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City Restaurant opens for lunch service

Staff can enjoy a main course and a soft drink in the College Green restaurant (which is located on the ground floor below the car park) every Monday to Friday in term time from noon to 1.15pm.

Please book a table by calling extension 2712. Walk-ins are welcome (space permitting) and we are always happy to see you!

These lunchtime services offer not only great value but also offers that all-important time away from your desk.

The lunchtime deal costs just £3.50 per person so please come down and enjoy!

EMSI Career Coach

Just a reminder that our Career Coach tool is available for all students to use! Tools include a CV builder and careers guidance based on their interests, so remember to point students in its direction if they’re struggling to know where to go next.

Support services for staff

Did you know there are support services available for staff as well as students? They include our qualified Mental Health First Aiders, free training from the Zero Suicide Alliance, free access to the Employee Assistance program and more.

More information can be found via our Intranet.

How to… submit a concern

on MyConcern

Student safety and wellbeing is at the heart of everything we do at City of Bristol College. In the event that you or another member of staff is concerned about a student, it is important to log it on MyConcern to allow tutors, lecturers and the Safeguarding team to monitor students and ensure they are safe at home and at College.

MyConcern can be accessed via the desktop icon, further information can be found via our Intranet

Advanced Construction Skills Centre wins award

The £9m Advanced Construction Skills Centre has been a hive of excitement since opening in September with full-time, part-time, adult learners and apprentices putting the new workshops to good use.

The Centre, which was officially opened in September by Metro Mayor Dan Norris and Bristol South MP Karin Smyth, has seen success since opening, having been presented with the government’s Levelling Up Award for the Infrastructure for Opportunity goal.

The Centre saw further success last week after winning the highly coveted Development of the Year Award at the Insider South West Property Awards 2021.

The Advanced Construction Skills Centre has also been named a finalist in the Bristol Property Awards 2021 for Civic Development of the Year. The winners will be announced on 12 November.

You can read all about the opening of the Advanced Construction Skills Centre here and

about the recent award win here.

Cherry blossom planted in memory of construction technician

City of Bristol College staff were joined by the family of John Williams as a weeping cherry blossom tree was planted at the Advanced Construction Skills Centre in September.

John Williams, a long-standing technician at the College with more than 41 years’ service, sadly passed away earlier this year and in his memory, an intimate event made up of his family and colleagues was held at the Centre on Wednesday 29 September. Principal and Chief Executive Rich Harris and Construction Lecturer Wayne Coombs said a few words at the planting before the tree was placed in the ground.

John was described as an avid football fan who supported Bristol City his whole life. He said football was his ‘passion’, making regular trips to Ashton Gate for match days and playing in five-a-side tournaments right up until his death.

He was fondly remembered by his colleagues and family members. The tree can be found outside the Advanced Construction Skills Centre with a memorial plaque for anyone wishing to visit the site.