9th May 2019
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...
Read more9th April 2019
New 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...
Read more3rd April 2019
Diabetes 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...
Read more2nd April 2019
Issue 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...
Read more1st April 2019
New 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...
Read more22nd March 2019
Edition 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...
Read more21st March 2019
New 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...
Read more20th March 2019
New 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...
Read more12th March 2019
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...
Read more1st March 2019
New College Press release second edition of student newspaper
Following on from the announcement of the opening edition of the New College Press, the second edition of the student newspaper has now been released. It follows on from the first, reporting on a number of issues. There are reports looking at issues regarding murder, psychology, science and current affairs, and the issue provides...
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