Northumberland College Horticulture apprentice Elizabeth Snowdon has won a prestigious scholarship which will help her take the next steps in her career. Elizabeth has been awarded £2,500 after successfully applying for the Colegrave Seabrook Scholarship Blue Diamond Award – an amazing achievement for Elizabeth, her employer and Northumberland College. Studying a Level 2 Horticulture qualification, … Continued
Education Partnership North East will be sharing how it is investing in in a greener future for Northumberland as part of Net Zero Awareness Week. Iain Nixon, Vice Principal of Partnerships and Commercial at the college group, which includes Northumberland College, is a speaker at an Advance Northumberland webinar which will examine the county’s strengths … Continued
A student studying Entry to the Uniformed Public Services has progressed into a career with the Armed Forces. Owen Mulgrew has utilised all the knowledge and skills he has gained over the past academic year and has successfully completed the Army’s recruitment process for recruit training. He will start his Infantry training at Catterick in … Continued
Agricultural Apprentice Alice Bates, who studies at Northumberland College, is getting to experience modern agriculture and the working of a progressive farm, and the role of all the staff involved. Farmer and apprenticeship employer James Drummond, at Lemmington Hill Head Farm, is following a sustainable farming program growing grass leys that store carbon and using … Continued
Education Partnership North East’s (EPNE) colleges have been ranked among the country’s best for its further education achievement rates. The regional group, which includes Sunderland College, Hartlepool Sixth Form College and Northumberland College, has been ranked second in the country – and top performing General Further Education (GFE) in the North East – in the … Continued
Business leaders and sustainability champions have welcomed news of Northumberland College’s groundbreaking Gen Zero Ashington Campus – designed to be as close as possible to carbon neutral in both construction and operation. Last year Education Partnership North East (EPNE) revealed a state-of-the-art technical college campus would be developed by the Department for Education (DfE) on … Continued
Professor Alison Shaw, one of the north east’s most respected leaders in education, has been appointed as one of two new vice chairs at the region’s largest college group. Alison, Professor of Practice for Inclusive Education at Newcastle University, has accepted the role of vice chair at Education Partnership North East (EPNE), which incorporates Sunderland … Continued
In 2022, Northumberland College announced it had purchased a plot of land to build a new, state-of-the-art technical campus at Wansbeck Business Park. To discuss the options for the current Ashington Campus site, Curtis PDS will be hosting a consultation event to give local residents, students, parents, and college staff the opportunity to come along, … Continued
Kind-hearted Northumberland College students organised a charity walk with a difference to raise much-needed cash for the region’s most vulnerable children. Ashleigh Robson and Holly Warnaby, who are studying Animal Management at Kirkley Hall Campus, led two of Northumberland College Zoo’s donkeys for a leisurely walk around the picturesque grounds to collect donations for Cash … Continued
