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…
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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…
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…
Hackathon at SCIoT
The South Central Institute of Technology (SCIoT) in Bletchley is hosting The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Hackathon for the Common Good in collaboration with the British Council on 1st & 2nd December. The event is open to anyone aged 18-35 with a cracking idea for how to make our cities greener. The British Council is looking…
MK College at CEO Sleep Out
On 16th November, Milton Keynes College proudly hosted the CEO Sleep Out MK at its Bletchley campus. Over 50 members of the local business community took part, sleeping outside overnight to raise awareness of the challenges faced by those experiencing homelessness and hardship in Milton Keynes, and to raise money for charities doing vital work…
Christmas Tree Festival
Milton Keynes College is taking part in this year’s Christmas Tree Festival at local shopping centre Midsummer Place. The festival involves local organisations sponsoring one of 20 Christmas trees for a charity of their choice and in return decorating their trees however they would like. There is a competition where shoppers can vote for their…
Football Academy win
MK College’s Football Academy students have secured places in the Association of College’s (AoC’s) national football tournament and both the men’s and women’s teams won their regional tournaments. At the AoC Men’s and Women’s Regional Football Tournament at Easton & Otley College in Norfolk in October, each team had to play five games in one…
CEO Sleep Out
Business leaders in Milton Keynes are being urged to brave the cold and spend a night sleeping outdoors to help tackle homelessness and hardship in the city. The CEO Sleepout Milton Keynes is taking place on 16th November at Milton Keynes College’s Bletchley campus. Up to 100 participants will be sleeping outside to raise money…
Prisons GCSE results
Nine prisoners at the high security Frankland Prison in County Durham, have achieved a 100% pass rate in GCSE English. The classes were run by teachers from Milton Keynes College Group. 78% achieved grade C (4) and above, almost three times as many as in FE Colleges around the country. What’s more, the students managed…
