College News

Performing Arts students present Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing

Performing Arts students will present William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing at The College at Braintree, Church Lane Campus, on Thursday 2nd, Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th February 2012.

College sheds light on careers in technology

Local school pupils have been invited to attend Colchester Institute’s ‘Technology Taster’ event, this February.

Construction students are building their skills for the future

Students at The College at Braintree are extending their knowledge of the construction industry and making plans to study for higher education qualifications, as they enter the final year of their Level 3 Diploma in Site Carpentry.

Deputy Prime Minister meets students at Colchester Institute

The Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, visited Colchester Institute on Monday 5th December, where he set out the Government’s commitment to getting all young people earning or learning. On the visit, he met with students, staff and business leaders as well as watching a cookery lesson first hand.

Colchester Institute targets Tendring NEET

Colchester Institute is highlighting new programmes, which target the ‘Not in employment, Education or Training, (NEETs) within the Tendring area, at an event on Wednesday 7th December.

New Skills Centre Planned for Harwich

Colchester Institute, the largest vocational training provider in North Essex, is joining forces with Harwich International Port, owned by Hutchison Ports (UK) Limited, in order to create ‘The Energy Skills Centre at Harwich.’

The new Skills Centre will have an engineering focus and is set to be developed in Harwich, to meet the current needs of employers in the area – with a keen eye on the offshore wind energy industry of the emerging East Anglian Energy Coast.

Students benefit from pre-apprenticeship programme at College

The Centre for Engineering, at Colchester Institute, has given 22 students a chance to study on the Pre-Apprenticeship programme at the College’s Engineering Training Centre this academic year.

The level 1 students, who complete the course in January 2012, will learn general manufacturing tasks as part of their qualification. This will in turn give them the skills to go on to employment and study for an Apprenticeship, or for further qualifications at the College.

Students told to aim high this November

Colchester Institute is inviting those interested in continuing their education to an Open Event this November in order to discuss the study choices available to them in further and higher education.

The annual, autumn, Open Event is taking place on Wednesday 9th November, 4pm-7pm and Thursday 10th November, 4pm-7pm at The College at Braintree, and Saturday 12th November, 10am – 1pm, Wednesday 16th November, 4pm – 8pm and Thursday 17th November, 4pm – 8pm, at the Sheepen Road, Colchester Campus.

The chefs are back in town

Colchester Institute will be running a brand new Professional Chefs programme at the Tendring Skills Centre in Clacton from September 2011.

This exciting new provision at the Jaywick Lane site marks a welcome return for the College’s Centre for Hospitality and Food Studies, which had previously delivered training in the Langtry Restaurant in the Grand Hotel, on Clacton’s seafront.

IT Students help local Charity

 

Level 3 IT students at The College at Braintree and Braintree Mencap have worked together on a joint project to develop a new Braintree District Mencap Society website. 

Braintree Mencap contacted lecturer Gill Fryatt to see if the students would like to assist in developing a new site as a joint venture. Over the past four months the students have worked with the charity, developing ideas and understanding the needs of its members with a learning disability, to ensure the website is accessible to all. 

 
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