Staff from local businesses attending the Nebosh Fire Safety and Risk Management course at the College’s Business Unit, CREATE Ltd, have achieved 100% pass rate for the seventh time in succession.
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World Book Day
March 5th, 2010
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At NNC, as part of the celebrations for World Book Day on Thursday 4th March, Janet Higgins and Lynda Rose (co-ordinators at the Learning Resource Centre) held a story time for the nursery children . Â The children, from the College’s Early Learners’ Centre, wore fancy dress outfits for the occasion and Janet and Lynda read [...]
Royal Marine Commandos Visit NNC
March 5th, 2010
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Last week North Notts College Public Services students welcomed, for the first time, representatives from the Royal Marine Commandos.
Corporal Joe, Marine Ant and Marine Ben have been assigned to work in careers liaison as part of their duties and every 12 weeks they will be in the East Midlands area, a change from their normal [...]
The 10 Peaks College Challenge
February 18th, 2010
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Anyone interested in taking part in this year’s `10 Peaks College Challenge’, both staff and students please attend one of the following briefings in B227:
Tuesday 23rd February 4.30-5.15
Thursday 25th February 12.00-12.45
The 10 Peaks College Challenge has been co-ordinated by the College’s Sports Department, who have organised different challenges as an annual event for the past [...]
We’re going to Wembley!
February 18th, 2010
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On Thursday 11th February the BTEC Level 1 / E2E Sports group organised a trip to Wembley Stadium. Students prepared transport, identified the hazards of the trip, and learnt all about England’s National Stadium. The tour included a visit to England’s changing rooms ( and being able to sit on their favourite player spot was [...]
Auschwitz Shock
February 17th, 2010
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North Nottinghamshire College Modern Apprentices Ryan Wawrzyniak and Ashley Campbell, both 17 and from Worksop, were among 200 students from across the East Midlands who visited Poland for a day as part of the Lesson From Auschwitz Project run by the Holocaust Education Trust.
Before the visit, they heard from Kitty Hart-Moxom who grew up in [...]
Citizenship Event
February 8th, 2010
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The College ESOL dept teamed up with Nottinghamshire Health Care NHS Trust to organise a special event for students whose first language is not English and other students and members of the local community who need to find out about the community services available to them.
The Citizenship Event was held at the College’s Fluid Power Centre [...]
Young Enterprise in Action
January 28th, 2010
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Students in Business and Information Technology Department are running a Young Enterprise scheme this year. The idea of the group is to give students a chance to develop their business skills, work in a simulated business environment and try to make a profit on their initial investment. The group this year are called Elite Events [...]
