Locks Heath student is one of the few for engineering apprenticeship

Tom Taylor, Jonathan Smales, Andrew Dix, MP Mark Hoban, Claire Middleton, George Hafiz and Alex Gassman mark the end of National Apprenticeship week

A Locks Heath student celebrated being one of the few females to gain an engineering apprenticeship with a top aircraft business. Hannah Forder, 19, was one of handful of women to learn the trade with GE Aviation after studying Engineering at Fareham College. The former Brookfield Community School student said that engineering had been an [...]

Titchfield Common DJ sets up raving new college club night

Jon Doidge practising his DJ sets ahead of his new student club event in Fareham

DJ Jon Doidge from Titchfield Common is hoping to introduce a new nightlife scene for college students. The 18-year-old of Southampton Road will be taking his technical skills to town in opening a new club night RUSH2012 at ClubV in Fareham. Former Brookfield School student Jon, who is studying a national diploma in Production Arts [...]

Sarisbury student secures aerospace apprenticeship

(back l to r) Acting Principal, Nigel Duncan, Students Matthew Jackson, 17, Callum Miller, 20, Billy Truman, 19, Ross Grindrod, 17, Lioum Williams, 18 and Business Development Manager, Claire Middleton; (front l to r) Jim Mason, Centre Co-ordinator for Engineering apprentices, Peter Wood, Eaton Aerospace Apprenticeship Co-ordinator, Roger Downs, Training Officer at Eaton Aerospace, and Greg Maidwell, Mechanical Engineering Production Lecturer

A student from Sarisbury Green will be manufacturing military aeroplanes as part of a new apprenticeship. Former Brookfield School student Ross Grindrod was one of five pupils from Fareham College to secure an apprenticeship with Eaton Aerospace in Titchfield. Engineering pupils at the college have been celebrating success as part of national apprenticeship week, which starts [...]

Wallace and Gromit co-writer inspires students

Two-time BAFTA award-winner Bob Baker

A BAFTA award winning screen writer of the Wallace and Gromit television series stopped off in Fareham to give students the tips of the trade. Bob Baker, co-writer of the family favourite animation series, gave performing arts students some of the know-how of the industry. The Fareham College students were told to persist in their [...]

Fareham College wins Beacon Award

Fareham College has won the Association of Colleges (AoC) Beacon Award for Health and Community Care. The College was announced as winner of the award, sponsored by Jardine Lloyd Thompson Benefit Solutions, by John Hayes MP, Minister of State for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning at the AoC Annual Conference in Birmingham. In partnership [...]

Skins actor’s tips of the trade to students

Mitch Hewer teaches Fareham College students in a performance workshop

Skins heart-throb Mitch Hewer visited performing arts students at Fareham College giving tips on how to make it in the acting industry. The dancer-turned-actor, who is renowned for his TV role as Maxxie Oliver in the E4 teen drama, gave students at the college a masterclass in performance. Pupils at the college were delighted to [...]

Fareham College open evenings this week

Fareham College is showcasing its courses and facilities at a double open evening. Students and parents will have the chance to tour the campus in Bishopsfield Road, speak to lecturers and see the courses available at the opening evenings on Wednesday and Thursday this week – October 5 and 6. Each evening will run from 5pm [...]

University beckons after A-level achievements

Students across the Western Wards are celebrating after securing places at top universities after achieving outstanding A Level results yesterday (August 18). Pupils at Fareham College and Barton Peveril College, in Eastleigh, had pass rate of 99% while Itchen Sixth Form College achieved a 98% pass rate. There was an increase on last year’s A* [...]

Three Western Wards schools shut by strike action

Three schools in the Western Wards are closed today (June 30) as part of the national day of action by public sector employees. Brookfield School, Park Gate Primary and St Anthony’s Primary School in Titchfield Common are closed as a result of the national strike action by teachers. Those schools in the Western Wards that [...]

Schools to be closed by teachers’ walk-out

Brookfield School will be closed next Thursday (June 30) as a result of national strike action by teachers – one of just two schools in the Western Wards expected to be affected by the action. Park Gate Primary School will also be closed for the day, while St Anthony’s Primary School in Titchfield Common has [...]

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