Derby College’s Ilkeston campus is opening its doors to the public for an information morning on Saturday April 1 between 10am and 12 noon. As well as a wide range of demonstrations, there will be the opportunity to try out various skills which are based at the £10 million purpose-built campus in Pimlico. Head of Ilkeston [Read more…]
J Tomlinson gas engineer Macauley Shaw has won the title of Apprentice of the Year (16-24) in the Building Communities Awards 2017. The 20-year-old scooped the accolade at an awards ceremony held at East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham. Macauley has been with Nottingham-based building services company J Tomlinson since leaving school at the age of [Read more…]
The country’s largest supplier and manufacturer of precast concrete solutions is broadening its skills base by taking on Derby College apprentices. Rapidly expanding FP McCann employs around 120 people at its Weston Underwood site and has tripled in size since 2010. Currently it employs more than 1,300 staff at 12 sites in the UK and [Read more…]
Come and take a look at our part-time learning opportunities starting this Spring and Summertime. Our courses have been designed for adults who are looking to pursue a hobby or learn a new skill. This year we also have a selection of adult and child learning workshops to inspire the whole family. Found the right [Read more…]
John Burns got his Level 2 Diploma in Health and Social Care at Derby College after a joinery job in a nursing home inspired him to change his career completely. He’s currently a Health Care Assistant at Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Here’s what he had to say to our Alumni Team. “This was a [Read more…]
Staff from Derby College and a group of local young people have reached the finals of the Prince’s Trust annual Celebrate Success awards which will be presented at the London Palladium on March 15 and hosted by television presenters Ant and Dec. The team, who were based at the College’s Ilkeston campus for their 12-week Prince’s [Read more…]
The rise of the startup phenomenon has also seen the rise of buzzwords, abbreviations and lingo that it can sometimes be hard to keep up with. Forbes.com argues that “[Buzzwords] wind up in TED Talks, pitch meetings and every tech journalist’s inbox” and this endless stream of jargon may be being abused. “Jargon started out [Read more…]
The rewards of working in an advertising agency can be huge. The ‘work hard/play hard’ mentality of the advertising world can be attractive enough on its own, but there’s also great pay and the opportunity to advance quickly (if you work hard and prove yourself), and the ability to learn from the best minds in [Read more…]
Whether it be a healthier diet, a new type of exercise, improving your mental health, or examining your quality of life, it’s hard to escape the growing trend for self-betterment. Chances are, you will have tried some of the wellbeing trends that have popped up over the last few years – Paleo delivery services, standing [Read more…]
You’d have to be a superhero to feel positive at work all of the time. Even if you love every aspect of your job, sometimes the pressure can get to you. It’s normal to sometimes feel disheartened by the daily grind or stressed out by the pressure of deadlines and long hours, but when does [Read more…]