COLLEGE NEWS SUMMER 2015

CITY COLLEGE NORWICH ......................................................................................................................... 2

COLCHESTER INSTITUTE .......................................................................................................................... 3

HARLOW COLLEGE .................................................................................................................................. 4

LOWESTOFT COLLEGE ............................................................................................................................. 5

LUTON SIXTH FORM COLLEGE ................................................................................................................ 7

OAKLANDS COLLEGE ............................................................................................................................... 8

PASTON SIXTH FORM COLLEGE............................................................................................................... 9

PETERBOROUGH REGIONAL COLLEGE .................................................................................................. 10

SOUTH ESSEX COLLEGE OF FURTHER AND HIGHER EDUCATION ......................................................... 11

SUFFOLK ONE ........................................................................................................................................ 12

WRITTLE COLLEGE ................................................................................................................................. 13

CITY COLLEGE NORWICH Development expands facilities for disabled students

A key milestone in the campus improvement programme at City College Norwich has been reached, with the handover by Kier Construction of a new building for learners with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities (PMLD) and the completion of the renovation of Broadland Drive. (more)

College named UK's first Centre of Excellence in Hotel Front Office and Reception

City College Norwich’s Hotel School has been recognised as the UK’s first Centre of Excellence in Front Office and Reception for the outstanding training, work experience and employment opportunities students receive on the Level 2 Hospitality Diploma in Hotel Reception. (more)

New Apprenticeship widens opportunities in Health and Social Care

A new Apprenticeship in Health and Social Care is giving apprentices in the region the opportunity, for the first time, to experience work within both social care and primary health care settings, within a single Apprenticeship framework. (more)

Free autism awareness training programme launched

A new training programme to raise awareness about autism is being launched by City College Norwich and national charity, Ambitious about Autism. The training will be free to any business or organisation in the East of England region whose staff work with young people aged 16 and over. (more)

Aspiring entrepreneurs celebrate graduation with Dragons’ Den star

Aspiring entrepreneurs from City College Norwich rounded off the college year with a visit to London’s Freemasons’ Hall to celebrate graduating from the Peter Jones Enterprise Academy. (more)

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HARLOW COLLEGE

Taster Day for Budding Journalists Harlow College offered an insight into the job of a professional journalist on Wednesday 1 July at their Creative Taster Day. http://www.harlow-college.ac.uk/about-us/news/178-taster-day-for-budding-journalists

Jiangsu Teacher Exchange Visit Harlow College has hosted an innovative 10-day exchange programme for Chinese teachers of Vocational Education. http://www.harlow-college.ac.uk/about-us/news/177-china-visit

Combat Cooking Harlow College Catering students got a taste of combat cooking when members of 167 Catering Support Regiment RLC dropped by to demonstrate their skills. Also attending were specially invited students from Chelmsford College. http://www.harlow-college.ac.uk/about-us/news/175-combat-cooking

College Staff Success in National Thank a Teacher Day Three teachers from Harlow College have received one of the highest teaching accolades; a nomination and “thanks” from the Pearson Teaching Awards panel. http://www.harlow-college.ac.uk/about-us/news/174-thank-a-teacher-day

A Cut Above Former Harlow College Level 3 Fashion student Shabana Begum, 22 from Stansted, has proved to be a cut above the rest by graduating from The university of East London where she was studying the BA (Hons) Fashion design course. http://www.harlow-college.ac.uk/about-us/news/173-a-cut-above

Young Professionals In February 2015 Harlow College launched Young Professionals, an exciting new initiative that gives our students the opportunity to work on real ‘live’ projects and gain valuable work experience. http://www.harlow-college.ac.uk/about-us/news/169-young-professionals

College Stars on the Red Carpet at Oscars Event Monday 6th July saw the Harlow College 'Oscars' take place at Cineworld Harlow, where students from media, journalism, photography and animation were celebrated and awarded for their stunning creative projects. http://www.harlow-college.ac.uk/about-us/news/180-college-stars-arrive-on-red-carpet-at-oscars-event

Student Celebration Awards On Wednesday 8th July Harlow College held its annual Student Celebration Awards, where the achievements and talents of the college's successful students were celebrated. http://www.harlow-college.ac.uk/about-us/news/181-student-celebration-awards

