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  • Laura has sights set on law career
    23 September 2008

    A TALENTED teenager, who scored some of the best exam results in the region, has her sights set on a high-flying career in law. Laura Williams, a former pupil of Bedale High School, was the county's top-performing student in her age group in the past academic...
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    Source: Advertiser Series

  • College hosts event to promote tourism support
    23 September 2008

    Lancaster and Morecambe College joined forces with Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board to host an information event to help people make sense of the information, support and funding available to tourism businesses in the...
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    Source: Lancashire Evening Post

  • Students are happier here than at Oxbridge
    23 September 2008

    STUDENT life in Nuneaton is happier than Oxford and Cambridge according to a recent poll. Higher education students at North Warwickshire and Hinckley College are among the most satisfied in the country, according to a survey carried out in colleges and universities by Ipsos Mori...
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    Source: Coventry Telegraph

  • Single mum wins boost for studies Emma Newton has had to overcome a number of obstacles in a bid to
    22 September 2008

    Emma Newton has had to overcome a number of obstacles in a bid to get an education after falling pregnant aged just 15.She was stunned to receive a letter from the Helena Kennedy Foundation, saying she had won a 1,000 scholarship in recognition of her hard work and determination in overcoming significant...
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    Source: Peterborough Now

  • Construction students build themselves a bright future
    22 September 2008

    FIVE pupils from the Leeds College of Building Young Apprentices in Construction programme have secured the first places on construction firm Kier's three-year apprenticeship...
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    Source: Yorkshire Evening Post

  • Apprenticeships the learning curve
    06 September 2008

    As we launch our "Support Installer Apprenticeships" campaign, here is a detailed look at apprenticeship training as delivered via college. Gerard Honey looks at the role of the college in the training process and meets apprentices on the course at Preston In this short series of articles (see also May and..
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  • Students show that they really do care
    06 September 2008

    STUDENTS at Burton College have been brewing up to raise money for Home-Start. Early years and care students organised the fund-raising effort as part of the charity's national event The Big Tea Party, and raised £150 by manning a cake stall, tea stall and a...
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    Source: Burton Mail

  • College restaurant unveils new programme
    06 September 2008

    THE new look Kendal College Restaurant re-opens on Tuesday, September 30, with an exciting calendar of culinary events for the forthcoming academic...
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    Source: WestMorland Gazette

  • 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