Success for North Shropshire College

The College takes us through their latest developments and news.

North Shropshire College’s Oswestry Campus has had a busy Spring term so far. Major work has begun at the campus to build commercial hair and beauty salons, plumbing and electrical workshops and a science laboratory. This follows a positive OFSTED inspection whereby the College was rated as ‘good’, with the behaviours and attitudes of our learners rated as ‘outstanding’.

As a local college, student experience is at the core of everything we do. It is important to us that students are given the opportunities to explore extra-curricular activities alongside their study programmes to enhance their time at college, as well as encouraging development of wider, communication and employability skills.

Our Level 1 Employability students planned and ran a successful fundraising event in aid of MacMillan Charity, developing their communication, confidence and employability skills to raise £334. Their hard work was recognised through a nomination for the High Sherriff of Shropshire Award, with students attending the nomination ceremony in March.

Holly Williams, a Level 2 Hair student won silver at the National UK Skills final, with Owain Reeves highly commended in the laboratory technician competition for Level 3 Science.

Level 3 Media students completed their work experience at Kinokulture, working alongside the independent cinema to create a short film highlighting the work of the cinema and its benefit to the local community. First year student, Minke Clarke-Phillips took part in her second BFI Film Academy, travelling to Bristol to work at the Aardman Studios, gaining valuable insight into the animation methods used.

Foundation students at our Walford campus have been busily preparing the greenhouse, sewing sweet peas, various plants and vegetables as part of their horticulture units. They have also completed work experience with local employers such as Ellesmere Tesco, The British Ironworks, Oswestry Heritage Railway, Oswestry town museum and Hope House charity shops to name a few.

Through our enrichment programme, students have had opportunities to demonstrate citizenship through taking part in activities such as the crisp packet collection with The British Ironworks - making blankets for the homeless, planting trees for the Queen’s remembrance canopy, looking after their campus through litter picking and gardening and even setting up 5-a-side football teams.

Enrichment officer, Guy Wolverson is always busy looking for new opportunities and has some exciting plans for the upcoming months.

Our Student Services team planned a successful ‘Meet your futures’ event, which took place in March, whereby local employers, businesses and training providers as well as Universities visited us for the day. Students were encouraged to explore and take part in talks and activities held in order to inspire and encourage them to think about their future careers.

Applications are now open for September 2023, with Advice and Guidance events taking place regularly as well as Open events and taster days for applicants.

For more information visit www.nsc.ac.uk, call 0800 440 2281 or email info@nsc.ac.uk