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News Archive Summer 2010
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Another Top Year for Full-time A Level StudentsThe wait is over for nearly 500 Yeovil College AS and A Level students, who have collected their results today. Students on Full-time A Level courses have achieved an outstanding pass rate of 99.1%. 74% of A Level students received A to C grades. 94% of AS Level students also gained passes. Continued... |
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Another Outstanding Year for Vocational StudentsYeovil College vocational students are celebrating after achieving fantastic results in 2010. Continued... |
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Read All About It! Design Student Wins National Competition with Newspaper ChairFirst year Graphic Design student Robert Cooper has won a national competition run by the Metro newspaper and Oxfam. Continued... |
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Primary Care Trust and NHS come together with Yeovil College to celebrate successEmployees from the Primary Care Trust (PCT) and National Health Service at Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton, recently came together at Yeovil College's Festival of Achievment to celebrate their success at completing their NVQ Hospitality qualifications. Continued... |
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Yeovil College Foundation Learning Students Celebrate their successAs part of the Festival of Achievement at Yeovil College, the Foundation Learning Department held an action-packed celebration evening, organised and presented mainly by the students, including dance routines, videos, films, awards and a fundraising auction and raffle. Continued... |
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Yeovil College Beauty Therapy and Horticulture Students Celebrate their successStudents from two departments at Yeovil College came together with their families, friends and staff to celebrate their successes at a presentation evening hels as part of the College's Fesitival of Achievment. Continued... |
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Yeovil College has been awarded Premier College accreditation for badminton by Badminton EnglandThe accreditation is designed to recognise the important role that colleges play and to ensure that pupils have a positive experience within, and exposure to, the sport of badminton. Badminton England is the sport's governing body in England. The organisation is responsible for the management and training of the elite England squad and works alongside the other home nation governing bodies to prepare British players for the Olympics. |
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Student Selected as National Sports RepresentativeYeovil College student and British Ju-Jutsu champion Craig Zimmerman is just one of ten young people selected as a British Colleges' National Apprentice for 2010/11. Continued... |
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Health & Care Students Celebrate Year of SuccessYeovil College's Health, Care and Teacher Training Faculty has held its second annual awards ceremony as part of Yeovil College's Festival Fortnight celebrations. Continued... |
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College Holds Biggest Ever Engineering AwardsYeovil College's Engineering Faculty has held its biggest ever Engineering Apprentice of the Year awards as part of Festival Fortnight celebrations. Continued... |
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Students raise money for Help for HeroesA group of second year BTEC National Certificate in Business students at Yeovil College have raised a total of £886.75 for Help for Heroes Continued... |
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Students Celebrate with First Ever Performing Arts AwardsYeovil College's Performing Arts students have celebrated another year of achievement with their first ever 'alternative' awards ceremony. Continued... |
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Police Present PA Prize to CollegeAvon and Somerset Police Force have presented Yeovil College's Music department with a new PA system as a thank you for their hard work on this year's Battle of the Bands competition. Continued... |
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DS Smith Launceston Ltd presented with CertificatesEmployees at DS Smith Packaging in Launceston, Cornwall, have been presented with certificates after completing their qualifications in Machine Print Flexography. Continued... |
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AmSafe Employees presented with Certificates
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College Celebrates International Partnership
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Poultons Portables Employees Presented with CertificatesFour employees at Poultons Portables (Dorset) Ltd have been presented with certificates after completing their qualification in Performing Manufacturing Operations and one employee completing an NVQ Level 3 in Management Studies. Continued |
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World Cup Inspires Hairdressing Finalist
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Heroes and Villains at the Alternative Media Awards 2010!Yeovil College's Media students have celebrated another successful year with an 'alternative' awards ceremony. Continued... |
