22nd March 2016
Media students nominated by the British Universities Film and Video Council
Media students from New College Pontefract are celebrating after their work was nominated in the Learning on Screen Awards by the British Universities Film and Video Council. Anna Levick, Head of Media at New College will be joined by some of the students at the British Film Institute, Southbank in London for the award...
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16th March 2016
New student president elected for Sept 2016
New College Pontefract have elected the next student president for September 2016. Current Student President Thomas Talbot officially handed over the reins to the new Student President Jack Varley last week. The elected Student Executive President and Vice President sit on the College governing body and attend meetings. They also speak at college functions...
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15th March 2016
Sport Relief at New College
Staff and students are putting on their most ambitious week of events yet to raise money for Sport Relief. In the build up to Friday, multiple events are taking place including staff vs student sports matches, a bake sale, pie the teacher and sponge the teacher. There will be staff vs students’ netball, a...
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15th March 2016
Successful revision campaign launch week
A special week of activities to launch the college’s revision campaign took place at New College Pontefract last week. Staff wore revision shirts highlighting how crucial the time leading up to the exam season and all students watched a film about revision recorded by some of the college teachers. Students got in on the...
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8th March 2016
New College tutor remembers her suffragette grandmother on International Women’s Day
As part of International Women’s Day, staff and students at New College Pontefract are wearing the colour purple in recognition of the suffragette movement, as well as running a whole host of activities and fundraising. It’s a special day for one Progress Tutor. Joyce Earnshaw, whose great grandmother, Florence Stevenson was a suffragette. Joyce...
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1st March 2016
Cash boost for charities by New College students
Students at New College Pontefract have raised £1,750 for five different charities. Led by the Student Executive team, the money raised through various different events will go to the following charities this year; Nepal Disaster Fund, Macmillan Cancer, Save the Children, Children in Need and the British Heart Foundation. Thomas Talbot, Student President, said:...
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23rd February 2016
New College proud to be named as number 43 at the National Centre for Diversity.
New College Pontefract feature as 43 in the Top 100 Index from the National Centre for Diversity (NCFD). The Top 100 Index highlights the very best of the UK across 600 organisations to celebrate commitment and excellence around equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Lauren Walker, Assistant Principal for Human Resources said: “This...
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2nd February 2016
New College Pontefract rated best in Yorkshire and the Humber in DfE performance tables
The latest set of Department for Education 16-18 performance tables have been released this month, revealing that New College Pontefract is rated the best sixth form college in Yorkshire and the Humberside and seventh best nationally in terms of value added. This means that our students are making outstanding progress and significantly outperforming students...
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26th January 2016
Higher Education Taster Day Success
New College Pontefract hosted a taster day for prospective HNC Sports Science students this month. Fifteen students took part in the day, experiencing what it is like to study beyond level 3 at the outstanding sixth form. Led by course leaders Hanna Storey and Andy Petch, the day provided an informative outline of the...
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20th January 2016
New College student’s record breaking Oxbridge success
Students at New College Pontefract are celebrating after successfully securing offers in one of the top universities in the country. All eleven students who had interviews received an offer. This is the largest number of students at New College to be offered a place at Oxford or Cambridge, the county’s two highest ranking universities....
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