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  • College's £100m boost to the region
    03 October 2008

    06:34 Norfolk's largest college is worth £100m to the county and saves us almost half a million pounds because of lower crime rates, reduced unemployment and improved health, a study reveals. And students at City College Norwich will get £1.90 back in higher future earnings for every £1 they put in...
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    Source: EDP24

  • Proud day as the hard work pays off for class of 2008
    03 October 2008

    THE class of 2008 graduated from Carlisle College in a ceremony at the...
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    Source: Times & Star

  • Colleges defying economic slowdown
    03 October 2008

    COLLEGES are channelling millions of pounds into the economy despite the markets slowdown, according to a report delivered at a conference in Exeter. The 32 colleges in the South West are the region's second largest employer and contribute nearly £1bn a year to its...
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    Source: Exeter Express and Echo

  • Oskan shows way as an 'athlete and role model
    03 October 2008

    Top marks: athlete Shelayna Oskan's outstanding role at school has won her a nomination for female pupil of the year After India, her focus will be on qualifying to compete for Great Britain in London...
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    Source: Telegraph

  • Moulton College set for bigger things
    03 October 2008

    A £40 million expansion is set to transform Moulton College. Detailed plans have been published for the redevelopment of all three of Moulton Collegeâ s...
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    Source: IC Northants

  • Students sowing seeds of success
    02 October 2008

    STUDENTS at Burton College have grown sunflowers over 11ft tall as part of a horticultural project. The students, who are on the Learning for Life programme, designed for adults with learning difficulties, grew the plants from seed as part of their weekly horticultural...
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    Source: This is Derbyshire

  • Crosby News: 16-year-old helps police capture armed robber
    02 October 2008

    A 16-YEAR-old boy bravely gave chase to an armed robber who raided the same shop twice in a week. Liverpool Crown Court heard the youngster lost him but was able to point out to police the direction in which the robber, Adam Morris, had gone and he was found shortly afterwards hiding in...
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    Source: Crosby Herald

  • EPPING FOREST: College starts first term after £40million investment
    02 October 2008

    Comments (0) Have your say Â' STUDENTS starting at Epping Forest College are the first to benefit from its recent multi-million pound investment. The Loughton-based college has seen its campus transformed over the last 18 months with the addition of a new £40million building housing state of the art.
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    Source: East London & West Essex Guardian Series

  • Its a science of success for student Sarah
    23 September 2008

    TALENTED student Sarah Rachel Warren is among the top 10 AS physics students in Britain. Her remarkable achievement has just been announced by Edexcel, the UKs largest awarding...
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    Source: Gazette Live

  • Strutting for charity
    23 September 2008

    IT WILL be lights, camera action for students at Yeovil College on Friday as they host a fundraising fashion show to support a Sudanese School. Fashion, photography and technical theatre students are taking part in a charity fashion show in aid of the Grace Secondary School building project in...
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    Source: Yeovil Express