A group of Art & Design students from Milton Keynes College recently worked with a globally recognised graffiti artist to create a mural to brighten up a walkway in Bletchley. Mr Meana – a graffiti artist who has been commissioned to create street art pieces all over the world – spent a full day with…
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Racing to success – Catering & Hospitality students at British Grand Prix
Behind the scenes at this world-famous British Grand Prix at Silverstone, MK College students and staff were hard at work. For their final project, our Catering and Hospitality students were at Silverstone from the Wednesday before the racing began and spent the following days preparing, cooking and serving the food at the British Racing Drivers…
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MK College’s Horticulture Centre celebrates ten years of supporting students with additional needs
Milton Keynes College’s Horticulture Centre is celebrating ten years of teaching work skills around the care of plants, trees and animals for inclusive learners. Over that decade, dozens of young people have been taught the key techniques needed to give them the knowledge to land jobs in the sector, and to gain City & Guilds…
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Community Impact report shows huge increase in demand for ESOL courses
MK College Group has seen a staggering 200% increase in demand for English courses from refugees and asylum seekers from countries including Ukraine and Afghanistan. This figure comes from the College Group’s second Community Impact Report, which brings together all of the work that we do to make a positive impact on learners, colleagues and…
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College tutor wins Exceptional Educator Award
At the College Group, we go beyond simply delivering the basic skills our learners need for a successful career in their chosen industry. We partner with organisations such as the Lions Barber Collective, who support us with training our Barbering students on having conversations with clients about their mental health and signposting them to additional…
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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visits MK College
On Monday 23rd January, we were joined at Milton Keynes College by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak MP. Mr Sunak was accompanied by our local MPs Iain Stewart and Ben Everitt and toured the Innovation and Technology Centre at our Chaffron Way campus. The Prime Minister met students and apprentices in our engineering, aerospace and carpentry…
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Access Courses and Advanced Learner Loan
Picture this, you want to change career or get promoted but nope, you need to have a degree. And you can’t get a degree because you didn’t get the grades in school (…all those years ago). Now picture this, you take a different route and now you can get into university and move up in…
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Milton Keynes College students to appear on BBC’s Countryfile
Students from Milton Keynes College will be appearing on national TV this week, on Sunday’s episode of Countryfile on BBC One. A group of the College’s Inclusive Learning students took part in the filming of a piece about the Inclusive Farm in Steppingley, where they have their weekly work experience placements for their Animal Care…
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Milton Keynes College launches 2023/24 prospectus
With the current academic year now well under way, we’re already looking ahead to 2023/24 and have launched our new online prospectus. You can choose between the School Leaver Guide, Adult Course Directory, Undergraduate Guide and South-Central Institute of Technology Guide. These guides will provide you with some great insight about the different paths you…
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Diego Lopez – Mechanical Design
“I prefer to study while working and earning.” After A-levels Diego knew that he didn’t want to go to university. It didn’t feel like the right option for him. He was interested in exploring engineering career opportunities. Read how Diego went on to do an apprenticeship in Mechanical Design and is now a Mechanical Designer…
