Alumni Exhibition at Pioneer Higher Skills Centre
Zachary Eastwood-Bloom is a former student and technical demonstrator at Kirklees College and is currently collaborating with Dewsbury Creative Town on a public art project in Dewsbury Town Centre. This project will be coupled with student workshops and talks with students at Kirklees college exploring aspects of digital design, modelling and making. Zachary is keen […]
National Apprenticeship Week 2024 at Kirklees College
Kirklees College is proud to support National Apprenticeship Week 2024, 5 – 11 February. Throughout the week, we are hosting a range of events to celebrate and promote our apprenticeship offer to new and existing students at all levels. Events at Kirklees College this week include talks from our Employer partners, including Daisy Group, Ambutech […]
Visit Kirklees College’s Dewsbury Centres this weekend
Did you know that Kirklees College is the only general further education college in Kirklees that is solely focused on vocational training? And did you know that two of its seven campuses are situated in the heart of Dewsbury? Springfield Sixth Form Centre is located on Bradford Road and is exclusively for 16 – 18-year […]
Mayor of West Yorkshire attends reopening of Kirklees College’s Landings 72 restaurant
On Monday 15 January, Mayor of West Yorkshire Tracy Brabin visited Kirklees College to mark the refurbishment of the college’s restaurant, Landings 72. Brabin formally reopened the restaurant in a ribbon cutting ceremony and plaque unveiling alongside the college’s Principal Palvinder Singh during the annual West Yorkshire Principal’s dinner. Principals from further education colleges across […]
Café Culture students take part in coffee competition to celebrate Kirklees College’s new partnership with Coffee Brothers
Kirklees College is excited to announce a new partnership with Coffee Brothers. Coffee Brothers are a local, family-run business and are the new coffee suppliers for the college’s Landings 72 Café and Restaurant. On Wednesday 10 January, Level 2 Café Culture students at the college took part in a coffee competition to mark the beginning […]
Kirklees College student helps change entry requirements to University of Liverpool’s Medical School
Edith Adam completed the Access to HE Science course at Kirklees College in summer 2023 and is currently applying to study medicine at a range of UK universities. Many universities with Medical Schools only accept Access to Medicine courses that have been regulated by the QAA (Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education). While Edith was […]
Kirklees College hosts FutureChef
Kirklees College recently hosted the Springboard FutureChef’s West Yorkshire Local Final at our Huddersfield Centre. The Springboard’s annual FutureChef competition is the largest national school cooking programme in the UK with over 20,000 young people participating each year. The competition helps Years 9-11 students to develop their culinary talent and supports them with entry routes […]
Kirklees College named as a finalist in the prestigious AoC Beacon Awards
Kirklees College has been announced as one of the finalists in the annual Association of Colleges (AoC) Beacon Awards in the NOCN Group Award for Mental Health and Wellbeing. The award submission outlined the college’s current initiative of implementing trauma informed, restorative approaches in student support to aid student’s mental health and wellbeing. The purpose […]
5 days to go until Kirklees College’s first open day of the year!
Kirklees College is gearing up to open the doors to its five Huddersfield Centres on Saturday 18 November, between 10.30am and 1.00pm. The college will welcome school students, parents, carers and adult learners who are planning their next steps in education to come and see its facilities, meet tutors and answer any questions they may […]