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  • New scheme helps students and community
    20 October 2008

    A project which enables disadvantaged and vulnerable young people to help the community while gaining a nationally recognised qualification at the same time has got off to a flying...
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    Source: Norwich Evening News 24

  • Students learn the art of business acumen
    20 October 2008

    8:20pm Sunday 19th October 2008 By Telegraph newsdesk ' BUDDING entre-preneurs have been given lessons in how to gain success in the corporate world by leading business-...
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    Source: Lancashire Telegraph

  • Language success at Bexhill College
    19 October 2008

    Bexhill College has won the 2007 Good Schools Guide Award for Girls taking Russian at A Level at an English Comprehensive School. The prestigious award was made on the basis of A Level results, relative popularity of topic and success achieved by...
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    Source: Mid Sussex Today

  • English teacher Heather retires after 40 years AFTER almost 40 years of teaching English as a second
    19 October 2008

    AFTER almost 40 years of teaching English as a second language, Heather Greaves has retired. She was treated to a series of farewells, with Nelson and Colne College, colleagues and students keen to mark her dedicated...
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    Source: Pendle Today

  • College 'jailbreakers' go far and wide for charity
    19 October 2008

    EXETER College students have kicked off a year of fundraising. The teenagers participated in RAG, or Raising and Giving week, with the highlight a sponsored...
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    Source: Exeter Express and Echo

  • 'I'm not going to give up'
    18 October 2008

    An impish smile illuminates Jessica Kellgren-Hayes' delicate features. "This," she says, fiddling with the straps of one of the splints supporting her wrists, "is my party trick".
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    Source: This is Bristol

  • I will use my fight with cancer to inspire others
    18 October 2008

    12:00am Saturday 18th October 2008 By Sarah Calkin ' AFTER battling a brain tumour for nearly two years, and with his dreams of a career in the Army in tatters, 19-year-old David Holmes could be forgiven for wanting to forget his...
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    Source: Billericay Weekly News

  • Ben gets Irish squad call-up
    18 October 2008

    FRONT-row rugby forward Ben 'Bungalow' Howard from South Wootton, near King's Lynn, has been asked to attend the squad training session for Ireland Under-18s at the end of...
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    Source: East Anglian Daily Times

  • 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