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…
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…
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…
Aspiring nurse wins MK College Student of the Year
Student with ambitions to become a paediatric nurse, Lucy Sharples, has been crowned Student of the Year for 2022. She was named the winner at the annual Students of the Year event held at Hotel La Tour in Milton Keynes last night (Thursday 9th June) and presented with her award by Tom Wraight, Regional Director,…
Silverstone hospitality partnership
Milton Keynes College launches partnership with Silverstone to give hospitality students fuel for success MK College and Silverstone have announced a partnership which will see 30 catering students, aged 16 upwards, working alongside the racing circuit’s events team from September 2022 as part of their training. The partnership will become part of the College’s new…
MK College’s Football Academy takes the final
MK College’s Football Academy won the final of the Spartan South Midlands League Division 2 Cup Last week, MK College’s Football Academy won the final of the Spartan South Midlands League Division 2 Cup in their first year of competing in elite men’s football. The team won against Totternhoe FC at Tring Athletic FC in…
Students Flag Bearing At The Women’s EUROs
This summer, the Women’s Euros competition is being hosted in England and Milton Keynes is one of nine host cities for a number of group games and one of the semi-final fixtures. On Friday 8th and Tuesday 12th July, current and incoming students were asked to be a part of history, as National Flag Bearers…
From Computer Studies to Global Senior Vice President
Paul Gartside graduated from college in 1989 after doing a BTEC National Diploma in Computer Studies. His career has taken him all over the world and has now come full circle, back to Milton Keynes College. Paul is now Security & Data Analytics Coach and Curriculum Innovator at the South Central Institute Of Technology. Tell…
Meet former Music Student Jodie Erica from MKFM
With the huge range of courses and study options on offer we love to see what careers our students go on to after studying at Milton Keynes College. We caught up with former Music Course student Jodie Erica, now Digital Media Presenter and the Head of Local Music at MKFM, Milton Keynes’ radio station. Jodie…
