Buxton’s iconic Devonshire Dome and All Saints Church in Leek hosted the summer ceremonies last week when the best student and most improved student from each course were awarded prizes. And, for the first time, the silver salvers presented to the students were engraved in-house by the College’s engineering team who used the new laser…
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Top students recognised at college awards nights
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Students’ capsule sends message to the future
A MOBILE phone and a stress reliever are among the artefacts placed in a time capsule buried on Buxton & Leek College’s redeveloped Leek Campus this term. Inspired by a Victorian time capsule unearthed by the builders as they demolished the old Carr gymnasium on the site, students have sent their own message to their…
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Students give nature a helping hand
BEAUTY spots in the Churnet Valley have been given a spruce up by students from Buxton & Leek College who rolled up their sleeves to work with Staffordshire Wildlife Trust this summer. Teenagers on the Learning for Living and Work course at Leek Campus volunteered to help the Trust in tackling Himalayan Balsam and clearing…
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Eva takes a bow for Great Britain
A Buxton & Leek College sports student will be taking aim for Great Britain this summer when she flies out to the Romanian capital of Bucharest to represent her country in a European Youth Archery competition. Seventeen-year-old Eva Henderson-Hirst, from Flagg, who is studying Outdoor Sports at the College’s Buxton Campus, first took up a…
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Boost for employers taking on apprentices
Employers of young apprentices are set to save thousands of pounds after the government abolished employer National Insurance contributions for virtually all apprentices under 25 years of age. Buxton & Leek College has welcomed the change, which came into effect on 6 April 2016, as it will make hiring an apprentice even better value for…
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Young designers’ work on show in School of Art
YOUNG designers of the future will be showing off their skills at Leek School of Art’s free end of term exhibition next week. Finishing students from Foundation Diploma and BTEC Extended Diploma courses in Art and Design will have their work on show all week in the new William Morris Building, off Stockwell Street. Exhibits…