Archive News 2007

21st December, 2007

City centre Campus to be redeveloped
Wakefield College has confirmed that its current City centre Campus, on Margaret Street in Wakefield, is to be redeveloped. The redevelopment will be the second phase of its plans to become a two Campus College, and will bring a modern, vibrant learning environment into the heart of the City...

3rd December, 2007

A star in the making
Wakefield College’s Early College Transfer (ECT) Learning Mentor Andrea Wilkinson has scooped a coveted STAR Award at a glittering ceremony in London, where was recognised for her ‘Outstanding Contribution to Learning Support’...

College students make waves
Students on the Higher National Diploma (HND) Interactive Media from Wakefield College brought smiles to the faces of toddlers from a local Nursery, after they redesigned its website...

20th November, 2007

skillsXchange construction facilities virtual tour
This movie provides a virtual tour of the construction facilities at the Wakefield College skillsXchange...

skillsXchange engineering facilities virtual tour
This movie provides a virtual tour of the engineering facilities at the Wakefield College skillsXchange...

skillsXchange hair and beauty facilities virtual tour
This movie provides a virtual tour of the hair and beauty facilities at the Wakefield College skillsXchange...

skillsXchange motor vehicle facilities virtual tour
This movie provides a virtual tour of the motor vehicle facilities at the Wakefield College skillsXchange...

skillsXchange time lapse movie
Time lapsed video footage of the Wakefield College skillsXchange from May 2007 to November 2007, we will update this movie every month so you can see the progress...

19th November, 2007

College Students visit skillsXchange
Construction students from Wakefield College’s Whitwood Campus, who will be among the first students to eventually study at the iconic new build - have been given a guided tour of the work in progress at the iconic new skillsXchange build in Glasshoughton...

13th November, 2007

Graduation Day 2007 in Photos
Photos from the 2007 Graduation Ceremony...

Graduation Day 2007 Video
The complete 2007 Graduation Day video, including the parade, principal and guest speakers, musical interlude from HND Music student Megan Barber and graduate presentations...

College celebrates Graduates success
Wakefield College 10th Graduation Ceremony was marked this week with this year’s guest speaker Tom Riordan - Chief Executive of Yorkshire Forward - praising the commitment of College staff and congratulating the students on their achievements...

6th November, 2007

skillsXchange construction update
Latest construction images from the skillsXchange...

31th October, 2007

Tender for the Provision of Printing Services
Wakefield College is seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified suppliers to provide services in respect of the printing and delivery of College
publications...

31th October, 2007

Tender for the Provision of Printing Services
Wakefield College is seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified suppliers to provide services in respect of the printing and delivery of College
publications...

10th September, 2007

skillsXchange: First structural elements begin to take shape
Construction of the skillsXchange continues, and the first structural elements begin to take shape...

skillsXchange framing up nicely…
Work on Wakefield College’s state-of-the-art new Campus, The skillsXchange, is gathering pace and engineers have begun to put finishing touches to the steel structure that will form the skeleton of the iconic new learning facility...

28th August, 2007

College transforms lives
Students at Wakefield College had further reason to celebrate this week after more superb results were received, making them part of a success story which, Kaye Fisher Vice Principal Teaching and Learning said, would transform their lives...

16th August, 2007

A Level Results Day 2007
Video from this years A level results day, students collecting their results and celebrating their achievements...

8th August, 2007

skillsXchange 3D movie
This movie provides a virtual tour of the skillsXchange...

College celebrates ‘A’stounding success… ‘A’gain!
For the second year in succession staff and students at Wakefield College are celebrating phenomenal A level results which are above the national average, having achieved a staggering 97.3% pass rate...

25th July, 2007

Latest skillsXchange Visuals revealed
Latest visuals of the iconic new skillsXchange, including interior visuals of the refectory, reception and learning centre...

13th July, 2007

Celebrity TV hairstylist reveals secrets
Wakefield College last week welcomed TV hairstylist Andrew Barton to its Whitwood Campus, where he gave staff from the hairdressing salons the opportunity to learn some of the secrets he had to offer...

Hair & Beauty Students show off creative skills at End of Year Competition
Hair and Beauty Students at Wakefield College recently took part in the End of Year Competition with ‘decades’ as the theme. The competition which is in its fourth year gives students 15 weeks to prepare and was judged by senior College lecturers who awarded points for hairstyle, make-up and overall looks...

