📽Our annual Film Festival is BACK on 6th June!
Join us for FREE at Mechanics' Theatre for a diverse selection of student short films, music videos, documentaries and more!

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It’s #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek !

We’re proud to be members of the Association of Colleges (AoC)'s new Mental Health and Wellbeing Charter, which has been updated to address the rise in mental health difficulties in young people.

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We're just a MONTH away from our June Open Event!
Join us and find out more about our courses, talk to our tutors and explore our fantastic facilities.

📆Saturday 15th June
🕙10am - 12pm
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Students & staff got nice and colourful today to raise money for YoungMinds at our annual 5km Colour Fun Run🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

Huge well done to all who participated 👏

It's International Nurses Day👏
We are proud of our student Natalie who returned to education to study our Access to HE Healthcare course which gave her the qualification she needed to study Adult Nursing at University!
#InternationalNursesDay #NursesWeek2024 👩‍⚕️

We won the Training Provider of the Year Award at the West Yorkshire Apprenticeship Awards last night ✨

This is testament to the hard work and dedication of our staff and all that they do for our apprentices and employer partners.

National World Events
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This week we are celebrating our nurses 👏

Mary studied our Access to HE Healthcare course and has now progressed onto Midwifery at University!

Read about her experience👇

#NursesWeek2024 #InternationalNursesDay 👩‍⚕️

HMP Wakefield visited the College again last week to talk to our students about what it's like working day-to-day at the prison.

Thank you to HMP Wakefield Official for providing our students with another engaging and informative presentation👏

What a night we had celebrating success in apprenticeships at this year's Apprenticeship Awards🏆

Check out the video highlights from the night 📹 #HOYAA24

Our students got to learn first-hand the dangers of cold water and crucial techniques for surviving it from West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service last week!

Just a few weeks to go till our STEMPlus Masterclasses! These are perfect for year 8 or 9 students with an interest in STEM subjects.

📆Tuesday 28th May
🕘9:45am - 2:30pm
📧Email [email protected] for more info

👩‍⚕️Hear from our Health & Education Apprentice of the Year WINNER, Izabela Latos from Pinderfields Hospital #HOYAA24

We're working with West Yorkshire Police to offer young adults with learning difficulties the opportunity to gain real-life work experience and independent living skills.

Find out more at our Project SEARCH Information Event on Tuesday 7th May, 4:30-6pm, to find out more.

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🛢️Congratulations to WSG Energy Services, the winners of our Large Employer of the Year award at last week's Apprenticeship Awards!

Hear from them how it felt to be recognised with an award and how apprenticeships benefit their organisation 👇

Come and say hello to our friendly team at Garforth Academy's Careers Fair today, where you will be able to find out all about our post-16 options!

#ALevels #TLevels #vocationaltraining #Apprenticeships

🥳Congratulations to our Wakefield College Student of the Spring Term 🏆Mason, seen here collecting his certificate and prize from Head of School Partnerships James Pennington and Music tutor Jack Beevers!

Chloe from Heat Exchange Group, our New Apprentice Employer of the Year WINNER, explains how their partnership with us has helped their business address the skills needs of the local community 🏆🛠️

Hear from our Engineering & Automotive Apprentice of the Year WINNER, Kurt Moore from Klöckner Pentaplast 🏆🦺

Kurt said 👉 'I jumped on the chance to do an Electrical Engineering Apprenticeship and learn new things.'

ICYMI: Our Public Services students took part in a fantastic Loudspeaker session with Wakefield Trinity Community Foundation and Loud Speaker!

Here are just some of our 2024 Apprenticeship Award winners🏆

It was fantastic to celebrate their outstanding achievements and contributions to #apprenticeships alongside their family, friends and colleagues at Pontefract Town Hall earlier this week.

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