LOWESTOFT COLLEGE Lowestoft College’s 14th annual Celebration of Achievement Awards highlighted the success of 18 students from the College. Engineering Student of the Year Sam King was also named as the Lowestoft Journal Student Achiever of the Year. https://www.lowestoft.ac.uk/news/celebration-of-achievement-2015.aspx Students from Lowestoft College enjoyed success in some prestigious national competitions. Alex Bussey and Daniel Jones claimed the top two places in a heat of the Johnstone’s Young Painter of the Year competition. Alex will go on to compete in the final in Coventry at the end of the year. <https://www.lowestoft.ac.uk/news/johnstone-competition.aspx Harry Wickham and Melanie Tindsley competed in the semi-finals of Wella Xposure hairdressing competition and had to produce a current trend cut and colour. Beauty Therapy student Ellie Glover won the Student Electrotherapy Beauty Therapist Award (SEBTA). This is the second year running a student from Lowestoft College has come top in the national competition. <https://www.lowestoft.ac.uk/news/sebta-winner.aspx Amy Cooper and Katherine Phillips, who are first years on the BA (Hons) Design course offered in Lowestoft through UCS, won commendations in the Bradford Textiles Competition under the category ‘Knitted fabric for any use’. <https://www.lowestoft.ac.uk/news/bradford-textiles.aspx> Level 2 Business Skills students had their Money for Life project named as ‘Highly Commended’. From 340 entries, just eight were Highly Commended. <https://www.lowestoft.ac.uk/news/money-for-life.aspx> Construction students competed in the annual Norfolk and Waveney Building Apprentices’ Competition. Shuja Jawed and Daniel Jones won gold and silver medals in the painting and decorating category, while John Taylor won gold in carpentry. <https://www.lowestoft.ac.uk/news/carter-competition-2015.aspx Sixteen Level 2 Health and Social Care students committed to becoming ‘dementia friends’ after undergoing a training session by the Alzheimer’s Society. <https://www.lowestoft.ac.uk/news/dementia-friends.aspx The College’s training restaurant was awarded a 2015 TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence. East is ranked third out of 126 restaurants in Lowestoft. <https://www.lowestoft.ac.uk/news/east-restaurant.aspx Sports students trained with academy coaches from Fulhum FC and West Ham Utd and had a behind the scenes tour of Wembley before watching a match between the two teams. <https://www.lowestoft.ac.uk/news/sports-visit-to-london.aspx Daniel Belam from German Airline Germania spoke with travel students. The airline recruited six Lowestoft College students and agreed to interview to every student Sue Woodward, Air Cabin Crew Lecturer, recommends. <https://www.lowestoft.ac.uk/news/air-cabin-crew-travel-and-tourism-success.aspx

‘High Aspirations and Ambition’ OFSTED MAY 2015

Lowestoft Sixth Form College was inspected in May 2015 and we are delighted to share our good news: the College has been awarded a rating of: GOOD across all categories and for all subject areas inspected.

GOOD - Outcomes for learners

GOOD - Quality of teaching, learning and assessment

GOOD - Effectiveness of leadership and management

GOOD - Overall effectiveness

http://www.lowestoftsfc.ac.uk/index.php/news/ofsted-report-we-are-officially-good

LUTON SIXTH FORM COLLEGE Turner Prize-winning artist Elizabeth Price has received another honour, the Association of Colleges Gold Award. The former Luton Sixth Form College student was presented with the award at a ceremony at the House of Commons on Wednesday, June 10. http://www.lutonsfc.ac.uk/News/Pages/TurnerPrizewinnerElizabethPricestrikesGoldwithAoCaward.aspx Luton Sixth Form College’s men’s cricket team proved they’re just as good playing outside as they are inside as they completed a superb treble. The students have already claimed the Association of Colleges’ regional and national indoor championships this season. And on Wednesday, June 10 they added the AoC T20 East of England/London regional crown to the trophy cabinet, after an action-packed finals day at South Woodford CC. http://www.lutonsfc.ac.uk/News/Pages/T20triumphmakesitatriplecrownforLutonscricketers.aspx Sixth formers were invited to tell a story – in just 500 words. Luton Sixth Form College’s 500 Word Short Story Competition, held for the first time this year, was inspired by the established national contest for under-13s organised by BBC Radio 2. http://www.lutonsfc.ac.uk/News/Pages/500WordstorywinnerisBoxofficehit!.aspx

OAKLANDS COLLEGE Staff and students from the College’s Agriculture department have won an impressive collection of prizes from showing sheep at the recent Hertfordshire and Suffolk County Shows.

