Seventeen year old Milton Keynes College student, Juud Farrant, has just returned home after being picked for the English Colleges FA team, the football wing of Association of Colleges (AOC) Sport, to play in an international tournament in Italy. Right winger Juud scored one goal against Greece, slaloming through the opposition defence and dinking the…
College Life
Apprenticeship graduation ceremony
Milton Keynes College Group has been celebrating its apprenticeship successes as part of National Apprenticeship Week, and the stories of those graduating show how apprenticeships can change lives. The College Group’s Apprenticeship Graduation ceremony was held at Unity Place in central Milton Keynes on Thursday 8th February. One of the award winners, carpenter Dan Burton,…
Marketing team wins national awards
The marketing team at Milton Keynes College Group has been named Best of the Best and Team of the Year at the 2024 Further Education (FE) First Awards, run by the College Marketing Network. The local team won a total of six awards, including Marketing Director, Lee Parker, being declared Marketing Superstar of the Year. …
Charity support in 2023
Colleagues and learners at MK College Group are celebrating after raising a record £3,481 for their partner charity, St Mark’s Meals MK, in 2023. This is a record amount since the College Group first partnered with St Mark’s Meals in 2021 and is a significant increase from 2022’s fundraising total of £1,400. The amount was…
New Chair of Governors
Milton Keynes College Group is pleased to announce that Ruby Parmar is our new Chair of Governors, taking office from 1st January 2024. Ruby has been a Governor at the College Group for five years and is an experienced business advisor, having worked in professional services for most of her career including as a…
Student appointed Civic Cadet
A student from Milton Keynes College has been appointed to the prestigious role of Civic Cadet from Northampton Sea Cadets. Leading Cadet Robert Knight, who is studying a T Level in Engineering at the College, has been a member of the Northampton Sea Cadets since 2017 and received the role because of his commitment and…
Community Christmas lunches
Milton Keynes College Group has celebrated the festive season with Christmas lunches at its Brasserie restaurant for different members of its community. Firstly, on 4th December, the College Group hosted 20 older people from the Milton Keynes community, in collaboration with Age UK Milton Keynes, to attend a Christmas lunch served by staff and students…
2023 highlights
By Sally Alexander, CEO and Group Principal at Milton Keynes College Group I can’t believe it’s gone so quickly, but I’ve just passed the first anniversary of my appointment as CEO and Group Principal of Milton Keynes College Group, and what a busy year it’s been. People always ask about your highlights, but it’s impossible…
Graduation 2023
More than 60 students from Milton Keynes College and the South Central Institute of Technology have received certificates for their qualifications at MK College Group’s 2023 Graduation ceremony. The event was held on Wednesday 29th November at the Stables Theatre in Milton Keynes. The graduates received their certificates for achieving their HNCs, HNDs and professional…
student wins at national barbering competition
A student at Milton Keynes College has won the Best Student award at a national barbering competition. The Raw Talent Barbering Competition 2023 took place at the ExCel venue in London on 15th and 16th October at the Salon International event. Ben Pearcey, a Level 3 Barbering student, was chosen as the winner of the…