18th June, 2007

Photography students celebrate with BMW
Higher National Diploma (HND) Photography students at Wakefield College celebrated the successful completion of their course by having their work displayed in the prestigious surroundings of the Sandal BMW dealership in Wakefield...

Rugby stars brush up on communication skills
Stars from the Wakefield Wildcats were tackling Wakefield College Skills for Life team this week as they took part in training to brush up on their pre and post match interview techniques and communication skills...

1st June, 2007

Youngsters cook up a treat for staff and parents
A group of Year 11 students really were cooking on gas at Wakefield College this week after they single-handedly prepared a meal for their parents and staff, as a token of thanks for all the support they have received in successfully completing the ABC Certificate in Hospitality and Catering course...

21st May, 2007

First turf cut as work begins on Wakefield College skillsXchange
A turf cutting ceremony this week marked the beginning of construction work on Wakefield College’s new state-of-the-art learning facility at Glasshoughton – The skillsXchange...

Photos from the skillsXchange First Turf event
Photos of the Wakefield College skillsXchange First Turf event, MP for Pontefract and Castleford, Yvette Cooper was joined by local school children to celebrate the start of construction for the state-of-the-art learning facility at Glasshoughton...

skillsXchange - cutting of the first turf
Video footage from the cutting of the first turf event at the new Wakefield College skillsXchange...

Tourism students visit Canada
Globetrotting students at Wakefield College recently returned from a visit to Canada, where they had the opportunity to see some of the finest sights the country has to offer including the world famous Niagara Falls and the CN Tower...

Photos from the Hospitality and Catering students Canadian residential
A break from New York this year as 37 Hospitality students and staff spent Easter in Canada and our annual transatlantic residential took us to Toronto...

2nd May, 2007

Wildcats clash celebrates College partnership
Wakefield College and Wakefield Wildcats came together this weekend to celebrate the partnership work that exists between the two organisations. The Super League clash between the Wildcats and Hull FC...

Photos from the Wildcats Match Day
Photos of the days events which included exhibition rugby and boy and girls football matchs by College students, hair and beauty treatments, a live band...

23 April, 2007

Work begins on The skillsXchange
Wakefield College has a vision - to provide cutting edge training facilities, for both individuals and businesses, to meet the skills challenges of the 21st century. That vision has taken a step closer to reality...

11 April, 2007

HND Music students put on a performance
HND Music students perform ‘Play That Funky Music’ at a concert at the Thornes Park Campus...

3rd April, 2007

New Visions for a New Build
Work on Wakefield College’s new state-of-the-art learning facility at Glasshoughton, the skillsXchange, moved a step forward this week when College bosses signed final contracts...

skillsXchange Contract Signing
Video footage from the official contract signing for the Wakefield College skillsXchange...

21st March, 2007

A celebration of cultures
A lively and colourful Cultural Awareness Day, with poems, songs, music, dances of many and varied origins, the opportunity to learn African drumming, have a henna tattoo, an Indian head massage or...

Photos from the 2007 Cultural Awareness Day
Photos of the days events which included poems, songs, music, dances of many and varied origins, the opportunity to learn African drumming, have a henna tattoo, an Indian head massage and much more...

Spiderman crawls onto College walls
It’s a bird! Is it a plane! No, it’s Spiderman. Wakefield College’s very own masked superhero was reaching dizzy heights this week after swinging onto Yorkshire’s highest outdoor college climbing wall at the Thornes Park Campus...

23 February, 2007

Students making moves in workshops
Pupils from some of the Wakefield’s secondary schools joined Wakefield College’s dance students at Thornes Park Campus, to take part in workshops run by the international ally renowned Phoenix Dance Theatre...

29th January, 2007

Girls hoping things don’t go bump in the night
Wakefield College’s very own Ghostbusters will be overcoming their fear of the paranormal this weekend. Karen Marshall and Anita Chalmers are to spend the night in a haunted house to raise funds for charity...

16th January, 2007

Ofsted Inspectors judge College ‘oustanding’ in many key areas
When Ofsted inspectors visited Wakefield College recently they were very quickly satisfied with what they found, and where it really matters – in the classroom – they said it was ‘a pleasure to watch students enjoying and achieving’...