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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.

Special guests...

Carlisle College student Heather Collingwood will shortly be leaving Cumbria to pursue her dreams in Hollywood, Los Angeles at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy.

Heather who is studying for her Level 3 Diploma in Performing Arts at the College of the Arts received the news that her application had been successful on 12 December 2011.

Heather said:
“I couldn’t believe the news. I was in tears when my mum told me I had been successful in my audition. I wasn’t expecting any news until late January. I am so lucky to have this...

Carlisle College has a great reputation for providing its students with real life experiences as part of every course. The College of the Arts (part of Carlisle College) is no exception.

Students studying their National Diploma in Media have just completed work on a live professional project with award winning folk band Bellowhead. The DVD on which the students worked went on  national release on 28 November and is available from retailers including Amazon, Tesco and HMV.

The students completed a 22 camera shoot at a Bellowhead concert at the O2...

A team from Carlisle College has been taking part in the annual ‘Movember’ campaign. The team of 9 staff at the College have so far raised over £800 for the cause and are hoping to reach £1000 before it closes.

Every year in November, ‘Movember’ is responsible for the sprouting of moustaches on the faces of thousands of men throughout the UK. The aim is to raise funds and awareness of for men’s health, specifically prostate cancer and other cancers that affect men.

The team registered at the beginning of November...

Level 2 Childcare students at Carlisle College are getting ready to host a special event for Children from the City’s nurseries at the new campus at Victoria Place on Thursday afternoon.

Hosted in the Concept Classroom, students are preparing a series of interactive story telling activities for groups of children to learn from and take part in. The event will include performance, story books and story boards, each with a key message designed to teach the young guests key lessons.

The session will form part of the employability skills element of the...

Future CSI specialists from Carlisle College who are studying Level 3 BTEC Applied Science (Forensic Science) and BTEC Public Services will be undertaking an investigation of a simulated crime scene testing the skills and theory that they’ve been learning in the classroom.  

This investigation will give the students the opportunity to investigate scenes in a realistic setting.  The students, working in small teams will process the scene using the appropriate equipment and procedures to prevent contamination and loss, and...

Final preparations are being made for the Carlisle College FE Stars 2011. The ‘glitzy’ event is a celebration of the achievements of its FE Students over the last academic year and is sponsored by a host of local and national businesses.

The Oscars style event will be held in the brand new Atrium of the College’s £9million campus redevelopment with catering provided by students.

Awards include Student of The Year for each curriculum area, Outstanding Student Achievement, Against all Odds and will culminate with the prestigious...

Next week year one Music Performance and Music Technology Students will tour schools to perform their first live gigs of their course.

Tour dates are as follows:

Stainburn School                              Monday 17 October                       

Beacon Hill School   ...

Students studying towards their Public Service qualifications are making preparations to support armed services personnel working overseas.

Following successful projects last year students will once again be organising a range of activities supporting the Royal British Legion, Help for Heroes and Parcels for Troops. These three charities were chosen to make support as accessible as possible and give everyone a chance to get involved.

In 2010 students in Engineering manufactured two ‘Poppy Men’ which were on display in Carlisle College and The...

Carlisle College is calling for local parents to help as new research reveals that fewer than half of pupils preparing for their GCSEs receive specialist advice on post-exam options. The College has put out this call as research released today by the Association of Colleges, shows considerable confusion among young people about their post-GCSE options. A half of Year 10 pupils surveyed were unable to name more than two post-GCSE qualifications; a quarter could only name one.

The study, which was conducted on behalf of the Association of Colleges has been released...