It’s so nearly here – GCSE results day is just around the corner! On Thursday 24th August, you’ll be able to breathe a sigh of relief and finally put your exams behind you for the year. But what do you do once you actually know your grades? I’ve applied to MK College – what’s next?…
Careers
Women in Engineering: “Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t do it”
This Women in Engineering Day, we had the pleasure of chatting to two of our very own Women in Engineering! Ayesha and Sam are both studying Level 3 Engineering Technologies – they spoke to us about what they enjoy most about studying Engineering as well as their hopes for the future. What made you choose…
Significant increase anticipated in demand for creative skills
We’re extremely happy to report that qualifications in creative disciplines are predicted to be in increasingly high demand in Milton Keynes as investment pours into the Oxford-Cambridge Arc. Our Head of School for Creative Arts, Kate Bashford, says all the evidence points towards a growing demand in the sector. Kate says, “The government’s plans are around knowledge-based…
Unique Teacher Training Partnership
Milton Keynes College and Two Mile Ash Initial Teacher Training Partnership are collaborating in order to train more teachers and fill gaps in city classrooms. Nationally, government targets for teacher training have been missed for the past seven years with many schools struggling to recruit staff. Unique partnership to train teachers for Milton Keynes The…
Anglian Water Alliance students celebrate apprenticeship success
A group of students from Milton Keynes College are celebrating after becoming the first to be awarded Groundworker apprenticeship jobs with Anglian Water’s Alliances. The six students have become the first cohort to successfully complete the College’s full-time Level 2 Anglian Water Alliances Construction programme, a bespoke course designed as a long-term partnership between industry and…
Retrain at the South Central Institute of Technology
New options for post-COVID career changes from the South Central Institute of Technology The pandemic is bringing enormous changes everywhere and at the South Central Institute of Technology (SCIoT) it also looks like many people have decided now is the time for a change in direction. With that in mind, staff at the SCIoT have…
Award Winning Apprentice
The nominations are in for Milton Keynes University Hospital Apprentice of the Year Awards 2020, and the winner is… Cara Crotty, Communications Apprentice! Cara tells us, ”I am so thankful to be MKUH’s apprentice of the year! My apprenticeship has benefited me in so many ways – it has given me fantastic experience in the…
