Creative Buckinghamshire College Group students had their work showcased over the weekend at the annual Pop-Up Art Weekend organised by the Chilterns Multiple Sclerosis Centre in Wendover, Bucks. Student work sold raised over £320 with a percentage of sales going to the charity, which raised over £16,000 during the course of the weekend.
If you've applied for a course at Buckinghamshire College Group, or if you thinking of applying and would like to find out more, then the college is organising a taster day at each campus in March/April so you can try out the course of your choice.
National Apprenticeship Week (NAW 2019) takes place this week (4 to 8 March) and at Bucks College Group we have over 36 Apprenticeship options, covering a wide range of subjects and qualifications. With this in mind we assembled some key Apprentices who are already making a real contribution whilst studying at college to ask them why they chose an Apprenticeship and what they enjoy most about it.
On the 18th of February Bucks College Group welcomed German Students from Bergisches Berufskolleg (Bergisches Professional College) to Aylesbury Campus to see how the UK educate their students. It was an opportunity to showcase our development as a college and the progress we have made since our merger in 2017.
This year at Bucks College Group we are supporting the National Apprenticeship Service’s 12th annual National Apprenticeship Week. From the 4th to the 8th March, this celebration of apprenticeships will bring together the whole apprenticeship community and celebrate the impact apprenticeships have on individuals, employers and the economy.
Buckinghamshire College Group offers a range of Health & Social Care and Childcare courses across its campuses in Wycombe and Aylesbury and H&SC apprenticeships across all three campuses. Completing students regularly go on to achieve great things and our courses provide an ideal platform for further development in a diverse range of subject areas. Below is a snapshot of progression routes for some of our Wycombe-based H&SC students.
Our staff football team formed in the 2016/17 academic year and has progressed from playing a 5-a-side in our sports hall, to playing an actual 11-a-side match against a local football club.
Budding footballers aged 16-18 from around the county are invited to Bucks College Group’s Football Academy trials in partnership with Chelsea FC Foundation this month. All of our current sports and football students also have the opportunity to participate in the Bucks College Group Football Academy in partnership with Chelsea FC Foundation, alongside their qualification.
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