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The 157 Group and Association of Colleges (AoC) have announced nine projects which will benefit from the Collaboration and Shared Services Grant. AoC and the 157 Group were each given £2.3million by the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) for the grant, which launched in June for the further education sector (FE). With the process complete and decisions […]
News
Watch out this week for Bournemouth & Poole College’s (BPC) performing Arts student Tammy Payne who’s landed a front line role in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks. Tammy, who left BPC to go to drama school in London and was always regarded as an exceptionally talented student. It came as no surprise to college […]
Bulletin
Like any other company, business or organisation FE colleges are open to as much reputation tarnishing as any other brand. However by managing your social media presence and using Facebook as part of your social marketing strategy, you can start to engage with your audience and realise that social networking isn’t just about the number […]
Opinion
FE Week challenged the twittersphere to come up with some fishy puns for this fabulous college story. Apprentices at the Dorset college took part in a 24 hour challenge to make the largest portion of fish and chips – ever. 42 pieces of coley, 100 kgs of potatoes and a massive tub of mushy peas […]
Young apprentice chefs from Bournemouth & Poole College cooked up a colossal fish 6ft long and 2ft wide on Wednesday. The team had 24 hours to prepare the dish along with some 3ft long chips and a giant plant pot holding mushy peas. The fish was created at the college by joining 45 pieces of […]
More than 100 watersports enthusiasts from all over the country donned their wetsuits and took to the waters in Cornwall on 22nd June when Cornwall for the 2011 British Colleges Sport (BCS) Watersports Championships. Students from colleges as far North as Stockport converged on Cornwall all keen to compete on the water. Many of the […]
Last night was LSIS’s annual ‘Leading the Learner Voice Awards’. The awards were created to recognise the contributions that staff, students and colleges make to their communities. A record 96 entries were received. Bournemouth & Poole College bagged a double award, the college won the top accolade, Provider of the Year and college student Matt […]
Forty enthusiastic Italian students say they will be taking home fantastic memories of Bournemouth after a year experiencing A-Levels at Bournemouth and Poole College. The students say they were mightly impressed by the quality of the teaching at the college as they experienced a year of life at a typical English college. They studied a […]