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  • Going back to college is just the job
    06 September 2008

    AN English student is encouraging others to take a leaf out of her book by brushing up on their literacy and language skills. Claire Taylor, from Seaton Carew, has had a steep learning curve since leaving school with grades she wasn't happy with following her battle with...
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    Source: Hartlepool Mail

  • Students start new Diploma qualification
    05 September 2008

    FURNESS students have become some of the first young people in the country to start the new Diploma qualification. This week Year 10 pupils started the two-year Foundation and Higher Diplomas, which are the equivalent to...
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    Source: North West Evening Mail

  • Pershore College celebrate award-winning cider and fruit juice
    05 September 2008

    CIDER and fruit juice makers at Pershore College are toasting the sweet smell of success after picking up two top awards. The awards were handed to staff at the college at the first Worcestershire Cheese and Wine Fayre and are particularly treasured by the college because the drinks judged were ones on...
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    Source: Evesham Journal

  • Students try their hand at building
    05 September 2008

    A GROUP of students are coming to the end of a construction course that has tested their hand at everything from bricklaying to cement mixing. The students, aged between 16 and 21, took part in the six-week course through their summer holidays, which provided intensive training in carpentry, joinery,...
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    Source: www.nebusiness.co.uk

  • Shuttle crew set to inspire city youngsters
    05 September 2008

    SEVEN NASA astronauts will bring all the excitement of space to Bradford for a two-day visit next week with children from the city's schools getting a once-in-a-lifetime chance to meet...
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    Source: Yorkshire Today

  • Jousting invitation
    05 September 2008

    The International Equine Arena at Myerscough College is hosting a Medieval World Jousting Demonstration tomorrow . There will be plenty of chance for audience participation at the event which will feature spectacular costumes and...
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    Source: Lancashire Evening Post

  • DavyMarkham Expands Its Engineering Apprenticeship Scheme
    05 September 2008

    One year on from re-establishing its in-house apprenticeship scheme, following a break of twenty years, Sheffield heavy engineering company, DavyMarkham, is renewing its commitment to traditional skills training and forecasting that twenty per cent of its shopfloor workers will be apprentices by...
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    Source: Process & Control Today

  • Relief as Daniella given travel fund
    05 September 2008

    The parents of Daniella Maslin, 18, of East Street, Rippingale, have been battling with Lincolnshire County Council to get financial backing for her to travel to Lincoln College since...
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    Source: Stamford Mercury

  • Baxi Group and Eastleigh College forge partnership
    05 September 2008

    Baxi Group will to use the state-of-the-art facilities as a training centre for installers in the area. Eastleigh College in Hampshire can offer its plumbing and heating students the opportunity to have hands-on experience of the very latest heating technologies thanks to its partnership with Baxi...
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    Source: Building Talk

  • Single mum is one of the countryâ s top IT students
    05 September 2008

    A single mum from Carlisle is among the top 1.7 per cent of computing students in the country. Rachel Murray, 24, of Holywell Crescent, Botcherby, had to quit her A-levels at William Howard School, Brampton, when she fell pregnant at...
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    Source: Cumberland News