• VQ Day - Weymouth College shouts about student success

  By weycol_2010 at 15:28 on 23/06/11

  

  VQ (Vocational qualifications) day is about celebrating Vocational Achievement and Weymouth College has plenty to shout about. The government acknowledges their value by and is investing in vocational educational routes for school leavers. VQ day is all about telling stories about real students and their vocational success.   Whilst studying Level 2 and 3 Beauty Therapy, Suzanne Scott opened up her own beauty salon in...

• Student Stonemason Continued Success

  By weycol_2010 at 10:22 on 02/06/11

  

  Peter Loizou's stone carving success continues as he gets 2nd place in the apprentice/student category of the annual European Stone Festival. This year's festival was held in Freiburg, Germany and saw 150 masons taking part over the two days of the festival.   Weymouth College's lecturers Richard Mortimer and Darren Lawrence and the Dorset Skills Centre manager Mark Woodward took 10 stonemasonry students along to the event....

• Students visit top tourist spot in Spain

  By weycol_2010 at 16:12 on 26/05/11

  

  Weymouth College's BTEC National Diploma in Travel and Tourism 1st and 2nd year students visited Spain's most popular tourist destination this month to find out what makes it so special.   Lecturer Tonia Fisher explains why they chose Salou as this year's destination: "As a destination, Salou has the scope to appeal to a variety of visitors, for example, city break customers visiting Barcelona, families visiting the...

• FREE Creative Arts Showcase

  By weycol_2010 at 14:08 on 26/05/11

  

  Thursday 16th June, 5.00-8.00pm at Weymouth College and The Bay Theatre Foundation degree final show Tour facilities: Art, Media, Drama, Dance, Music, Music Technology, and see some of the students work Meet the students and staff Find out about courses in the School of Creative Arts View the architect plans for our state-of-the-art media facility "The Hive" which is opening September 2011 Try your hand at some...

• Keeping traditional skills alive

  By weycol_2010 at 09:44 on 26/05/11

  

  The Boss Stone Carving Competition is a week-long event annual event held at Weymouth College's Dorset Skills Centre in Poundbury. This year's overall winner has also recently been chosen as the winning entry for the design of the new monument to Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton on Manor Roundation in Weymouth.   Peter Loizou, 36 from Bridport, won the Boss Stone Carving Competition for the second year running, scooping the...

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