Kirklees College Celebrates its Apprentices at Food and Drink Engineering Awards
On Wednesday 5 February, Kirklees College hosted an awards ceremony to celebrate the hard work of its Food and Drink Manufacturing Apprentices. The awards were held at the college’s Huddersfield Centre for the first time, and apprentices, their employers and family and friends were invited to enjoy a two-course dinner and drinks reception prepared by […]
Celebrating 200 years of technical education in Kirklees in 2025
Celebrations are underway to mark 200 years of technical and professional education in Huddersfield and Kirklees with a series of events and activities throughout 2025. The anniversary marks the establishment of Huddersfield’s Scientific and Mechanic Institute in 1825, which was set up to bring the “acquisition of useful knowledge” within the reach of all, particularly […]
Kirklees College Celebrates its Outstanding Staff at KC Star Awards Ceremony
On Monday 27 January, Kirklees College hosted its KC Star Awards at the Lawrence Batley Theatre in Huddersfield to recognise the outstanding achievements of our inspirational teaching team and exceptional business support staff who go above and beyond to support our students. Darren Rayneau, Vice Principal for Business Systems Information and Technology and Steve Plumstead, […]
Kirklees College hosts ground-breaking workshops and performance from Sharon De-Leonardis
This month, Kirklees College welcomed Sharon De-Leonardis of Spectacularts to its Huddersfield Centre for a two-day programme of activities tackling issues of racism and the legacy of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. Day one saw students attend a Cultural Heritage Workshop led by Sharon, which explored the lasting impact of slavery and celebrated the achievements of […]
Kirklees College Proudly Supports T Levels Week 2024
Today is the start of T Levels Week 2024, a chance for T Level providers like Kirklees College to celebrate T Level students, teachers and work placement employers. Kirklees College has been a T Level provider for over three years and is proud to run T Levels in Health, Engineering, Animal Care, Business, Construction, Science […]
Kirklees College welcomes first cohort of Construction students in Dewsbury as part of Kirklees Build partnership with Kirklees Council
Earlier this year, Kirklees College and Kirklees Council announced an exciting new partnership. The Kirklees Build Project was launched to bring a construction portal and classroom to the college’s Springfield Sixth Form Centre in Dewsbury. The facility opened in September 2024 and the college welcomed its first intake of construction students to its Dewsbury centres […]
Kirklees College Student’s Dewsbury Arcade Artwork on Proud Display
Over the last two years, Level 2 and 3 Creative Industries students at Kirklees College have been collaborating on various projects with the Dewsbury Arcade Group. The student’s work is centered around the Dewsbury Arcade, which is a focal point of Kirklees Council’s Dewsbury Blueprint regeneration project, and is currently undergoing major reconstruction. The historic […]
Kirklees College Open Days: One Week to Go!
Kirklees College’s first Open Days of the year are right around the corner. The college will be opening the doors of its Huddersfield Centres on Saturday 16 November, and Dewsbury Centres will be open the following weekend, on Saturday 23 November. What’s on offer at Kirklees College? Kirklees College is a multi-centre vocational college with […]
STEM Day: Kirklees College Engineering student’s journey from her Level 3 course to the Royal Navy
November 8 2024 is STEM Day and to celebrate, we wanted to show appreciation to Samantha Stott, Kirklees College Engineering alumna. Samantha joined us at the age of 28 with no previous experience in Engineering or qualifications. She joined our Level 3 Manufacturing Engineering course and had to take her GCSE English and Maths alongside […]