http://www.oaklands.ac.uk/whats-happening/news/agriculture-students-shine-at-county-shows/

A student and coach from the College’s Basketball Academy were both recognised in Basketball England’s national awards. Eighteen-year-old Beth Sarson was named Player of the Year for the Midlands South East region, while coach Lee Ryan won the NBL Women Midlands South East category of the Coaching Awards.

http://www.oaklands.ac.uk/whats-happening/news/double-success-for-wolves-basketball-academy/

The College’s Wolves women’s basketball team won the Women’s National Trophy over in February, following an impressive win against Oxford City Hoops of 73-54.

http://www.oaklands.ac.uk/whats-happening/news/oaklands-wolves-lift-women-s-national-trophy/

A group Business students are working with the newly formed St Albans City Centre Partnership to draw up a business plan on how they can increase tourism to the city and improve its economy. The goal is for St Albans to achieve BID (Business Improvement District) status by 2017.

http://www.oaklands.ac.uk/whats-happening/news/students-help-create-plan-for-ccp/

PASTON SIXTH FORM COLLEGE

Paston’s new Art and Fashion show venue Paston Sixth Form College officially opened the new Griffon studios and theatre on Thursday 11th June. The new facilities were opened by Rob John an ex Paston Vice Principal and successful playwright who has written numerous plays for Radio 4 . http://www.paston.ac.uk/about-paston/news/paston-s-new-art-and-fashion-show-venue

PETERBOROUGH REGIONAL COLLEGE

PRC Make-Up students turn up the heat at the World Skills competition

Three students from PRC, all of whom study Level 3 Media Make-Up, made history earlier this month

by placing 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the heats of the World Skills competition.

http://www.peterborough.ac.uk/media-make-up-students-turn-up-the-heat/

PRC student set to pitch to Dragons’ Den star, Peter Jones CBE

An up-and-coming entrepreneur from PRC will pitch his motivational speaking business to star of

Dragons’ Den Peter Jones CBE.

Kamal Hyman, 21, attends the Peter Jones Enterprise Academy here at PRC and has been selected as

a finalist for this year’s National Entrepreneur of the Year award.

http://www.peterborough.ac.uk/prc-student-set-to-pitch-to-peter-jones/

College students dance their way to the top

Local street-dance crew ‘The Contenders’ scooped the silver medal at the European Street-Dance

Championships in Germany early this month.

http://www.peterborough.ac.uk/college-students-dance-way-top/

HRH Duke of Gloucester rounds off a year to remember at PRC Peterborough Regional College welcomed a royal visit from His Royal Highness, the Duke of

Gloucester, who toured the facilities and engaged with students, staff, governors and businesses.

The visit was to mark the College’s 60th Anniversary celebrations of delivering high quality education

and training on the Park Crescent campus.

http://www.peterborough.ac.uk/hrh-duke-gloucester-visit/

Bus travel for PRC students reduced from £450 a year to just £150! Full time students of all ages are being offered cut price travel to PRC after they have successfully

sealed a deal to introduce further student transport in partnership with Cambridgeshire County

Council.

http://www.peterborough.ac.uk/bus-travel-for-prc-students-at-150/

SOUTH ESSEX COLLEGE OF FURTHER AND HIGHER EDUCATION

Thurrock Football Academy win the league League champions South Essex College narrowly missed out on doing the double this season in the Essex FA cup final.

The College’s Thurrock Football Academy team had already finished top of the Essex County Schools & Colleges U19 League this season and were looking to win another prize by lifting the Essex FA Bryon Coomer Under 19s Trophy for Colleges.

https://www.southessex.ac.uk/article/thurrock-football-academy-win-league

Sophie’s art memorial to the suffragettes An art and design student interviewed Helen Pankhurst, the descendant of suffragette Sylvia, for her end of year project based on women’s rights.

Sophie Ellis, studying the UAL Foundation Diploma in Art & Design, wanted to focus her art work on a women’s right to vote in response to the recent General Election.

https://www.southessex.ac.uk/article/sophie%E2%80%99s-art-memorial-suffragettes

Celebrating Success 2015 Students celebrated their successes during a glitzy awards evening at South Essex College.

The event, held at the College’s Southend Campus, saw over 30 awards presented to the best students in each subject area from the three campuses – Southend, Basildon and Thurrock.

https://www.southessex.ac.uk/article/celebrating-success-2015

Catwalk collections raise funds for Lady McAdden Fashion students from South Essex College put on a catwalk show displaying their end of year collections, while raising money for the Lady McAdden Breast Screening Trust at the same time.

