7th November 2014
NEW College students get politically engaged
Last month NEW College politics students visited Hull University for a politics conference. They had the opportunity to taste a university atmosphere and took part in an interative sessions on a series of relevant topics with prominent academics. Teacher Jon Skelton said: “The best session in the students’ eyes was the Question Time session....
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21st October 2014
Skinny Living
Up and coming local band Skinny Living performed their new single and a selection of their other tracks in the Common Room at NEW College on Friday as a warm up gig to their appearance at the First Direct Arena on the 19th October supporting Jake Bugg. Head of Music at NEW College, Michelle...
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20th October 2014
Student Awarded Highest Honour in Cadet Forces
New College student, Chloe Grieves has been awarded the appointment of Lord-Lieutenant’s Cadet in recognition of her outstanding service in the army cadet force. She was one of only 12 cadets chosen from 8,500 in Yorkshire and the Humber to be given the Lord Lieutenant’s Certificate. She was awarded it by Brigadier John Wardle...
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6th October 2014
Your Country Needs You
NEW College Performing Arts students are commemorating the beginning of World War 1 with an evening of music, dance and drama. Your Country Needs You is a one-off performance that marks a century since the outbreak of the Great War. Head of Performing Arts Phil Stokes said: ‘This is a production that has allowed...
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1st October 2014
Student Awarded Rotary Club Prize for Leadership
NEW College student James Butterfield has received the Rotary Club’s award for Leadership. James went through an interview process at college, during which the Rotary Club had to decide whether he or another student would go on a residential trip to Hebdon Hay with all expenses paid. During the trip, James learned how to...
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1st October 2014
Rosie King Nominated for Yorkshire Children on Courage Award
Student Rosie King has been nominated for a Yorkshire Children of Courage Award for caring for her younger siblings, Daisy and Lenny, who both have a severe form of Asperger’s Syndrome. Rosie, who also has Asperger’s Syndrome, is a young campaigner for the National Autism Society. She is working on a government paper to...
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29th September 2014
NEW College Student Shortlisted for Award
Student Adam Lofthouse has been shortlisted for the WDH Love Where You Live awards in the Young Achiever category. Over a two month period Adam encouraged more than 1000 young people to support the democratic process in a campaign to determine the five topics to be debated by UK Youth Parliament members at the...
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16th September 2014
NEW College Students Visit Poland
Psychology students from NEW College Pontefract spent five days in Krakow, Poland this summer visiting Auschwitz and Birkenau concentration camps, Schindler’s Factory Museum and the Jewish ghetto and synagogue. Students applied their understanding from topics they are studying in the classroom to explain how orders to exterminate millions of innocent people were so easily...
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12th September 2014
NEW College Student Heads to Parliament
NEW College student, Simran Jandu is to represent the Wakefield area in the House of Commons in November at the Make Your Mark youth consultation. Make Your Mark is the UK’s biggest youth consultation and takes part in schools and colleges all over the UK. Students will vote on a range of topics to...
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9th September 2014
Record Number of Students at NEW College
NEW College Pontefract has enrolled a record-breaking number of students this year, with over 2100 choosing the college. These large numbers come after an outstanding Ofsted report in May and a record 99.4% pass rate of A Level results in 2013-14. The college has grown significantly in numbers in recent years. In 2008-2009 there were...
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