Celebrating ESOL Student Achievements this Colleges Week
To celebrate Colleges Week here at Kirklees College, we would like to promote some of our amazing English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) students! Kirklees College is one of the largest providers of ESOL courses in the region. Our courses are designed for students who do not speak English as a first language. From […]
Kirklees College attends WYCA Green Taskforce Celebration Event
On Wednesday 21 February, Director of Estates and Facilities Phil Sugden attended the West Yorkshire Combined Authority’s (WYCA) Green Taskforce Celebration Event on behalf of Kirklees College. The Green Taskforce was set up by Mayor of West Yorkshire, Tracy Brabin, and includes experts from business, educators, the third sector and young people, to set the […]
MPs offer support for Kirklees College during Colleges Week
This week is Colleges Week, an annual campaign run by the Association of Colleges that celebrates the Further Education sector and encourages colleges to come together and lobby for support from government. Around 1.6m students are educated in further education colleges in the UK, and this annual event is an opportunity to showcase the breadth […]
The Burnt Chef Project Visit to Hospitality Students
Kirklees College recently welcomed The Burnt Chef Project to speak to our Hospitality students about mental health within the industry. They understand the struggles people go through when working in hospitality and have created a space where they can discuss the state of their mental health, because even though it cannot be ‘seen’, it can […]
Food and Drink Apprentice Awards 2024
As part of this week’s National Apprenticeship Week celebrations at Kirklees College, Level 3 Food and Drink Engineering apprentices’ achievements were celebrated at an awards ceremony on Wednesday 7 February at our Process Manufacturing Centre. The awards were given out by Curriculum Area Manager, Gary Parkinson, and were a complete surprise for the apprentices, who […]
Celebrating our apprentices and employers: National Apprenticeship Week case studies
As part of National Apprenticeship Week, Kirklees College has been interviewing a number of its employers and apprentices to ask them about their apprenticeship experience. By sharing both the employer and apprentice perspective, these video case studies highlight the benefits of apprenticeships for the individuals who embark on one, and the businesses that employ one. […]
Alumni Exhibition at Pioneer Higher Skills Centre
Zachary Eastwood-Bloom is a former student and technical demonstrator at Kirklees College and is currently collaborating with Dewsbury Creative Town on a public art project in Dewsbury Town Centre. This project will be coupled with student workshops and talks with students at Kirklees college exploring aspects of digital design, modelling and making. Zachary is keen […]
National Apprenticeship Week 2024 at Kirklees College
Kirklees College is proud to support National Apprenticeship Week 2024, 5 – 11 February. Throughout the week, we are hosting a range of events to celebrate and promote our apprenticeship offer to new and existing students at all levels. Events at Kirklees College this week include talks from our Employer partners, including Daisy Group, Ambutech […]