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College Welcomes Holocaust SurvivorOn Thursday 3 June 2010, 85-year-old Holocaust survivor Harry Bibring came to Yeovil College to give a presentation about his experiences. More than 100 staff and students came to the College's Lecture Theatre to hear Mr Bibring speak about what happened to him as a victim of the Nazi regime. Continued... |
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Charity Arts and Fashion Show Confirmed for 18 June 2010Yeovil College's Business, Creative and Performing Arts departments are joining forces once again to present an end-of-year Arts and Fashion spectacular in air of the Yeovil College Bursary Fund (YCBF). The event will take place on Friday 18 June 2010. Continued... |
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Student Engineers have Got it Covered!A team of four Yeovil College students have successfully completed an educational project to design and build an improved engine exhaust cover for a Lynx Helicopter. Continued... |
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Yeovil College Lecturer presented with Regional Senior Learner of the Year AwardYeovil College lecturer Denise Hodgson is celebrating after being presented with Regional Senior Learner of the Year as part of Adult Learners' Week 2010. Continued... |
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Learning with a Difference at Green Scythe FairFor the second year running, Yeovil College Music students are running the Music tent at this year's Green Scythe Festival, held at Thorney Lakes, Muchelney on Sunday 13 June 2010. Continued... |
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Yeovil College Receives Excellent Report for CoursesYeovil College is delighted to announce that it has been given an excellent external verification report by the Bristish Institute of Inn Keeping for the National Certificate for Door Supervisors and National Certificate for Personal Licence Holders courses. Continued... |
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Learners Take on Tenth Ten Tors Jubilee Challenge!For the tenth year in a row, Foundation Learning students from Yeovil College have successfully taken part in the Ten Tors Jubilee Challenge, which is celebrating its fiftieth year. Continued... |
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This is the end for Music Students...Yeovil College’s Music students are holding their 2010 end-of-year gigs at the Orange Box in Yeovil on Wednesday 9 and Thursday 10 June 2010. Doors open at 7 pm and tickets cost £4 each. Continued... |
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Yeovil College Hosts Junior Engineers FinalsOn Saturday 22 May 2010, Yeovil College played host to the Dorset county final of the Junior Engineers for Britain K’Nex Challenge 2010. Continued... |
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Health & Care Students Collect a Pretty Penny for CharityA group of Health and Care students have continued their fundraising for the Yeovil Night Shelter by creating a trail of donated 1p and 2p pieces around Yeovil College. Continued... |
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Primary Schools Play in own 'World Cup'!A group of Yeovil College Sports students have held a seven-a-side football tournament for local primary schools, all in aid of CLIC Sargent. Continued... |
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College Announces Warts and All End-of-Year Show...Yeovil College is delighted to announce that its 2010 end-of-year show is ‘Toad of Toad Hall’. This is the farewell show for year two students studying for the BTEC National Diploma in Performing Arts. Continued... |
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Student Union Raise Money for Haiti Disaster Appeal.Yeovil College’s Student Union (YCSU) has raised £150 for the Piers Simon Appeal, which aims to provide support to victims of disasters worldwide. Continued... |
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Sport Report 05/05/2010A summary of this week's results, including ladies' volleyball. Continued... |
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Guest Chef Event is Full of Suprises!The Da Vinci Restaurant is delighted to announce that Mark Hix will be the guest chef for evening service on Thursday 13 May 2010. Continued... |
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Rain can't Stop Students helping Heroes!Yeovil College Student Union (YCSU) has raised more than £500 for Help for Heroes, despite having to call off part of their fundraising event due to bad weather. Continued... |
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Young Students Fundraise - But Don't Want Cash!A group of 14-16 year old students have been fundraising with a difference for the Yeovil Night Shelter Project - by collecting toiletries instead of cash! The Year 10 pupils are studing for a BTEC Introductory Diploma in Health and Care with the College. Continued... |
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Sport Report 28/04/2010A round up of this week's results, including Men's Cricket, Ladies' Rounders and Men's Football. Continued... |
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College Student selected for British Ju Jutsu TeamYeovil College student and current Ju-Jutsu national champion Craig Zimmerman has been selected for the Great Britain Ju-Jutsu team. Craig aged 17 of Milborne Port is the only person in his weight category and age group to be selected for the team. Continued... |
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Sport Report 21/04/2010Yeovil College has now entered the summer sports programme, which includes the sports of Athletics, Rounders, Cricket and Tennis. This week, the College's Cricket and Volleyball teams were in action. Continued... |
