EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY NEWS
Cornwall College has opened its first sensory relaxation room at the Camborne campus recently, providing sensory therapy and experiences for visually and hearing impaired students at the College.
Cornwall College Camborne's fundraising initiative Tanisha's Gift received a big boost recently, when the owners of Screech Owl Sanctuary visited the campus to present staff and students with a cheque for the money they've raised.
Cornwall College Camborne played host to a Special Education Needs (SEN) seminar event recently, one of the first of its kind in the county, which gave lead professionals and practitioners the chance to discuss the impact of changes on learners following
Students and staff from Cornwall College spent a week celebrating diversity recently, holding a photography competition where they produced a series of visually striking images from across the globe.
Students and staff at Cornwall College Saltash spent time recently studying diversity, during a now annual celebratory event that explored cultures and customs from around the world through workshops, presentations, talks and displays.
The Performing Arts department at Cornwall College Camborne have held a fundraising event in aid of Learners with Difficulties and Disabilities (LDD) to send two students on a trip to L.A.
A student liaison officer from Cornwall College has been shortlisted for a national award highlighting the importance of the work carried out by sexual health professionals.
Cornwall College has been celebrating the life of one of its much-loved students recently, by opening a memorial garden at the Camborne campus and launching a fundraising project dedicated to her memory.
Students studying A-level World Development at Cornwall College Camborne have been working on a penpal project this term which will see them build communication links with St Henry's Secondary School in Uganda.
Stephen Gilbert, MP for St Austell and Newquay, made a roundtrip of over 500 miles to pay a special visit to Cornwall College St Austell during parliament week recently.
STUDENTS from Cornwall College St Austell made a right old racket in the College's A-level Centre last week (30th Nov) as they joined together to raise awareness of HIV for World Aids Day.
The seventh annual Cornwall Disability Research Network conference has taken place at Cornwall College Camborne with an array of guest speakers and visitors from all over Cornwall and Devon.
A donation from Cornwall College's Students' Union has allowed staff and students who run the campus coffee shop to buy new equipment to expand their offerings and skills training.
STAFF and students from Cornwall College St Austell recently went all continental and organised an international culinary celebration for the European Day of Languages.
STAFF and students from Cornwall College who spent part of their summer vacation volunteering in Kenya have come together to celebrate their adventures.
Last week Cornwall College staff joined in the celebrations when their partner organisation Fit N Fun Kids achieved Highly Commended in this year's national Nursery World Awards.
Students at Cornwall College Camborne were treated to a performance with a difference recently, when the Global Classroom Our World Tour arrived at the campus to perform a play based on issues faced by students today.
TWO top international Health & Social Sciences professors from Norway and Kenya visited Cornwall College St Austell to give a specialist lecture to students about people living with disabilities.
SKILLS for life students from Duchy College Rosewarne got thrown in at the deep end this week when they got the opportunity to test their safety skills and get behind the wheel of a tractor.
PARALYMPIC gold medallist and former Cornwall College student Jonathan Fox relived his educational journey recently (28th September) when he will returned to the campus in St Austell to speak to current students about his career and recent success in the
Cornwall College Camborne has played host to an International Disability Conference, with professors visiting from Kenya and Norway to present their papers to students.
Lithuanian-born Cornwall College Media Production student Dainius Rimkus has achieved an incredible triple distinction grade, equivalent to three A* A-levels, despite not learning to speak English until four years ago. His achievement has secured him a
Students from the Preparation for Life and Work faculty at Cornwall College Camborne celebrated their achievements at their annual awards ceremony held on the campus recently.
Twin brothers studying at Cornwall College plan to take the county's hair and beauty industry by storm in the future, as they complete the first part of their respective courses at the Camborne campus.
The latest UCP programme designed to support Cornish business and improve graduate opportunities is drawing its pilot scheme to a close this week. Gateway has provided nine graduates with a ten week work experience programme designed to boost their CVs
Health and Social Care students at Cornwall College St Austell had a day out of the ordinary recently when they spent it looking at communication skills, part of which was learning a unique skill called Makaton with guest speaker Tigger Pritchard.
Pathfinder students from Duchy College Stoke Climsland successfully completed the Ten Tors Jubilee Challenge 2012.
Election fever swept campuses across the county as Cornwall College students voted to see their peers win various roles in the Students' Union (CCSU).
Two St Austell students have had the opportunity to delve into the history of Auschwitz after being selected to take part in a national project.
The Skills for Life department at Duchy College Rosewarne held its first taster day this week aimed at students who are thinking about studying an entry level course at college.
