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Show Garden Raises Awareness of Multiple Sclerosis

Horticulture staff and students at Derby College have teamed up with The Multiple Sclerosis Society, Derby and District Branch to create a unique plant border that will be exhibited and judged at BBC Gardeners’ World Live 2016 at Birmingham’s NEC this June. The 5.75 metre by 1.25 metre raised border has been designed by Horticulture Lecturer [Read more…]

Derby College Announces Apprenticeship Vacancies

More than 60 jobs and apprenticeships will be on offer at an information day on Wednesday May 11 at Derby College’s Ilkeston campus in Pimlico between 12 noon and 4pm. The free event includes information about a wide range of jobs and apprenticeships available to start in the coming months and several employers with vacancies will [Read more…]

Derby College Education Trust Announces Expansion Plans

Derby College Education Trust (DCET) has appointed Merrill Academy Headteacher Mike Davie as Executive Headteacher to lead the development of its plans to include more schools in its Multi-Academy Trust. The newly- appointed Headteacher at Merrill Academy, which is currently the single school in the Trust, is Marcus Shepherd. He has been with the Academy for [Read more…]

Julia Suzuki: From Derby College to Successful Businesswoman

Former Derby student, Julia Suzuki, has many strings to her bow. She’s a business woman, brand ambassador, public speaker, mentor, mother and now fantasy fiction author. After graduating from Derby College in 1993 with a BA (Hons) in Business Administration and French, Julia has had a hugely varied career. She took time out from her [Read more…]

Local Artist Teams Up With Children For Bean Project Launch

Derbyshire artist Victoria Brown is working with pre-school children at Derby College’s Little Explorers Nursery at Broomfield Hall in Morley on an arts project which will culminate in an exhibition of work at RHS Tatton Park in July. The Bean Project is part of the United Nations 2016 Year of the Pulse and involves Victoria and [Read more…]