Kirklees College appoints a new Head of Business Development and Apprenticeships
Kirklees College is the largest apprenticeship provider in Calderdale and Kirklees, working with over 1,000 employers every year. As part of the college’s plans to expand its apprenticeship provision even further, the college has recently appointed Paul Edwards in the newly created role of Head of Business Development and Apprenticeships. Paul joins Kirklees College with […]
Mark Eastwood MP hosts Apprenticeships Fair to inspire local young people
On Thursday 29 February, Mark Eastwood, MP for Dewsbury, Mirfield, Kirkburton and Denby Dale, hosted his third Apprenticeships Fair at Kirklees College’s Pioneer Higher Skills Centre. The annual event aims to inspire local young people to consider doing an apprenticeship after they leave school. By collaborating with the college, the largest provider of apprenticeships in […]
Heavy Vehicle Apprentices Success
Recently, two of our Heavy Vehicle Service and Maintenance Technician Level 3 apprentices, Tim Brindle and Lewis Lootes Dalton, have been celebrating achieving a Distinction their end-point assessments (EPA), which only 11 people in the entire country have achieved! Both students managed to reach the top grade in 18 months when the apprenticeship is usually […]
Celebrating ESOL Student Achievements this Colleges Week
To celebrate Colleges Week here at Kirklees College, we would like to promote some of our amazing English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) students! Kirklees College is one of the largest providers of ESOL courses in the region. Our courses are designed for students who do not speak English as a first language. From […]
Kirklees College attends WYCA Green Taskforce Celebration Event
On Wednesday 21 February, Director of Estates and Facilities Phil Sugden attended the West Yorkshire Combined Authority’s (WYCA) Green Taskforce Celebration Event on behalf of Kirklees College. The Green Taskforce was set up by Mayor of West Yorkshire, Tracy Brabin, and includes experts from business, educators, the third sector and young people, to set the […]
MPs offer support for Kirklees College during Colleges Week
This week is Colleges Week, an annual campaign run by the Association of Colleges that celebrates the Further Education sector and encourages colleges to come together and lobby for support from government. Around 1.6m students are educated in further education colleges in the UK, and this annual event is an opportunity to showcase the breadth […]
The Burnt Chef Project Visit to Hospitality Students
Kirklees College recently welcomed The Burnt Chef Project to speak to our Hospitality students about mental health within the industry. They understand the struggles people go through when working in hospitality and have created a space where they can discuss the state of their mental health, because even though it cannot be ‘seen’, it can […]
Food and Drink Apprentice Awards 2024
As part of this week’s National Apprenticeship Week celebrations at Kirklees College, Level 3 Food and Drink Engineering apprentices’ achievements were celebrated at an awards ceremony on Wednesday 7 February at our Process Manufacturing Centre. The awards were given out by Curriculum Area Manager, Gary Parkinson, and were a complete surprise for the apprentices, who […]
Celebrating our apprentices and employers: National Apprenticeship Week case studies
As part of National Apprenticeship Week, Kirklees College has been interviewing a number of its employers and apprentices to ask them about their apprenticeship experience. By sharing both the employer and apprentice perspective, these video case studies highlight the benefits of apprenticeships for the individuals who embark on one, and the businesses that employ one. […]