Discovering how to dance Bollywood style, learning to mix and scratch with DJ Angel, wearing Mendhi Hand Tattoos and sampling curry dishes were just a few of the diverse activities students at Cornwall College Newquay took part in, during their annual
Cornwall College St Austell staff and students made a right racket in the College's Student Union, 'The Treg' on December 1st to raise awareness of HIV for World Aids Day. Armed with cymbals, maracas, whistles, a megaphone and an array of other musical
STUDENTS from Duchy College Rosewarne have helping volunteers prepare hundreds of Christmas shoebox treats for disadvantaged children from all over the world.
Go! St Austell Shop Mobility celebrated its one year anniversary with coffee and cake in their office in the White River Place car park.
Cornwall College St Austell celebrated other cultures in its annual Cultural Diversity Festival recently.
STAFF and students from Duchy College Rosewarne have been raising money for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and Children in Need in a number of fund raising events held over the last few days.
Cornwall College has been embracing other cultures this week in its annual Celebrating Diversity Festival.
CORNWALL College Camborne has been honouring other cultures in the College's annual Celebrating Diversity Festival.
Duchy College Rosewarne has been honouring other cultures in the College's annual Celebrating Diversity Festival.
Duchy College Stoke Climsland held its annual Celebrating Diversity Festival from 14th November with a series of events to give students and staff the opportunity to understand and learn about other cultures whilst experiencing something new and having
Cornwall College St Austell student Brooke Davies-Prisk, 18, from Bodmin Moor, is used to breaking stereotypes.
Youngsters aged between four and 14 from the Camborne area took part in the Cornwall College Football Holiday Course during half term recently.
Cornwall College St Austell hosted the Dyslexia & Education conference on Friday 21st October with the number of attendees superseding the previous event held two years ago at the College's Camborne campus.
Cornwall College St Austell will play host to a dyslexia awareness conference on 21st October following the huge success of the initial event held two years ago at the Camborne campus.
Cornwall College St Austell will host this year's annual Disability Conference on Friday 28th October; the first time in six years that the venue has changed from its usual Camborne location to the larger Keay Theatre.
Cornwall College St Austell students and staff have come together to celebrate a successful summer volunteering in Kenya.
Cornwall College has become the first further education college in the county to be awarded the Dyslexia Friendly Quality Mark.
A horticulture lecturer from Duchy College Rosewarne has just returned from a volunteering trip to East Africa - 26 years after he'd previously worked there.
EXCITED volunteers, students, organisers and supporters of Go! St Austell Shop Mobility Scheme joined Lady Mary Holborow and Mayor of St Austell Sandra Heyward, to launch their new book shop in the town centre.
A young surf lover from Camborne, who dedicates her spare time to opening up the sport to people with disabilities, has been shortlisted for a national awards ceremony next month.
Students in their second year of Foundation Degrees in Event Management and Tourism, awarded by the University of Plymouth and studied at Cornwall College Camborne, are planning an Easter extravaganza to raise money for the Children's Hospice South
Dave Linnell, Principal of Cornwall College, joined students and staff at the College's Camborne campus recently to welcome Larry Heimgartner, the Los Angeles based founder of the Global Classroom, to thank him for the work he has done with students
Current and ex Cornwall College Camborne students with a hearing impairment lent a hand last week (Thursday 31st March) as the College opened its doors to welcome children from local schools who have hearing impairment and their families.
Cornwall College Camborne is working in partnership with Hayle Youth Project to offer local young people the opportunity to take the twenty-week Public Services (QCF) BTEC Award Level 1.
Four lucky motor vehicle students at Cornwall College Camborne were recently given the opportunity of a lifetime.
The Skills for Life Department at Duchy College Stoke Climsland have been taking part in Celebrating Diversity Week by looking at important equality issues based around world football.
Students and staff at Cornwall College Saltash and Duchy College Stoke Climsland have spent the last week looking at diversity in a now annual celebratory event focusing on cultures and customs from around the World.
Public Services students from Cornwall College Camborne gathered at Derriford Hospital in Plymouth on Thursday (10th March) to complete a charity abseil to raise funds to support the work of Parkinson's UK in the South West.
Cornwall College lecturer Anne-Marie Young has chosen to give the 48 copies of Philip Pullman's Northern Lights she has been allocated as part of World Book Night to Children's Hospice South West.
Cornwall College Camborne has been honouring other cultures this week in the College's now annual Celebrating Diversity Week.
Duchy College Rosewarne have been honouring other cultures this week in the College's now annual Celebrating Diversity Week.
