Staff and students from College and Retford have completed a 100 mile rowing challenge for Sport Relief.
Two teams from the College’s Worksop campus and the Retford Post 16 Centre powered their rowing machines in relay to achieve the mighty distance of 108 miles – equivalent to rowing between the two sites along the canal more [...]
Archive for March, 2010
NNC Rows for Sport Relief
March 25th, 2010
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On your marks, get set ……..
March 25th, 2010
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As part of the celebrations for Healthy Awareness Week the College Bistro ran an ‘On your marks, get set, cook’ competition, in a fun game show format. Darren Tinker a company chef from Chartwells was the compare for the event, and two teams battled against the clock to create a meal in 15 minutes. The [...]
100% Pass Rate
March 25th, 2010
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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.
National Bike Week
March 18th, 2010
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National Bike Week 2010 takes place between Saturday 19 and Sunday 27 June.
To celebrate National Bike Week North Notts College has arranged a series of fun events /activities for students and staff to get involved with and enjoy. More details will be made available nearer the time
Fair Trade Coffee Morning
March 8th, 2010
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Mentors held their 3rd annual Fair Trade Coffee Morning on Thursday 25th February in the Student Common Room, there was  a selection of quality teas, coffees as well as some buns and chocolate biscuits, all fair trade of course. The total amount of £58.10 was raised for Oxfam.
A big thank you to everyone who supported the event.
National Fluid Power working in the global market
March 8th, 2010
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Every year National Fluid Power Centre (NFPC) Training Engineers, travel thousands of miles delivering bespoke full cost courses and this year is no exception with David O’Loughlin Technical Manager travelling to Japan. The NFPC has a world class team of engineers and is now working continuously in the global market.
The NFPC have recently completed [...]
Hair raising event at Surestart Centre
March 5th, 2010
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Hairdressing students from College demonstrated their hairdressing skills at a Job Centre Plus event held at Harworth and Bircotes Children’s SureStart Centre recently. The aim of the event was to support local families to access information and advice on education, training and employment opportunities.
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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 [...]
