An innovative partnership between Northumberland County Council, Northumberland College and Port of Blyth is to establish a welding and fabrication training facility in Blyth. Investment of £1.08m will deliver a technical vocational training centre at the Port’s South Harbour terminal which will focus on training school leavers, adults and sector employees in welding and fabrication … Continued
Northumberland College’s bespoke Equine Centre at Kirkley Hall has been shortlisted in the Commercial Development category at the Insider Media North East Property Awards. Part of a multi-million-pound regeneration project managed by real estate consultants Hollis, the recently completed Centre boasts an international-standard indoor arena to host equestrian events; a stable block, tack rooms, wash area, drying room, horse walker and show jumps available for hire to local riding clubs; as well as a … Continued
The hard work and dedication of staff across Education Partnership North East was celebrated at the group’s annual Evolve Awards. Employees from Hartlepool Sixth Form, Northumberland College and Sunderland College attended a virtual ceremony to honour their colleagues across seven categories including Teacher of the Year, Local Community Champion and Unsung Hero. Education Partnership North East Chief Executive Ellen Thinnesen hosted the event, which was broadcast live via Microsoft Teams on Wednesday 26 … Continued
Northumberland College revealed that it will benefit from multi-million-pound government funding, which will be transformational for the college and position it as a leading further education and training provider for the North East. The technical, vocational and specialist land-based college is one of 16 colleges across England that has been selected to work with the Department for Education as part of the government’s £1.5 billion FE Capital Transformation fund. The college, which has campuses in Ashington, Berwick, … Continued
Northumberland College GCSE English and Functional Skills students have been showing off their skills through a national creative writing competition. The students were tasked with penning their own thrilling mini saga, told in just 100 words around the theme of ‘Trapped: Stories of Jeopardy’ with the chance of publication up for grabs. They were free … Continued
Education Partnership North East colleges have carried out thousands of COVID-19 tests as students return to campus for face-to-face teaching. Following the Government’s announcement regarding the reopening of schools and colleges, staff across Hartlepool Sixth Form, Northumberland College and Sunderland College have worked hard to set up rapid testing centres, implement social distancing rules, and … Continued
International Women’s Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. Significant activity is witnessed worldwide as groups come together to celebrate women’s achievements or rally for women’s equality. We spoke to our associate principal Joanne about … Continued
A Northumberland College engineering apprentice’s hard work and dedication has been recognised by a leading manufacturing organisation. Hamish Carroll, representing Tharsus Ltd., won the Apprentice Endeavour prize at the prestigious Make UK 2020 Awards which celebrate brilliance of UK engineering and manufacturing. The award, which received 200 nominations, is given to the apprentice who has … Continued
A chance encounter when receiving his BTEC results has helped a young engineer land a job with global paint manufacturer AzkoNobel. In August, Matthew Thompson attended Pearson’s BTEC Results Day event at Ashington Campus’s STEM Centre to celebrate the ‘Class of 2020’ as they opened their results on BBC News. There the 18-year-old met Jeff Hope, Head of Ashington Manufacturing at AkzoNobel, who was impressed by the young man’s aspiration, enthusiasm and maturity as well … Continued
