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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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MK College at MK Can
Staff and students from Milton Keynes College Group came together to support the MK Can event on 16th October at Campbell Park, in support of Milton Keynes Food Bank. Around 100 businesses, 20 schools, 30 churches and faith groups, 50 community organisations and 25 charities from Milton Keynes were all involved with a target of…
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Work For Us Day
Milton Keynes College Group is on a recruitment drive, looking for people who could forge careers passing on what they’ve learned from their previous working lives, even if they’ve never taught before. The College Group is holding a “Work For Us,” day, next Saturday, 14th October, when they hope to meet people with real world…
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Milton Keynes Pride Festival
On Saturday 9th September, 13 colleagues, learners and their families volunteered at Milton Keynes Pride Festival at Campbell Park to support and celebrate the city’s LGBTQ+ communities. The College Group’s volunteers ran a crafts stall where festival goers could paint rocks and help create a ‘graffiti floor’. The stand also had information about studying and…
