A Buxton & Leek College sports student will be taking aim for Great Britain this summer when she flies out to the Romanian capital of Bucharest to represent her country in a European Youth Archery competition. Seventeen-year-old Eva Henderson-Hirst, from Flagg, who is studying Outdoor Sports at the College’s Buxton Campus, first took up a…
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Eva takes a bow for Great Britain
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Boost for employers taking on apprentices
Employers of young apprentices are set to save thousands of pounds after the government abolished employer National Insurance contributions for virtually all apprentices under 25 years of age. Buxton & Leek College has welcomed the change, which came into effect on 6 April 2016, as it will make hiring an apprentice even better value for…
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Young designers’ work on show in School of Art
YOUNG designers of the future will be showing off their skills at Leek School of Art’s free end of term exhibition next week. Finishing students from Foundation Diploma and BTEC Extended Diploma courses in Art and Design will have their work on show all week in the new William Morris Building, off Stockwell Street. Exhibits…
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Employers impressed by new Engineering training base
EMPLOYERS from all over Staffordshire and Derbyshire converged on the Leek Campus of Buxton & Leek College this week to view a new £3 million training facility for engineers. Leekbrook-based Esterchem, Belle Engineering of Sheen, Momentum Recruitment and Training of Uttoxeter and Churnet Valley Precision Engineering Ltd from Upperhulme were among the companies who sent…
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Leading artist to run summer school in Leek
ONE of Central England’s foremost artists will be inspiring painters at a workshop run by the Leek School of Art this summer. Lewis Noble, whose landscape paintings are in public and private collections across the UK, Europe, North America, Australia and Asia, will be helping amateur artists capture the beauty of the Staffordshire Moorlands on…
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After exams – advice on the next step
As exam season draws to a close, teenagers and their parents are being offered some timely advice on that important next step from Buxton & Leek College. Both campuses have evenings set aside for information and guidance this month for those looking to enter the jobs market or further their studies. And, with education and…
