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  • Start to £13m college block
    02 July 2008

    THE official ground breaking ceremony for the new £13m higher education building at Blackburn College will take place tomorrow. The project is the latest element of the collegeâ s multi-million pound deve-lopment and part of the town centre regeneration...
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    Source: Lancashire Telegraph

  • Grant is next step to dream for Chelsea
    02 July 2008

    DREAMS of stardom are one step closer for a Peterborough drama student after scooping a prestigious...
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    Source: Peterborough Today

  • German challenge for enterprising students
    02 July 2008

    CHALLENGE: David Morgan, 17, Danielle Molloy, 17, team captain Sam Oliver, 18, business tutor Amanda Jalali, Darren Corker, 18, Vicky Kemp, 18, Simon Davis, 18, vice captain Kelsey Edwards, 18, and Adam Kerfoot, 18 visited Germany advertisement Katherine Vine TRAFFORD College students travelled to...
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    Source: Manchester Metro

  • Summer show by design
    02 July 2008

    STUDENTS are making the most of the sunshine by staging a bright and colourful...
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    Source: Halifax Today

  • Gormley treat for fans
    02 July 2008

    A TREAT is in store for fans of the artwork of Antony Gormley, creator of Another Place on Crosby beach. Field for the British Isles featuring 40,000 clay figures returns for the first time to St Helens, the town where it was created 15 years...
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    Source: ic Sefton and West Lancs

  • Now the sky's the limit for Chichester College students
    02 July 2008

    You might be seeing this group of girls at 33,000ft sometime soon, as they have all secured jobs as cabin crew after completing a travel and tourism course at Chichester College.
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    Source: Shoreham Today

  • Apprenticeship training is recognised
    02 July 2008

    HepcoMotion is a long-standing investor in apprenticeship training, and its success in this field has now been recognised by a major regional training...
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    Source: Engineeringtalk

  • Clean sweep for college's young designers
    02 July 2008

    Milton Keynes College has swept the board at a national competition to find the world's most talented young designers. Students at the college took Gold, Silver AND Bronze at the UKSkills contest, which is the equivalent of the Olympic Games for vocational...
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    Source: MK News

  • Wandsworth youngsters earn capital call-up
    02 July 2008

    Eight youngsters from Wandsworth schools have been selected to represent London in the Sainsbury's English schools track and field championships at Gateshead on July 11 and 12 following the annual London schools championships at Battersea...
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    Source: Wandsworth Guardian

  • FA Charter Standard for Dunstable College Beds FA chief executive presents award
    02 July 2008

    Beds FA chief executive presents award Dunstable College's Football Development Programme gained yet more recognition last week after becoming the first college to earn the FA Charter Standard...
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    Source: Luton News