ class at East Ham Campus.…

Uxbridge College Students’ Twin Town Swap

Students from Uxbridge College in West London were joined by their counterparts from borough twin town Schleswig.

Schleswig in Germany is twinned with the London Borough of Hilllingdon, where…

South Essex College’s Football Academy beat Manchester College 4 goals to 3 in a blistering game in Birmingham earlier this week that saw them earn the title of the best college team in the country!

The final, part of the BCS (British Colleges Sport) Men’s Elite Football League, is the highest standard of…

Former City of Bath College student Peter France, the Chief Executive of Bath-based Rotork Plc, is to receive a prestigious Association of Colleges (AoC) Gold Award at the House of Commons.

Staff and students from City of Bath College will be present at the 13th June awards ceremony,…

Kingston College’s School of Hair and Beauty was once again proud to host their annual student Competition, X-travaganza and this year there were two themes: Level 1 Hair and Beauty students presented their interpretation of “Screen Goddess” and Level 3 Hairdressing and Level 2 Beauty students presented their…

A collaboration between a college department head and a charity supporting youngsters with autism has seen changes to SEN provision announced during the Queen’s speech to Parliament last week; the launch of a national College Inclusion Charter and the visit of President Obama’s Assistant Secretary of State for Education, Dr Alexa Posny, to meet students and staff at an FE college in Surrey.

The Finished at School campaign was launched by the charity Ambitious About Autism in October…

The Queen was treated to Newham College fashion and tailoring students’ flair for quality clothes recently

HM Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip inspected designs and garments by the College’s students and a display by the Fashion and Textile Museum during Diamond Jubilee celebrations in Bromley on 15 May.

Students Banuja Selvarajah and Jonathan Allen with tutors Esther Smith and Joanne Hosseff featured in an exhibition in the town centre that promoted the importance of the…

With the double dip recession creating a potential for more redundancies across the East Midlands, one man from Leicester has proven that the ‘R’ word doesn’t have to mean the end of the…

Degree students at Swindon College took part in a residential trip to Berlin as part of their Fine Art, Illustration and Graphic Design course.

A group of 17 students at the end of April took the opportunity to explore and experience the sights and sounds of one of the most culturally diverse, influential and exciting capitals at the foremost of culture.

Over a period of four days the students visited world-renowned galleries and museums, including Neue…