Trip to York Food Festival leaves student with food for thought

Professional Cookery students visited York Food Festival to sample local and international foods, discover current industrial trends, and network with employers and suppliers. The budding chefs were exposed to a wide array of culinary outlets and were inspired to explore further employability and career options in hospitality and catering. David Jackson, Chef Lecturer NVQ 3, … Continued

Students volunteer at Kielder Marathon

Employees and students at Northumberland College volunteered at this year’s Kielder Marathon ensuring the event was a huge success. Three members of staff and 20 Level 2 and Level 3 Sport and Public Service students volunteered 12 hours of their time, working alongside staff from Events of the North to ensure the race ran smoothly. … Continued

Students reach new heights with climbing qualification

Arboriculture apprentices have gained their City and Guilds NPTC Level 2 Climb and Rescue qualification. Apprentices, Harry Olsson, Richard Carter, Michael Hall and Michael Allen were trained by Northumberland College’s Instructor (Arboriculture), Michael Armer and are employed by Northumberland County Council. The apprentices undertook a range of assessments with an external assessor, organised by the … Continued

Northumberland College students celebrate impressive vocational results

Today the wait was finally over for hard-working students at Northumberland College as they celebrated an impressive set of results for their vocational qualifications. The students celebrated their achievements as part of a national results day dedicated to vocational qualifications. Their results will enable them to progress to a new career, a higher level apprenticeship … Continued

Travel and Tourism students fly high in London

Travel and Tourism students visited London recently to experience a range of tourist attractions as well as an educational trip to major airline. The students, who are studying airline cabin crew and aviation services participated in safety and emergency training at the Emirates airlines aviation experience. Tutor Helen Bramley who joined the group on the … Continued

Arboriculture students learn valuable skills thanks to partnership with Gentoo

Our Arboriculture students have recently worked on a project in conjunction with Gentoo on Tree Tagging. Tree Tagging is part of the surveying programme Gentoo deliver to individually tag trees with unique colour codes to support with inspections on their land. This proactive approach shows a duty of care in relation to health and safety … Continued

Media Make Up student lands placement on ITV crime show

One of our Level 3 Media Make-Up and Special Effects students landed some high-profile work experience on ITV’s primetime detective show, Vera. Amber Varley has recently shadowed the Senior Make-Up Artist on the TV set of Vera and was able to learn new techniques to help with her future development. Speaking about her experience, Amber … Continued

College students get a glimpse of site life with Surgo

Surgo Construction, one of region’s longest established building contractors, continued its support for Northumberland College and its students recently by helping to broaden their experience of what to expect on a construction site, by facilitating a site visit to Stannington where it is building 34 new homes for Willow Homes. Ten students went along to … Continued

Plastering students build on their skills in regional competition

Two Northumberland College plastering students recently took part in a Regional SkillBuild competition held at York College. Apprentice plasterer Kieran Dyson and full time student Kyle Burton competed against hopefuls from across the North. Competitors were tested not only on their technical abilities, but also on their time management, character and commitment. Lecturer David Hanncock … Continued