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26 Oct 2020
Southwark College is proud to join National Care Leavers’ Week, which takes place from 26 October to 1 November to celebrate the successes of care leavers across the UK.
19 Oct 2020
Southwark College will be joining the Association of Colleges (AoC) ‘Love Our Colleges’ campaign this Colleges Week to shine a light on all the impactful work that colleges do day in and day out to build communities, boost businesses, and support individuals to be appropriately equipped with the skills and training they need to achieve their ambitions.
21 Aug 2020
Southwark College students celebrate excellent grades in English and Maths with some truly fantastic stories of individual success in what has been a challenging year.
17 Aug 2020
Many applicants have contacted us ahead of GCSE results day on Thursday concerned that their results might not reflect their original predicted grades. We will be accepting Centre Assessed Grades (CAGs) and all current offer holders who are aged 16-18 and collecting their GCSEs on Thursday will be guaranteed the place they deserve at Southwark College.
13 Aug 2020
Results day has arrived at Southwark College following an unprecedented year of study. Vocational students received their results on Thursday 13 August, marking the first year they collected them digitally.
12 Jun 2020
Southwark College held the first of its live virtual events, hosting a series of Open Days online for young people and adults to find out more about the College and access course advice and guidance during the lockdown.
21 May 2020
Southwark College has partnered with Fika mental fitness to bring the Fika: Student Skills app this Mental Health Awareness Week to help students and staff stay motivated, productive, focused and connected during this unusual time.
18 May 2020
Southwark College proved that its community continues to thrive even during the lockdown as students and staff gathered for a virtual assembly on Thursday, 14 May.
02 Mar 2020
The Erasmus Exchange, an annual student exchange programme took place at Southwark College last week.
17 Feb 2020
National Apprenticeship Week 2020 began at Southwark College with staff from the College's Apprenticeships team heading out to schools and organisations delivering MythBuster sessions.
14 Feb 2020
Southwark College celebrated Valentine's Day a couple of days early on 12 February, hosting a Personality Contest with live music.
12 Feb 2020
To help students gain invaluable life skills, the Duke of Edinburgh Award will be available at Southwark College for students to take part in.
30 Jan 2020
College is more than studying, it’s getting involved in the topics that matter. Southwark College students organised an event as part of their Business course to raise awareness on Knife Crime in London.
07 Nov 2019
Southwark College Business students got a unique insight into the banking industry when they visited Barclays Bank in Canary Wharf on 28 October.
07 Nov 2019
BUSINESS STUDENTS RAISE £200 WITH CHARITY BAKE SALE!
Learners on our BTEC Business Level 3 Extended Diploma showed off their selling, marketing, and organisational skills when they took part in the Macmillan World’s Biggest Coffee Morning on 25 September 2019. The team of students worked tirelessly to plan, organise and run the coffee morning, which took place in the Atrium and succeeded in raising £200 for Macmillan – a charity which supports people with cancer.
18 Oct 2019
Last week seven of our BTEC Level 3 fashion students visited Kielce in Poland as part of an Erasmus+ project looking at role models and democracy.
11 Oct 2019
College is about so much more than studying, as learners found out at Southwark College’s Freshers’ Fair on 9 October.
13 Sep 2019
Southwark College Media students got a great taster of professional life when they became production crew for a promotional film to showcase the talents of up-and-coming musicians Nikita Bassi and Ajit Gill.
09 Sep 2019
Southwark College staff were in place nice and early to assist and welcome our new students to their induction sessions.
29 Aug 2019
If you’re looking to kickstart your career, it’s not too late to enrol for a course at Southwark College which could launch you on your way. The College – which is ranked no. 3 in London – is open for Enrolment until 7 September for courses starting the week commencing 9 September.
22 Aug 2019
Southwark College students have scooped great results in their GCSE exams, opening the door for further study and employment.
19 Aug 2019
Indeya Ramgoolam, 20, from Brockley (and a mother of one) enrolled on the Access to Teaching course at Southwark College last September. She applied herself to the course and managed to achieve a raft of distinctions, meaning that she has achieved the best results possible in her qualification.
06 Aug 2019
Programmes that nurture imagination and ambition can help re-establish the arts as a transformative force, says Robert West.
05 Jul 2019
After a tough final year, our higher education and access students gathered together for our graduation ceremony on Thursday 4 July.
24 Jun 2019
Thursday 20 June saw the pinnacle of a year’s work for Art, Media and Fashion students at Southwark College.
This annual event showcases the work of creative students who all play a role in organising the event, producing the work for display, as well as promoting and servicing the opening night and the subsequent exhibition.
17 Jun 2019
Governors, staff and local partners came together for a very special event on Monday 10 June: the official launch of Southwark College.
The launch was celebrated with an evening drinks reception attended by Councillor Peter John OBE, Leader of Southwark Council
17 May 2019
The Deputy Mayor of Planning, Regeneration and Skills Jules Pipe CBE visited Southwark College today as part of Love Our College’s week, a national campaign by the Association of Colleges to promote the good work that colleges do across the country.
17 May 2019
Media students got an insight into what it’s like to work as a location manager when Joel Holmes, who works on the hit ITV drama series Liar, visited Southwark College.
01 May 2019
Southwark College students showed great creativity when they took part in a three-day workshop at the Royal Academy of Engineering, hosted by Queen Mary’s University London (QMUL).
05 Apr 2019
Performing arts students at Southwark College showed off their talents on 2 and 3 April when they put on three performances of the George Orwell classic, Animal Farm in the theatre space at Southwark.
14 Mar 2019
Southwark College has announced the appointment of a new Principal, marking an exciting new era for the institution.
Annette Cast, who was previously Pro Vice-Chancellor and Dean of the College of Professional Services and Student Experience, took up the post of Principal of Southwark College on 4 March.
06 Dec 2018
Lewisham and Southwark Colleges have new Principals at the helm following a double appointment.
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