Flowflex Components Limited (Buxton) has announced that it is to invest significantly in the recruitment of the next generation of engineers. Working in partnership with Buxton & Leek College, Flowflex have launched ‘Future Engineers’ a programme designed to motivate, mentor and train apprentices. The scheme will lead to full time jobs for students and ensure…
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FLOWFLEX INVESTS IN BUXTON & LEEK COLLEGE ENGINEERING STUDENTS
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Haydon Goes the Extra Mile for Buckingham Palace Award
Buxton & Leek College Outdoor Sports graduate Haydon Hanby, got a taste of royal life this week when he was invited to Buckingham Palace to collect his Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award. Haydon was greeted by members of the royal family on Thursday, including Prince Andrew, Prince Edward and Sophie Countess of Wessex. Haydon, who…
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Leek students are Wild about Wildlife
Students from the Learning for Living and Work Department at Leek campus of Buxton & Leek College have been learning about wildlife conservation in their local environment and gaining an award at the same time. Students have been working in partnership with Staffordshire Wildlife Trust to complete their John Muir Award. This has seen them…
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Art School Marks its 150th Anniversary with an Astounding Exhibition
A regular fixture of Staffordshire Moorlands Arts calendar, the art and design entrepreneurs from Leek School of Art will be displaying their work at Astound 2018, a contemporary art exhibition at the Nicholson Art Gallery in Leek. Now in its ninth year, this exciting exhibition showcases the talent and creativity of the students studying on…
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Students are Fighting Crime at College
Buxton & Leek College students at the Leek Campus are taking steps to make their neighbourhood safer by meeting regularly with the Staffordshire Safer Neighbourhood Panel. The students involvement is a real-world learning module covered in Business Level 3 and Health & Social Care level 3. The college group aims to raise concerns and issues…
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Students & Staff Celebrate Competition Success
Three students studying Hairdressing at Buxton & Leek College have wowed the judges at the first round of the Wella Xposure 2018 Competition and have now secured a place at the regional stage of the competition. The successful 2nd Year students: Paige Roose, Neamh Webster and Paulina Stobierska, who study the Advanced Technical Diploma…
