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SPECIAL OLYMPICS ATHLETES STAR IN FASHION SHOW
17 June 2010

Special Olympics athletes took to the catwalk last night to model clothes designed by fashion students at Kingston College, Surrey, as part of an event hosted by TV fashion guru Armand...
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Source: Community Newswire

Stourbridge College students plant flag for England
17 June 2010

STOURBRIDGE College students have been saying it with flowers to support England’s World Cup campaign. Members of the horticulture group on the college’s Assisted Continuing Education (ACE) programme designed a flower bed to look like an England flag to back the nation's footballers’ bid for glory in.
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Source: Stourbridge News

Gymnastics: Kim Estebanez to compete at 2011 Special Olympics World Games
17 June 2010

A CHESTER gymnast is getting ready to show off her skills on the big stage. Kim Estebanez, of Lache Lane, will be part of the Great Britain party that heads to Athens next year for the 2011 Special Olympics World...
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Source: Chesterchronicle.co.uk

Gateshead College students are going digital
17 June 2010

GATESHEAD College has launched an academy to encourage young people to take the leap into the region's respected digital sector. The college’s Digital Academy will welcome its first batch of students in September, and will offer training to teenagers looking to break into the digital creative...
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Source: Net Business

Attik founders gain Association of Colleges Gold Award
17 June 2010

TWO former college students who built a global design agency from offices in Huddersfield have been honoured. Business partners Simon Needham and James Sommerville, co-founders of creative agency Attik, have received the Association of Colleges (AoC) Gold...
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Source: Huddersfield Examiner

Sutton Lord presents student with learning difficulty award
17 June 2010

A student with a learning difficulty has received the Best Learner Award at the House of Lords last month. Kelly McKensie, 21, from Orchard Hill College in Wallington, earned the award for overcoming her disadvantage and communicating effectively using gestures, body language, facial expressions and..
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Source: Kingston Guardian

Former Sussex Downs student celebrates Radio 4 role
16 June 2010

FORMER Sussex Downs College student Fiona Scrase from Eastbourne is celebrating her new role as as assistant producer at BBC Radio...
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Source: Eastbourne Today

Leroy Logan: Receiving top award felt as good as receiving MBE
16 June 2010

By Dionne Grant Comments 0 ALL SMILES: Leroy Logan with mentee Reiss Baker BRITAIN S highest-ranking black police officer says he felt the same sense of pride when receiving a Gold Award from the Association of Colleges (AoC) as he did when he received his...
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Source: The Voice

Rochdale fan on a mission
11 June 2010

Rob Reed is at it again. After raising a record-breaking £1,113 through Christmas Draw tickets sales and £1,526 on the Accrington Walk he is now selling Summer Draw tickets to raise more funds for Rochdale Football...
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Source: Rochdale Online