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Leading lights of Cumbria’s motor trade have been given the opportunity to accelerate their understanding of Hybrid vehicles during an industry event at Carlisle College.

Over 45 members of the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) came together for the association’s Regional Network Meeting which was held at the college’s new state-of-the-art £10m campus for the first time this month.

The event centred on the processes involved with servicing and maintaining Hybrid vehicles with a particular...

The new multi-million pound Victoria Place campus at Carlisle College was officially opened this week by a leading figure in the education sector.

Sir George Sweeney, knighted in 2000 for services to education, cut the ribbon to mark the official opening of the college’s new £10m building on Thursday 26th April.

Carlisle College Principal Moira Tattersall said the new campus underlined the college’s unique ability to offer students the opportunity to learn over 300 new skills.

A leading figure in the education sector will be on hand to officially open Carlisle College’s Victoria Place Campus next week.

Sir George Sweeney, knighted in 2000 for services to education, will be helping to celebrate the opening of the college’s new £10m building on Thursday 26th April.

The opening will underline the college’s unique ability in North Cumbria to offer students the opportunity to learn over 300 new skills. The new 2,998m² facility is at the heart of the city centre...

Carlisle College students studying Level 3 Performing Arts, Level 3 Music and Level 3 Music Technology are holding their final rehearsals for an adventure through musical theatre with their production ‘Gladrags and Hand Bags’.

The 90 minute production will feature highlights from the best of Broadway, The West End and the silver screen including; Sweeney Todd, Chicago, Cabaret, Mamma Mia and Saturday Night Fever.

The show will be performed at the Stanwix Art Theatre, Carlisle College of the Arts, Brampton Road on Thursday 22 and Friday 23...

The great and the good of Cumbria’s Hair & Beauty students descended upon Carlisle College on Wednesday to take part in an inter-college competition to find the best hairdressers, makeup artists and nail technicians. 

The College which recently opened its state of the art Essence hair, beauty and complimentary therapy salon  hosted 50 competitors from Carlisle College, Lakes College, Kendal College and Furness College who competed in a range of categories including Dazzle by Night Nails, Fantasy Beauty, Films and Movies Beauty, Films &...

Students from Carlisle College of the Arts had a rare opportunity at Penrith’s Alhambra Cinema on Friday when they attended a private screening of The Elephant Man, followed by a question and answer session with lead actor John Hurt

The event, a precursor to the Keswick Film Festival was organised by Darren Horne and Ed Cooper, course tutors in Media from the College of the Arts, part of Carlisle College and was attended by forty students studying the BTEC Level 3 Media Production and the BTEC Level 3 Performing Arts.

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Carlisle College, one of the region’s biggest apprentice and work based learning training providers has launched a new website,  www.cumbriaapprenticeships.co.uk which looks to match Cumbrian businesses with prospective apprentices.

As well as providing information on the 16 different apprenticeship schemes the college offers, the new website features a unique vacancy matching service which looks to bring businesses offering specific apprenticeship opportunities together with potential candidates...

An exciting new art exhibition has opened at Carlisle’s Crown Gallery which showcases the first external display of work by second year students studying the National Extended Diploma in Art & Design at Carlisle College.

The exhibition called ‘Variations’ opened on Saturday and is the result of a seven week project brief entitled ‘Inside Outside’ which gave students the opportunity to not only explore different types of media, but bring to the fore ideas that matched their own specialism.

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To celebrate National Apprenticeship Week (6-10 February), Dave Yarwood, Director of Business Development at Carlisle College will be hanging up his business suit on Wednesday 8th February and trying his hand at something completely out of his comfort zone – becoming an apprentice hairdresser.

Dave, who undertook a four year engineering apprenticeship 32 years ago in Bootle, Liverpool will be shadowing apprentice hairdresser Jay Elliott for the day at The Edge on Chapel Street, Carlisle and is keen to discover just what apprenticeships in 2012 really offer...

Ensuring that Cumbria’s engineering businesses and students are better prepared for the future is main aim of a prestigious event being hosted by Carlisle College in February called ‘Engineer The Future’.

The event, which is being held on 22 February between 6pm and 8.30pm at the Victoria Place campus has been organised by Colin Luhrs, Head of Engineering and Technical Services and is open to all engineering businesses across the region with a view to them gaining an insight into the future engineering needs of industry.

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