| Below you'll find
details and links to all the current news stories
involving Kidderminster College. These include
student success stories, comment from politicians
and business leaders, latest educational developments
and much more.
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Kidderminster College Celebrates its SMART Students...
Staff from Kidderminster College are delighted to have been part of a new Diverse Curriculum project, which has been developed on behalf of the Worcestershire 14 - 19 Partnership... |
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Kidderminster College’s Beauty Students of the Year Celebrate...
Kidderminster College Beauty students are celebrating having won special awards. NVQ Level 3 Beauty Therapy student, Laura Pardoe and Level 2 student Charlotte Lamb are celebrating after winning the title ‘Dermalogica Beauty Students of the Year’... |
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Dancing in the city...
Kidderminster College dance students are delighted to be showcasing their talent at Birmingham Hippodrome this summer... |
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Students build on their construction skills...
Three students are celebrating having successfully passed their Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) Health and Safety test... |
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From Kidderminster to Kansas to Oz and back
Students from Kidderminster College took to the stage with an alternative version of ‘The Wizard of Oz’ last week... |
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Students 'waiting' to be heard
Students at Kidderminster College were encouraged to put pen to paper recently when local artist Sarah Tamar dropped in to facilitate some writing workshops... |
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Students Showcase Hair and Beauty Creativity
Once again the Hairdressing and Beauty students pulled in the crowds for their annual ‘Avant Garde’ ‘Hair Show. The Level 2 Beauty students and Level 3 Hair students combined their skills and showcased the best of their work in ‘futuristic’ style... |
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Students Sponsored Walk for Retired Greyhounds
Kidderminster College students put their best feet forward in honour of some four-legged friends last week. Nine ‘Bridging’ students did a sponsored walk for the Retired Greyhound Trust around Brinton's Park, Kidderminster... |
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Student Services Feedback Pitch
Working with learners and capturing their voice is central to a customer-focused, quality improvement strategy, so it was with great delight when Student Services Manager at Kidderminster College, Victoria Ditton, launched ‘The Feedback’ service... |
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Promoting a Healthier Lifestyle
As part of its student welfare policy, Kidderminster College was delighted to have Solutions4Health in residence for several weeks to raise awareness amongst students about the dangers of smoking... |
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MAS Records at SXSW Festival, Austin, Texas
his year Access To Music and Rockschool Ltd. has joined up with Kidderminster College and M.A.S. Records, as a supporter, allowing the college label to showcase their emerging bands at South By Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, Texas... |
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Meet Andy Dobson, new Principal of Kidderminster College
The Governors of Kidderminster College have appointed Andy Dobson as the college’s new Principal and Chief Executive with effect from the 1st February. Andy is currently the College’s interim Principal... |
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Kidderminster College Nursery Celebrates as Ofsted grades it
as ‘Good’
Staff and parents are celebrating after Ofsted judged Kidderminster College’s Nursery to be ‘Good’ for its registered early years provision, in its latest report... |
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Dr. Richard Taylor MP officially launches KC motov8
KC motov8 is the culmination of several years work between the Wyre Forest Community Safety Partnership, Kidderminster College and Worcester based motov8. Delivering courses in motor vehicle studies and Motor Sport whilst running a vehicle engagement scheme... |
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College welcomes four artists in residence...
Kidderminster College is pleased to announce the arrival of its four artists in residence. The Artists Access to Art Colleges (AA2A) project is a national project which offers mini residencies to artists... |
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Lisa Shepherd Opens College’s New Salons
British Hairdresser of the year (05/06), resident colour expert on Channel 4’s ‘Ten Years Younger’ and former student of Kidderminster College, Lisa Shepherd, officially opened Kidderminster College’s new ‘Elements’ Hair, Beauty and Holistics Salons, on Friday November 6th at 11am... |
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Diploma Students get VIP visit
It is not every day that you get the opportunity to ask a former ‘British Hairdresser of the Year’ tips of the trade. So imagine the delight of the Hair and Beauty Diploma students at Kidderminster College when they had the rare chance to meet Lisa Shepherd... |
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M.A.S. Records Receives National Music Award
M.A.S. Records, the independent record label based at Kidderminster College, has been awarded the coveted 'Rockschool' sponsored National Music Award from 'Access To Music'... |
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Kidderminster College Students Step up to the Wincanton Challenge
Kidderminster College students were challenged by the Next Step Team to a three day team building event. The event gave students from various groups across the college the opportunity to work alongside trainee managers from Wincanton... |
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Kidderminster College is a Good College – it’s official!
