While staff and students have been away studying and working at home, MK College has donated food items to local residents to enjoy, just in time for the VE Day celebrations this Friday. The College donated boxes of crisps and bottles of soft drinks to stock up Woughton Community Council’s (WCC) community fridge, which aims to prevent food waste…
Community
PPE, PE and emergency Parcels, how Milton Keynes College is supporting the community in the crisis
Students and staff at Milton Keynes College are finding an amazing number of ways to support the community during the COVID-19 crisis, from providing PPE, posting entertaining and informative videos, taking food to vulnerable people and still functioning fully as a college. Fashion and textile students are making scrubs and washbags for health workers, the…
L&Q Place Makers Fund available to local organisations
The L&Q Place Makers Fund is available to local organisations that share L&Q’s commitment to changing lives and enhancing communities. Milton Keynes College deliver the training element of L&Q’s apprenticeships and know from working with them how passionate they are about engaging with local communities. “The Place Makers Fund has always been about enhancing residents’ lives through…
An unforgettable year
Is that it already? It’s hard to believe that 2019 has been and almost gone. It’s been a year of incredible milestones both personally and for the College. As I look back on it it’s hard to believe we’ve managed to pack so much in, so I thought I would put together a list of…
OBE for Dr Julie Mills, Group Principal and CEO of MK College
Group Principal and CEO of Milton Keynes College and Chair of the Helena Kennedy Foundation, Dr Julie Mills, has been awarded her OBE by the Duke of Cambridge, Prince William at Buckingham Palace. Dr Mills was named by the Queen in this year’s Birthday Honours List for her services to business and to education. She…
Working towards a better future through Black History Month
I’m delighted to see that a selection of films made by students from Milton Keynes College which form the centrepiece of a website celebrating this year’s Black History Month (1st – 31st October) have been featured on the website of The Voice, the magazine which describes itself as “committed to celebrating black excellence.” The students have…
Why we should all be proud of Pride:MK
By Julie Mills OBE, CEO & Group Principal I look out of my office window at the College and I see the Pride flag flying, and it does my heart good. There is a well-worn path to the College’s door trod by representatives of all manner of good causes and campaigns looking for our support,…
