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  1. 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…

  2. Secretary of State visit

    On Friday 12 January, staff and students from the South Central Institute of Technology (SCIoT) welcomed the Secretary of State for Education, Gillian Keegan MP, along with Iain Stewart, the Member of Parliament for Milton Keynes South, to the Bletchley campus.  From digital skills and coding to game design and cyber-crime, the Secretary of State…

  3. Demystifying AI Conference

    A free conference is being held to support business owners local to Milton Keynes with understanding AI and harnessing its potential for their business.   The ‘Demystifying AI’ event is happening at the South Central Institute of Technology (SCIoT) in Bletchley on Thursday 7th March between 1:30pm and 4:30pm. The conference will feature keynote speakers, panel…

  4. Student Commissioners for Racial Justice

    Milton Keynes College has appointed its latest group of Student Commissioners for Racial Justice, to be part of a group of students from 10 colleges across England, to raise awareness of and discussion around the vital topic of racial justice.   Now in its fourth year, the Student Commission is organised by Leaders Unlocked and has…

  5. 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…

  6. New Government Guidance on Gender Identity

    The government has issued updated guidance for schools and colleges about how we should behave towards young people who are questioning their gender, or have already expressed a desire to be seen differently from their previously accepted gender.  At Milton Keynes College Group, our team is going through the new guidance very carefully, to get…

  7. 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…

  8. SCIoT student wins at Hackathon

    Teams of people aged 18 – 35 battled it out at the South Central Institute of Technology (SCIoT) in Bletchley to come up with the best business ideas, using AI to create practical, sustainable solutions to real world problems.  This AI Hackathon for the Common Good initiative was part of the British Council’s Stronger Together…

  9. Walk to Willen

    84 Public Services students from MK College have raised over £1,000 for SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity, through a 10 mile charity walk in Milton Keynes.  The students were inspired by Russ Chittenden, a former Paratrooper from nearby Aylesbury who is currently walking the coastline of the UK with the aim of raising £50,000 for…

  10. 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…