Sports students taking the Foundation Degree in Sport, Health and Fitness at Cornwall College Camborne, which is awarded by the University of Plymouth, are contributing to the Olympic legacy here in Cornwall.
Sports students from Cornwall College Camborne were literally bowled over by residents of Harbour House, Portreath, recently when they held a carpet bowls session at the home and discovered that some of the residents were a dab hand at the game.
Pupils from local schools enrolled on pre 16 courses at Cornwall College Camborne joined drama students from the College for a taste of the performing arts in London last week when they met with students from Los Angeles as part of the Global Classroom
Volunteers have been hard at work at Duchy College Rosewarne recently preparing hundreds of Christmas shoebox treats for disadvantaged children from all over the world.
Student Lewis Coleman's achievements on The Prince's Trust programme at Cornwall College Camborne were recently acknowledged with a nomination for 'Young Achiever of the Year' at the South West Celebrate Success Awards.
Students and staff are celebrating after receiving the news that Cornwall College has been awarded Fairtrade status and can now officially be known as a Fairtrade College.
Students from Duchy College Rosewarne got together this week to make a noise in support for World Aids Day (1st December).
Twelve students from Lycée Jean Queinnec College in Malestroit, Brittany, France joined a Deloitte Employability class at Cornwall College Camborne where they found out how to make a good pasty.
A top childcare specialist visited Cornwall College St Austell recently to give a master class in equality and diversity to the College's lecturers.
A female student from Duchy College Rosewarne is excelling in a typically male dominated environment.
With the Equality Act 2010 due to come into force on 1st October, Cornwall College is cementing its commitment to ensuring all learners achieve to their maximum potential with the appointment of an Equality and Diversity (E & D) Co-ordinator.
Cornwall College's Sports department is proving it's got balls...by pledging to only purchase Fairtrade sports equipment.
Two top Health & Social Sciences professors from Norway visited Cornwall last week to give specialist lectures at Cornwall College St Austell about Children with Learning Disabilities and Human Rights in Ghana.
Cornwall College's Sports department is proving it's got balls...by pledging to only purchase Fairtrade sports equipment.
This time last year Emma Haywood (22) from Falmouth was hoping to be on her way to Cardiff University but her grades weren't as good as she hoped.
A student who has just completed her first year on the Marine Science Foundation Degree is off to Mozambique for month on a summer internship.
A former Falmouth Marine School student has been sailing around the world for over three years working on yachts around the Mediterranean and the Caribbean.
Cornwall College donated the trophy for the 24 team Cornwall College Women's Open at the annual Newquay Surf 7's Rugby Tournament at the weekend.
Local young adults with severe learning difficulties are learning to ride a bike for the first time thanks to sports students from Cornwall College Camborne.
Students on the My Future Programme at Cornwall College were honoured for their progression and achievements in a special prize-giving ceremony at the Keay Theatre last week (Monday 5th July).
Pupils from around the county were treated to a special sports day, held at Cornwall College Camborne last week (Friday 25th June), as part of Sport England's Playground to Podium initiative.
Skills for Life students at Cornwall College St Austell were honoured for their progress and dedication this week (Monday 21st June) in a special prize-giving ceremony.
Duchy College Rosewarne is receiving assistance in maintaining the grounds from a team of 20 employees from Groundwork South West.
School children from Treverbyn County Primary experienced a day at college recently when they visited Cornwall College St Austell to see what might be on offer to them in the future.
Students on the National Open College Network (NOCN) course at Falmouth Marine School recently visited Falmouth Fire Station and Falmouth Police Station as part of the Phoenix Project.
A female mechanics taster at Cornwall College Camborne proved to be a great help for one learner on Saturday (22nd May) as her car became the guinea pig for the morning's session!
A British Sign Language student from Cornwall College Camborne has been nominated for the Learner of the Year award at the 2010 Signature Annual Awards.
The first female student on the FdSc Tournament Golf course at Tournament Golf College, which is part of Duchy College, has won her first major competition.
Prospective Parliamentary Candidates for the constituency of Camborne and Redruth joined Cornwall College Camborne students and staff this week (Thursday 29th April) to debate the forthcoming election.
Cornwall College Students' Union (CCSU) has been busy raising awareness of human rights issues.
An Early Years lecturer from Cornwall College Camborne has been called on to lend a helping hand to European youth organisation; European Free Alliance Youth (EFAy).
A class of Level 3 Childcare and Education students from Cornwall College Camborne raised nearly £200 in just one day last week for Cornish charity ShelterBox.
