Educating Yorkshire Star Inspires ESOL Students
Yesterday, Kirklees College received a visit from Musharaf Asghar at our Huddersfield Centre to give an inspirational talk to a crowd mostly comprised of students enrolled on our ESOL courses. Musharaf is now a keynote speaker and a journalist, but before this, he was most well known for his appearance on the show ‘Educating Yorkshire’ […]
Kirklees College Students Succeed in Malta
Kirklees College students from the Land Based Animal Management Level 3 course recently took part in a 2-week project with the organisation ‘Everything is Possible’, gaining work experience with rescued cats at a cat sanctuary in Qormi, Malta. Four Animal Management Level 3 students attended the Malta project along with two staff members. Students worked […]
Employability Week – Build Your Work Skills
From 7 – 11 March, Kirklees College hosted Employability Week as part of National Careers Week 2022, to empower positive change through careers education. The Kirklees College Careers Team ran virtual events to help students build their work skills and consider their career prospects through live online presentations from some of the region’s largest employers […]
Kirklees College Supports Those Affected by the War in Ukraine
In response to the tragic events in Ukraine, Kirklees College has pledged its support not just to our students and staff who are affected by the war, but those affected in the local community and beyond. We have encouraged all staff to create space and time to have conversations with our students about their thoughts […]
Kirklees College Students’ Fundraising Success for Epilepsy Action
Kirklees College students and staff from the Hair and Beauty, Barbering, ESOL, Media and Foundation Departments worked together to organise a fundraising event to raise money for Epilepsy Action, a charity that improves the lives of everyone affected by epilepsy. As part of their fundraising activities, students and staff did manicures, ladies’ hairstyling, gents’ haircuts, […]
Kirklees College Employers’ T Levels Breakfast Event
Last week, Thursday 3 March, the Kirklees College Employer Engagement Team hosted their first T Levels Breakfast Event at Landings 72 in the Huddersfield Centre. The event was arranged to provide local employers with a wider insight into the benefits of T Levels, allowing them to ask any questions, speak with our key delivery staff […]
Kirklees College Welcomes Local Employers to Snowdogs Support Life Design Selection Event
Kirklees College is honoured to be supporting Snowdogs Support Life, an extraordinary public art trail organised by The Kirkwood, never before seen in West Yorkshire. The art trail will be made of large sculptures, based on the canine character from The Snowman™ and The Snowdog. Each sculpture will be sponsored by a business and individually designed by […]
Kirklees College Pledges Its Support For LGBTQ+ History Month
LGBTQ+ History Month takes place in February each year to help educate people on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history, as well as the history of the gay and civil rights movements. In support of this celebration, we gave staff and students at all sites the opportunity to create a pronoun badge. This initiative was […]
Kirklees College Apprentice Places Runner-up in Regional Competition
Connor Roberts, a Level 3 Electrical Installation apprentice at Kirklees College placed runner-up at this year’s regional North West SPARKS Apprentice of the Year competition, which took place at Wigan and Leigh College on Thursday 3 February. The SPARKS Apprentice of the Year competition runs annually and offers electrical students and apprentices the chance to […]