Staff and students are celebrating after Ofsted judged Kidderminster College to be ‘Good’ in its latest report.... |
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Enterprising local students send bikes to Africa
Last week, students on the Team Enterprise course at Kidderminster College, were invited by the Jole Rider charity to Hullavington Barracks in Wiltshire to load bikes they had refurbished onto a container lorry ready to be transported to The Gambia... |
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Students’ partnership with Brinton’s Park plants out success
Five students on the Enterprise for Employment course at Kidderminster College have been busy working in partnership with Brinton’s Park Nursery to plant and grow plants that will adorn the streets of Kidderminster in the coming weeks... |
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College gets creative with the BBC
Kidderminster College helped the BBC to facilitate ‘BBC Blast’ – a National tour, enabling both students and local creative teenagers to let their imagination run wild in a series of free workshops, this last week... |
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Not quite so still life for art students
It was an art lesson with a difference last Tuesday when Kidderminster College art students were joined by four feathered friends... |
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College celebrates student success
Kidderminster College's Chair of Governors, Harry Grove, presented this year's awards to students who had excelled in their studies for the 07/08 academic year... |
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Rubbish, the new take on fashion!
Funky recycled fashion, including a dress made from zips, a ball gown made from plastic and old items of clothes embellished with unwanted old materials will be just some of the fun items on display in the shop Window of Kidderminster’s Scope charity store from Monday 30th March... |
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Film making students enjoy Masterclass with Ted Childs
Students from Kidderminster College's HND course in film making had a rare treat when veteran TV producer, screenwriter and director, Ted Childs gave a master class on the founding of Euston Films and his TV work... |
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Students accepted at top dance schools
Kidderminster College dance students are sticking to tradition by once again being offered places at two of the country’s top dance schools.... |
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Award hopes for enterprising students
Five 2nd year students on the Enterprise for Employment course at Kidderminster College have been nominated to receive an Adult Learner’s Week Award for their work maintaining and improving the quality of Brinton’s Park for its visitors... |
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It would appear that despite people's New Year resolutions to get fit and lose weight, they simply aren’t eager enough to take up the challenge! Kidderminster College beauty students have noticed a marked drop in the number of people coming to the College Salons.... |
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Little did they realize what they were letting themselves in for when Kidderminster College Travel and Tourism students volunteered their services to help with an extreme sports day for local schoolchildren... |
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Kidderminster College’s
Support Service function, ‘VLE Middleware,’
whose aim is to help enhance and build learning
through the use of a well-supported Virtual
Learning Environment, is proud to have been
involved in the first ever regional e-learning
conference in Kenya... |
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A second year student
on HND Film Making at Kidderminster College
has just won a prestigious national award
in film production from the BBC. David Poole,
aged 20, from Bournville, is the proud recipient
of a bursary worth £3000 to work with
the head of comedy at BBC television.... |
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The beauty and grandeur
of Worcester Cathedral provided the most fitting
setting in which to congratulate University
of Worcester graduates last week. Amongst
them were staff from Kidderminster College,
collecting their Certificate in Education.... |
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Anyone with aspirations
of a career in the music industry would have
been at the ‘Music Live!’ this
weekend. The three day event at the NEC kicked
off on Friday with ‘Education Day’... |
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Local student Paul
Campbell couldn’t quite believe his
luck when he was called for an audition for
a part alongside BAFTA nominated Paul Bettany.
So imagine his delight when he was actually
told he had been selected... |
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It was a proud moment
for James Collings when he found out that
he had achieved two distinctions and a merit
for his recently completed National Diploma
in Music... |
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Kidderminster College
embraces inclusive learning and seeks to ensure
that every student develops and meets their
potential for learning and achievement... |
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Members of the Royal
Marines visited Kidderminster College last
week in a bid to get students to improve their
lifestyles and take up physical activity,
whilst promoting the specialist careers the
Royal Marines can offer to final year students... |
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