Colleges Week, which stretches from Monday 26th February to Friday 1st March, is a chance for colleges across the country to recognise the incredible work they do throughout the year. Here’s an overview of how we’ll be celebrating! Our student recruitment team will be once again out and about visiting schools, with the focus on all…
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Colleges Week 2024: here’s what to expect!
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Donate your books for BLC’S 2024 World Book Day sale!
To celebrate World Book Day 2024 Buxton & Leek College is holding its 11th annual charity book sale. The Devonshire Library at the Buxton campus, and the Hub at the Leek campus are now seeking book donations ready for the start of the sale, taking place from Monday 4th to Thursday 21st March. Dan Deaville,…
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World champion at BLC
Ashton Brightmore, a seventeen-year-old level 2 Carpentry & Joinery student from Buxton & Leek College, is currently ranked number one in the world in Super Enduro. The sport is a hybrid motorcycle competition which mixes supercross and enduro racing. Ashton has triumphed in the junior class, which…
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Pancake Day comes to BLC
Some of Buxton & Leek College’s students have been engaging in a Healthy Living Project to aid their development outside of college. Below you can see some of BLC’s Step Up to Independence students making pancakes to celebrate Pancake Day. Jayne Jeffries, an Education Support Worker at BLC says, “since beginning the project, the…
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National Apprenticeship Week (NAW) 2024 at Buxton & Leek College
Buxton & Leek College is celebrating apprenticeships with a week packed full of activities for NAW2024. At the start of the week, students from local schools were welcomed to the College’s Leek and Buxton campuses for an apprenticeship marketplace and campus tours. Kath Carnes, BLC’s Recruitment Coordinator for Apprenticeships says, “They were able to get…
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BLC’s first Open Event of 2024
On Thursday 8th February Buxton & Leek College is opening both its Buxton and Leek campuses between 5:00pm and 7:30pm to allow prospective learners of all ages to take a look around and meet subject specialists. A spokesperson from Buxton & Leek College says, “BLC’s Thursday Open Events are the perfect opportunity to have a…