May Workshops Timetable
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New College Students represent Yorkshire & Humber at National College Sports Finals
New College has a long sporting history, with students who have gone on to a professional career in rugby, cricket and football. The skills and training that help them achieve that are developed in the competitive matches that the college plays week in, week out. And it was after coming top in the Yorkshire and
Read MoreNew Collaborative Teaching School Alliance Welcomes Pontefract Academies Trust
The Teaching School set up and run by the trust behind New College Pontefract has this month been joined by one of the largest education providers in the Wakefield area, the Pontefract Academies Trust. The New Collaborative Teaching School Alliance [NCTSA] provides CPD, support to schools and initial teacher training across the region, and is
Read MoreDiabetes student’s call to raise £50,000 for young Type 1 sufferers
A New College Pontefract student who has Type 1 diabetes has hailed the benefits that have been brought by a new insulin pump, and is using her new lease of life to help other young sufferers of the condition. Laura Dunion, 17 from Oulton, has become one of the first NHS patients in the UK
Read MoreIssue 004 of the New College Press is released
The fourth edition of the New College Press has been released by students at New College Pontefract as part of their Newspaper Club. Following on from the previous issues, it is the fourth in the series thus far. It features articles on the Berlin Wall, films and television, and general information about what is currently
Read MoreNew College Pontefract launches ‘HEre to tHEre’ campaign in partnership with Go Higher West Yorkshire
Go Higher West Yorkshire (GHWY) are partaking in a project aimed at understanding perceptions of community groups in Higher Education. Therefore, they have teamed up with New College Pontefract to collaboratively capture and showcase work from different groups of students. The presentation of this work aims to follow the students’ journeys through the education system
Read MoreEdition Three of New College Press arrives
Students at New College Pontefract have produced the third edition of the New College Press. Written in a similar style to its predecessors, this edition provides topics for debate. It covers astrology ad an alleged ‘Ninth Planet’, the effects of a planned business merge and the treatment of the video game knowledge to name a
Read MoreNew College student takes part in INTERLAND 2019 orienteering event
The Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme (TASS) is a Sport England funded partnership between talented athletes, education institutions and national governing bodies of sport. We work together to bring the best out of our country’s most exciting young talent. TASS helps athletes in education – aged 16-plus – to get the very best from their sporting and
Read MoreNew College Mens Football Team Win AoC Yorks. and Humber League Title
Congratulations to our first XI mens football team who have won the Association of College category 2A division 1 title. Today’s hard fought 3-2 victory over Wakefield College football academy means the title has been wrapped up with 2 games to spare, the best finish in the college’s history! 👏 🏆 😎⚽️ See the photo
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New College Students Become ‘Jukebox Heroes’ In Production of Rock of Ages
It’s been a huge hit on both sides of the Atlantic, it’s been staged all over the world, it’s been a film starring Tom Cruise, and now… Rock of Ages has come to Pontefract. Performing the high-energy 80s juke-box musical, New College students took the John Godber Theatre back to a time when big hair
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