The Level 3 Fashion Design students organised the professional event at the College’s Southend Campus. All ticket proceeds went to the charity and the event raised approximately £550.

https://www.southessex.ac.uk/article/catwalk-collections-raise-funds-lady-mcadden

Media students live the LA way A group of creative media students from South Essex College took the trip of a lifetime to Los Angeles. They spent a week in the iconic Californian city, visiting famous places such as Paramount Studios, Venice Beach and Hollywood.

https://www.southessex.ac.uk/article/media-students-live-la-way

SUFFOLK ONE

We are pleased to announce following our Ofsted inspection on the 12th and 13th May 2015 we have been judged as an outstanding provider of education.

We are very happy to receive such a highly positive second inspection report from Ofsted. It recognises the exceptional progress students make during their time at One and the achievement of their outstanding results. “Students’ excellent behaviour and positive attitudes to learning also underpin their impressive progress.” (Ofsted 2015)

We are extremely proud of our high quality teaching and learning, it was great that the teachers and their specialist expertise to skilfully meet the specific needs and aspirations of our students was recognised.

https://www.suffolkone.ac.uk/information/ofsted-report/

WRITTLE COLLEGE

Farm Minister reflects on his Writtle College studies at FE Presentation Day Farm Minister George Eustice MP handed out the awards at Writtle College's Further Education Presentation Day and said it was a pleasure to be back in Writtle after graduating from the College 22 years ago. http://www.writtle.ac.uk/pge_PressRelease.cfm?ID=1239 Writtle College wins a Silver Gilt award at RHS Hampton Court Flower Show 2015 A team of Writtle College students and staff have won a Silver Gilt award for their display at this year's RHS Hampton Court Flower Show. http://www.writtle.ac.uk/pge_PressRelease.cfm?ID=1238 Writtle College running another Veterinary Nursing course as demand soars Writtle College will be running another Veterinary Nursing course as there is so much demand. http://www.writtle.ac.uk/pge_PressRelease.cfm?ID=1234 Sport student is youngest person in UK to pass RoSPA Advanced Driving award A Writtle College student became the youngest person in the UK to be awarded the highest accolade given by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) Advanced Driving award. http://www.writtle.ac.uk/pge_PressRelease.cfm?pre=1&ID=1229&nolist=true Writtle College hosts its first ever triathlon event! Writtle College, in partnership with Discovery Tri Club, hosted its first ever Open Water Triathlon event using the network of cycle paths across its 220-hectare estate and its reservoir. http://www.writtle.ac.uk/pge_PressRelease.cfm?pre=1&ID=1224&nolist=true Writtle College Floristry student a finalist in RHS Chelsea Florist of the Year Ayane Shimazu, from Japan, a Writtle College Floristry student was a finalist in the prestigious RHS Chelsea Flower Show's Florist of the Year competition. http://www.writtle.ac.uk/pge_PressRelease.cfm?pre=1&ID=1225&nolist=true Young people man RHS Chelsea Great Pavilion exhibit for first time! Writtle College students were part of a team of young people who took over the largest exhibit in the RHS Chelsea Flower Show's Great Pavilion. http://www.writtle.ac.uk/pge_PressRelease.cfm?pre=1&ID=1218&nolist=true Writtle’s Mark Walker helped Alex Dowsett take one-hour record! Commonwealth champion cyclist Alex Dowsett took the one-hour cycling record in the Manchester Velodrome – and Writtle College’s Mark Walker was integral to this success! http://www.writtle.ac.uk/pge_PressRelease.cfm?pre=1&ID=1215&nolist=true Best in Show, gold and now People’s Choice for Writtle College! Writtle College won the People's Choice award in the Young Gardeners of the Year competition, chosen by visitors to this year's Ideal Home Show – after already winning gold and Best in Show. http://www.writtle.ac.uk/pge_PressRelease.cfm?pre=1&ID=1205&nolist=true New Chair of the Board of Governors for Writtle College

Julia Smith has taken over as Writtle College’s new Chair of the Board of Governors. Julia has served as a Governor since July 2010 and is a Maths specialist and advisor. http://www.writtle.ac.uk/pge_PressRelease.cfm?ID=1214 More news at www.writtle.ac.uk