Archive News 2005

12th December, 2005

Students to Work on Turtle Conservation in Greece
Animal Management students at Wakefield College are to have a rare opportunity to be involved in a live conservation project aimed at protecting an endangered species in its natural habitat...

Wildcats hero praises students hard-work
It was a night of celebration for Wakefield College students at the Annual Awards Ceremony last week. Eighty-five award winners were recognised for their hard work, enthusiasm and commitment...

23rd November, 2005

Photos from Enterprise Week 2005
Members of the public had a whole host of stalls and activities to savour. From fund-raising stalls, photographs taken with Wakefield Wildcats, cards and gifts made from recycled products, to face painting and singing classes...

Enterprising students help raise hundreds
Entrepreneurial students from Wakefield College put their creative business selling skills to the test last week to raise money for Children In Need, with in excess of £700 raised as part of Enterprise Week 2005...

14th November, 2005

Graduation Day 2005
Video of the 2005 Graduation Ceremony, over 60 minutes of footage including the ceremony and presentations...

Photos from the 2005 Graduation Ceremony
A procession of College staff, Governors, guests and graduates, headed by the Mayor and Mayoress of Wakefield, Cllr and Mrs David Hopkins, and their Macebearer, paraded along Wood Street, in the November sunshine...

Making the grade
This year in excess of 500 students achieved a higher level qualification at Wakefield College and many of them took the opportunity to attend the College’s annual Graduation Ceremony on Saturday...

21th October, 2005

Next Step Exhibition 2005
Photos from the 2005 Next Step Exhibition, potential further education students get to find out about our courses and meet our staff...

18th October, 2005

Wakefield College New Girls team scores a winner
Wakefield College newly formed ladies five-a-side football team was celebrating after winning their first ever match after edging out Hull College 8-7 in a closely fought game...

4th October, 2005

Students feel the heat
Wakefield College Public Service students got a first hand taste of what being part of the Fire Service is all about last week when they had the opportunity to question the experts about life as a firemen...

College Students clash with Police in Riot
Wakefield College Public Service Students were involved in a riot with West Yorkshire Police last week, a pre-planned training one that is - all part of a unique partnership between West Yorkshire Police and Wakefield College...

21st September, 2005

College students hope to be hired and not fired
Wakefield College Interactive Media students have been handed a prestigious live project which, in a BBC ‘Apprentice’ style scenario, will find them competing against each other to design a new website for a company...

14th September, 2005

Student Artwork Putt in the spotlight
Oscar winning Film Producer Lord David Puttnam paid a visit to Wakefield last week where he formally opened the Media Centre on King Street. The Media Centre provides a focal point for the creative and media industries...

12th September, 2005

No rest for students in first week at College
Wakefield College’s new group of public Service and Sports Science students didn’t have much time to find their feet during the first week at College. Instead they found themselves scaling Yorkshire’s highest outdoor college climbing wall...

Chinese students celebrate Exam success
It was all smiles for Wakefield College’s first crop of Chinese Students after they celebrated achieving excellent AS level results recently. The four students only joined the College last year...

24th August, 2005

Trying times for wannabe Rugby stars
A 25 strong group of students were out to impress coaches yesterday, all vying for a place at the prestigious Rugby League Development Centre at Wakefield College...

19th August, 2005

College A-level results are in a class of their own... again
There were hugs, smiles and tears of joy at Wakefield College today when students came to collect their A-level results...

Results Day 2005 in Photos
A Level results day 2005, photos of students collecting their results...

1st July, 2005

College helps in fight against Poverty
Staff and Students at Wakefield College were hand in hand against the fight with poverty yesterday. 200 participants in white tops encircled the Wakefield Campus by forming a human chain around the College...

College helps in fight against Poverty gallery
Photos of Wakefield College's campaign to make poverty history...

17th June, 2005

Faye gets gold
Young Woman Engineer of the Year, Faye Banks, added gold to her growing collection of prestigious awards when she was invited to the House of Commons this week to be presented with the Association of Colleges’ Gold Award...

Faye gets gold gallery
Photos of Faye Banks receiving her Gold Award at the House of Commons...

9th June, 2005

Students fighting fit to join the Police
Wakefield College Public Service students were run through their paces last week after enduring a fitness entry test with the boys in blue at Bishopgarth training centre...

The show must go on
Wakefield College Dance students had to be at their versatile best last week after one of the performers had to pull out of the end of year show due to an injury...

Police learn to relax
West Yorkshire police were treated to some expert aroma therapy last week as part of Adult Learners' Week...

25th May, 2005

Cultural Awareness Day 2005
Photos from the Cultural Awareness Day, enjoy a day of music, dance, poetry, presentations and workshops from students all over the world...

16th May, 2005

Experts celebrate success
Staff and students from Wakefield College were celebrating achieving the advanced ECDL Expert certificate at an Awards evening at the Whitwood campus last week...

Students raise cash through expedition
Wakefield College students will be setting off on an 80-mile expedition soon, all in the name of charity. The 37 2nd year Public Service students and four members of staff hope to raise money for Yorkshire Cancer research by walking...

4th May, 2005

Reaching for the stars at Wakefield College
The largest ever rocket launched from UK was on show at Wakefield College last week. The NOVA/Starchaser 4 rocket that stands at 43ft high on its launch pad, was on display at the Colleges Thornes Park Campus...

College Students clash with Police in Riot
Wakefield College Public Service Students were involved in a riot with West Yorkshire Police last week, a pre-planned training one that is. It was all part of a unique partnership between West Yorkshire Police and Wakefield College...

12th April, 2005

San Francisco Residential 2005
Photos from the 2005 San Francisco Residential taken by the HND Theatre students, part of an annual programme for the year two HND's who have visited New York and Toronto in past years...

Swede success for exchange students
Wakefield College welcomed students from Sweden last week as part of an on-going partnership with colleges throughout mainland Europe. The students arrived from the central Swedish town of Falun...

4th April, 2005

New York City Residential 2005
Photos from the week long New York City Residential taken by some of the customer care and catering students...

21st March, 2005

Annual Public Meeting 2005
In 2003-04 we met the learning need of 12,048 students. 9,027 studied part-time, balancing study with work and family commitments...

College students ‘get down to business’
Richard Branson and Anita Roddick might have some competition on their hands as students at Wakefield College were given the opportunity to learn how to turn innovative business ideas into reality...

9th March, 2005

Italian Job for Rob
Wakefield College Football Development Centre student Rob Carroll has just returned from representing England under 19s in the European International youth tournament...

A rare treat
Wakefield College design and music students had a rare treat recently when Ian Anderson, founder of the internationally renowned company, The Designers’ Republic, went along to the College to give them some first-hand ideas...

24th February, 2005

A cutting edge approach
A chance to explore cutting edge approaches to leadership will be on offer at the second annual Yorkshire Leadership Conference, to be hosted by the Wakefield College Centre of Vocational Excellence (CoVE) for Enterprise Management...

16th February, 2005

College opens its doors
Staff and visitors alike enjoyed a mutually beneficial and very useful event when Wakefield College’s Whitwood Campus welcomed members of the public to an Open Evening last week...

11th February, 2005

Top of the league
Wakefield College had proudly announced that it has emerged top of the A level league table of FE colleges in West Yorkshire. This news comes in the midst of a national campaign to draw attention to the...

31st January, 2005

Annual Report 2003 - 2004
The Wakefield College 2003 - 2004 Annual Report is now available online...

24th January, 2005

Life after the pit
Only five months after Paul Clegg embarked upon what he had expected to be a lifetime career in the mining industry, the Government announced its plans for massive mine closure...