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MK College students learn real-world skills in major incident exercise with emergency services
Read More: MK College students learn real-world skills in major incident exercise with emergency servicesLearners from Milton Keynes College joined in with a major incident training exercise held at the College’s Bletchley campus. They had the invaluable opportunity to shadow and learn from the emergency services and even be part of the action in a mock car accident rescue. Thames Valley Police, Buckinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service and Acute…
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Milton Keynes College students inspired to dream of future in motorsports
Read More: Milton Keynes College students inspired to dream of future in motorsportsMechanic and graphic design students from Milton Keynes College had the trip of a lifetime around Aston Martin’s Aramco Formula® One Team’s AMR Technology Campus at Silverstone. The visit was made possible by a collaboration between the College, the racing team, and global leader in automotive and industrial solutions, Valvoline™ Global Operations. The connection with…
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Access to HE students celebrate community in a collaboration with Home Instead
Read More: Access to HE students celebrate community in a collaboration with Home InsteadMilton Keynes College has teamed up with Home Instead, a home healthcare services company who work with Age UK, to offer our Access to Higher Education (HE) learners insight into the domestic care industry. This collaboration has already produced two events, which have allowed our students to connect with care professionals and clients to learn…
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Painting & Decorating students gain experience at regional competition
Read More: Painting & Decorating students gain experience at regional competitionOn Thursday 8th May, four students from Milton Keynes College participated in a regional qualifier of SkillBuild’s Painting & Decorating (P&D) competition for the second consecutive year. Delivered by Go Construct and CITB, SkillBuild is the largest multi-trade competition in the UK for construction trainees and apprentices. Its P&D category was participated this year by…
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Bricklaying students commended for determination and perseverance at regional competition
Read More: Bricklaying students commended for determination and perseverance at regional competitionOn Wednesday 23rd April, three intermediate Level 1 Bricklaying students from Milton Keynes College travelled to City College Norwich to participate in the East Anglia regional heat of the Guild of Bricklayers Competition. The Guild is an association that aims to promote and maintain the highest standards of craftsmanship in the field of brickwork and…
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Staff and students get stuck into Planet Earth Games to protect our planet
Read More: Staff and students get stuck into Planet Earth Games to protect our planetMilton Keynes College Group’s debut in the Planet Earth Games sparked a wide range of activities across both campuses and our prison education network. Running from 1st January to Earth Day on 22nd April, Planet Earth Games is a national competition that inspires Further Education colleges to take part in activities which help to protect…
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MK College Group celebrates its Students of the Year 2025
Read More: MK College Group celebrates its Students of the Year 2025Ciara-Leigh Filer-Hobbs has been named as Milton Keynes College Group’s overall Student of the Year at a moving and spectacular awards night at the Silverstone Circuit. She was chosen from an inspirational group of award winners from every college department who were all honoured at the event. The event included performances from the College’s Inclusive…
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Prison teaching staff visit Chaffron Way for inspiring Reading Festival
Read More: Prison teaching staff visit Chaffron Way for inspiring Reading FestivalOn Thursday 20th February, Milton Keynes College Group hosted its second annual Reading Festival at the Chaffron Centre, bringing together over 80 attendees, including Prison Services staff and HMPPS colleagues, to discuss the importance of literacy and strategies to foster a love of reading among learners. The participants of the event had an opportunity to…
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Milton Keynes College recruiting more A Level teachers to meet huge demand for places
Read More: Milton Keynes College recruiting more A Level teachers to meet huge demand for placesJust one year in to offering A Levels, Milton Keynes College is having to double the number of students it will take in September because of huge demand for courses. Last September, around seventy students signed up, but this autumn that number will rise to 150, and already well over 600 have applied. The curriculum…
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Milton Keynes College students take charge at primary school for annual Community Day
Read More: Milton Keynes College students take charge at primary school for annual Community DayMore than 60 students from Milton Keynes College have been helping out at a local primary school as part of its annual day of community support across the city. The College’s Care Professions students ran a range of sessions at Moorland Primary School for children from nursery to Year 5, with a range of fun…
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