A word from Sally Alexander, Acting CEO: It was with a shared sense of loss that we all received the news of the death of the Queen yesterday, something that came as such a contrast of emotions given the success of our first whole campus Induction Day. Whatever your views of the monarchy, the Queen…
On GCSE results day, Milton Keynes College Group has bucked the trend of national achievement rates delivering success for hundreds of students in MK. The College’s GCSE results have kept pace with last year despite a predicted national fall of 5-10%, with an achievement rate of over 82%. This is particularly impressive, given that many…
At HMP Manchester, we have been working with our learners on a community project called ‘The World Re-Imagined’. This is a national art education project which explores how the Transatlantic Slave Trade has affected people from around the world for centuries. The project includes seven cities, two million people, 100 artists, 250 establishments and 100…
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,…
Milton Keynes College Group launches new hi-tech business centre to help address skills shortages A new resource for businesses in the city which are struggling with skills shortages has been launched at Milton Keynes College Group. The Chaffron Centre at the Chaffron Way campus is a new facility designed to help companies and educators work more…
First Impact Report shows that 18,206 people studied with Milton Keynes College Group in 2020/21 This week, Milton Keynes College Group launches its first Impact Report to share the progress of its vision to ‘Build Fairer Futures and recognise the valuable work of its community partners. The Group launched its vision last July and set…
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 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…
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…
Milton Keynes College Group said farewell to Principal and CEO, Dr Julie Mills OBE on Friday, bringing an end to a thirty-two year career as a teacher and leader. As part of the day Dr Mills planted a tree as part of the Queen’s Green Canopy project to Plant a tree for the Jubilee. In…