A student entrepreneur from Cornwall College St Austell is celebrating today after winning a £1,000 grant to launch a tourism business in her home town, courtesy of Virgin Holidays and Enterprise UK.
Students at Falmouth Marine School have been doing their bit to bring attention to the important work of Amnesty International.
Cornwall College has been celebrating other cultures in its now annual Cultural Diversity Week.
Females from Penrice School experienced a number of construction and engineering taster sessions at Cornwall College St Austell this week to encourage more girls into the traditionally male dominated area.
Community groups across Cornwall are being invited to benefit from the gentle and skilled touch of Cornwall College's Complementary Health Therapy students in an initiative created to take massage to the community.
Cornwall College students from Hong Kong treated local school children to a traditional costumed Lion dance at Hayle School to celebrate the Chinese New Year last week (Friday 12th February).
'Gung Hay Fat Choy' were the words heard at Cornwall College St Austell last week (February 5) as staff, international students and their guests enjoyed an evening of Chinese New Year festivities at The Keay Theatre, St Austell.
Several hundred students were in high spirits on Saturday (30th January) after donning the traditional mortar boards and gowns to graduate from Cornwall College in ceremonies held at Truro Cathedral.
To help mark National Apprenticeship Week (1 Feb – 5 Feb) staff at Cornwall College St Austell are coming together with employers to celebrate the talents and skills of their apprentices.
Saturday 16th January 2010 saw the launch of the UK's first pre-school Cornish language crèche - Skol dy'Sadorn Kernewek (Cornish Language Saturday School). The weekly Saturday sessions will be held at Cornwall College Camborne's Karenza Centre – a
Duchy College Rosewarne are proud associates of the Cornwall Blind Association's Gardening Club, regular visits are organised for the group of 20 members onsite at the Rosewarne campus.
On the 1st of December students gathered in Campus Central at Cornwall College Camborne to raise awareness of the importance of good sexual health.
Genevieve Shah (19) from Redruth received recognition for her efforts and dedication to her studies on the Cartec Diploma level 1 course when she was named 'Student of the Year' at the annual engineering awards at Cornwall College Camborne.
Cornwall College Saltash hosted a 'Girls into Engineering' interactive day on Wednesday 2nd December when the campus welcomed 60 year 9 pupils from schools in Liskeard, Looe, Saltash, Torpoint and Callington.
Students studying Early Years at Duchy College Stoke Climsland found out more about the Cornish Language through MAGA the Cornish Language Partnership.
A Cornwall College Camborne student has recently returned from a trip abroad, inspired by the lack of sporting opportunities available for African children and the impending 2010 FIFA World Cup.
24 local youngsters from four to 14 years old took time out from their half term holiday last week week to take part in 'Kick it Out'; a national campaign aimed at kicking racism out of sport.
Staff from Cornwall College St Austell are returning to Kenya to assist with teacher training programmes and are keen to build up stationary supplies to take with them.
Cornwall College St Austell played host to music students from Kardinal-Von-Galen School in Dusseldorf this week as part of an inspiring cultural exchange.
This Saturday is World Mental Health Day and both Staff and Students at Duchy College Rosewarne have been increasing their awareness of mental health issues.
Tournament Golf at Duchy College has reached a milestone; its first female player has joined the course.
Former Music of Black Origin (MOBO) Nominees Four Kornerz will be playing their unique gospel sound at The Keay Theatre, Cornwall College St Austell on Saturday 3rd October at 7.30pm as part of a L.I.V.E evening.
A boat built by one of the tutors at Falmouth Marine School is now the main exhibit at the Richard Lander Museum in Nigeria.
For the second year running a French boatbuilding student got to work on traditional wooden craft and experience life as a student at Falmouth Marine School.
Two students on the Light Marine Engineering Level 3 courses at Falmouth Marine School are spending this summer sailing around the Greek islands.
Students studying Children's Care, Learning and Development at Duchy College Stoke Climsland had an unexpected surprise at the end of term, the opportunity to learn traditional belly dancing.
Schools from across West Cornwall joined Cornwall College students for a celebration of cultural diversity earlier this month (14th to the 16th May) wowing visitors and thrilling local primary school children with colourful and informative activities,
Cornwall College has been celebrating other cultures in its first ever Cultural Diversity Week.
Cornwall College has been celebrating other cultures in its first ever Cultural Diversity Week.
Cornwall College has been celebrating other cultures in its first ever Cultural Diversity Week.
Eleven students from Falmouth Marine School went on the School?s annual windsurfing and sailing trip to Bodrum in Turkey in May.
