A CHILDCARE student at Buxton & Leek College has set up a burgeoning business – thanks partly to the power of social media. Twenty-year-old Hannah Naden, from Buxton, is nearing the end of her Level 3 Early Years course in college and started advertising her services as a babysitter. She already had a DBS (formerly…
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Setting up in business is child’s play for Hannah
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New life on the high seas awaits beauty student
A TEENAGER from Ashbourne is looking forward to a new life at sea after landing a cruise ship contract. Buxton & Leek College beauty student Victoria Brannan, 18, will work as a massage therapist on a Steiner cruise line after successfully completing her Level 3 Beauty course at the college’s Leek Campus. She will start…
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Students’ grand effort for Dougie Mac
A GROUP of five students from Buxton & Leek College raised over £1,000 for the Douglas MacMillan Hospice when they organised a fund-raising event as part of their course. Teenagers on the Level 3 Extended Diploma in Sports Development, Coaching and Fitness, pulled out all the stops to put on a fun night at Leek’s…
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Healthcare students fundraise to bring hope to Africa
HEALTH and social care students from Buxton & Leek College are aiming to extend their learning beyond the classroom and gain some real world experience on a medical mission in Uganda. Course tutor Helena Brown, a registered nurse from Chapel-en-le-Frith, is hoping to accompany a second group of her students to the African country to…
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Sporty students trained to take the lead
INTREPID outdoor sports students from Buxton & Leek College are qualified to take the lead after gaining their Basic Expedition Leaders Awards from Sports Leaders UK. A group of 12 second year students from the college’s Buxton campus completed a sixty mile hike of the Sandstone Trail from Frodsham to Whitchurch in March, camping overnight…
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Students lead show of community pride
MORE than 300 schoolchildren from the Buxton area braved this week’s cold weather and rolled up their sleeves to help clean up their local park in a community pride event led by Buxton & Leek College students. The Big Railings Clean, which has now become an annual event in Buxton, saw students and primary school…
