Northumberland College students are a step closer to reaching their education and career ambitions after receiving their technical qualification results. Students received their results from the college’s Ashington and Kirkley Hall campuses, with many accepting offers from some of the country’s leading universities, progressing to higher education, progressing to higher level apprenticeships, or starting a new … Continued
Northumberland College’s new Ashington Campus is starting to take shape as the £52 million development enters its next phase. With the groundwork and foundations now complete, the steel frames for the Centre of Technical Excellence, Heart of the Campus and Student Life Centre are currently being assembled on the site at Advance Northumberland’s Wansbeck Business … Continued
Every year, the best of the North East’s tourism industry are recognised in the North East Tourism Awards. Northumberland stole the show in the North East England Tourism Awards 2025, achieving gold in an amazing nine of the available fourteen categories, with Northumberland College Zoo at Kirkley Hall winning Small Visitor Attraction of the Year, … Continued
Students from Northumberland College are helping people seeking asylum to establish roots within their new communities. Working with unique social cohesion initiative Growing Connections, the students from Horticulture and those students living onsite in our residential provision have been helping build meaningful relationships through a series of activities at Kirkley Hall Campus as part of … Continued
Cary Sawbridge, Lecturer and Programme Leader for SEND at Northumberland College has been named winner of the Pearson National Teaching Silver Award for SEND and Inclusive Practice. Cary was honoured with the Silver Award for her outstanding commitment to changing the lives of the students she works with every day. With inclusion and equity at … Continued
Foundation Early Years students at Northumberland College’s Ashington Campus have participated in a hygiene poverty project, as part of a Clean Start in Life research and in Life and in Partnership with Children North East. Staff from the Early Years team at the college’s Ashington Campus have been working with their students on this project. … Continued
Staff and students from Northumberland College have contributed to a whole series of student projects and work experiences as part of year long programme of Animating Ashington events with Walk the Plank. Walk the Plank commissioned on behalf of Northumberland County Council, are an organisation that host a series of a yearlong series of events, … Continued
Education Partnership North East (EPNE) held the second Business and Apprenticeship Awards ceremony of the year to celebrate the achievements of the region’s apprentices. Held at Northumberland College’s Kirkley Hall Campus and hosted by EPNE Chief Executive Ellen Thinnesen, the evening saw six apprentices receive Apprentice of the Year awards across different sectors including Engineering, … Continued
Northumberland College has launched a new Advanced Technical Diploma and Extended Diploma in Land and Wildlife Management to train the next generation of conservation professionals. Northumberland is home to some of the UK’s most ecologically significant landscapes – from the woodlands of the Cheviots to the coastal dunes of Druridge Bay and the iconic waters … Continued
