National Apprenticeship Week 2023
Today marks the start of the 16th annual National Apprenticeship Week. Apprenticeship providers, colleges and employers across the country will be observing the week with various events, and Kirklees College is no exception. Every year, we employ over 1,000 apprentices with 1,000 employers every year. We are a top apprenticeship provider in West Yorkshire, and […]
Kirklees College launches partnership with Yorkshire Asian Business Association
Kirklees College are delighted to announce our renewed corporate partnership with Yorkshire Asian Business Association (YABA). The partnership allows our two organisations to support and promote one another and will also see staff members from YABA working from the college as part of the partnership. The staff members already work for YABA and will continue […]
University of Huddersfield trainee teachers visit Kirklees College
This week we welcomed a cohort of trainee teachers to Kirklees College for a four-day work placement. The trainees are currently undertaking their PGCE in Secondary Education at the University of Huddersfield, and joined us to experience the further education environment and wider education sector. The trainees have been shadowing staff in Engineering, Sport, Computing, […]
Celebrating our 2022 KUE Awards Winners
We recently updated our staff peer recognition awards to align with our college values of Kindness, Unity and Excellence. The result was the KUE Awards, and last week we were delighted to award our first four winners. There were three individual prize winners: Security Officer, Godwin Joseph; Facilities Operations Manager, Tracey Elliot, and Lecturer in […]
Kirklees College fundraiser to honour tutor Sarah Heathcote
The Kirklees College community came together to help the Sport and Public & Uniformed Service departments honour the passing of their friend and colleague Sarah Heathcote. Sadly, Sarah recently lost her battle to cancer. Sarah was an inspirational tutor who was dedicated to her job and loved by students and staff. Through a cake stall, […]
Snowdogs Farewell Weekend is a pawsome success!
On Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 November, we were delighted to host The Kirkwood’s Snowdogs Farewell Weekend. The event took place in the atrium at our Huddersfield Centre and we are delighted to say we welcomed 650 guests through our doors over the weekend. The collection of 67, individually designed Snowdog sculptures have spent the […]
Local colleges collaborate to offer diverse post-16 study options to prospective students
Kirklees College, Greenhead College and Huddersfield New College have worked collaboratively on a post-16 curriculum which highlights each college’s aim to offer high-quality, varied and specialised post-16 study across the local area. As the new recruitment year has begun, the three colleges are working together to offer programmes of study and share a distinctive ethos […]
Kirklees College Food and Drink employer event success
Last week Kirklees College hosted our Food and Drink Employer Event at the Process Manufacturing Centre. It was fantastic to welcome some great employers in the industry to our Process Manufacturing Centre to talk all things Food and Drink Maintenance Engineering over breakfast and lunch. Employers included Arla Foods, Haribo, Hilton Process Solutions, Hovis, Premier […]
Open Days at Kirklees College this November
Kirklees College is getting ready to host the first Open Days of the academic year later this month. The Open Days will be held at Huddersfield and Dewsbury Centres, giving prospective students the opportunity to see the college, its facilities, and staff first-hand. The Open Days will be held at Huddersfield Centres on Saturday 19 […]