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Issue 10 - Sept 2011
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In this issue P2. Dates for your Diary P8. Student Successes P9. Sports and Activities P10 Job Vacancies
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Campus Catch Up Dates for Your Diary
Fri 7 Oct - HE Awards Ceremony Mon 24 - Fri 28 Oct - FE Half Term/HE Reading Week
Hello and Welcome
Hello and welcome to all new students starting at Northbrook. The Noodle is the student magazine that will keep you in the know about what’s going on in and around the campuses and the Worthing area. This is your magazine and we would love to hear from you about what you want to see in future. Email: thenoodle@nbcol.ac.uk with your ideas.
Northbrook Student Radio
Northbook Student Radio is run by a group of students who maintain and manage all of its affairs – for example programming, technology, events, publicity and community. In order to keep the station running into the autumn, we need more of you to get involved with the management committee and help us out with just a few tasks. It’s not a huge commitment of your time and you’ll definitely learn a lot from the experience. This is in no way limited to music students or the 14-19 Centre, Broadwater campus - everyone is invited to get involved! To find out more, please send us an email at: opportunities@nsr.fm
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Campus Catch Up Freshers Enjoy the Fair! Hordes of new students enjoyed an action packed day of activities at the annual Freshers’ Fair at the University Centre, West Durrington. The campus was filled with games and amusements, including a bungee run, a penalty shoot-out and sumo wrestling, live demonstrations from Poi Passion Circus School and over 30 stalls. Representatives from Brighton & Hove football club and Worthing Thunder basketball team organised games and competitions for students to win prizes. Other exhibitors included The Royal Navy, The National Blood Service, Worthing Volunteer Centre and Outset Youth Action. Catering
students ran a barbecue and pancake stall, including a pancake tossing competition! Students also enjoyed a bit of pampering from Richard John hair & beauty specialists who offered manicures and hair straightening, whilst other students took the plunge and enjoyed Balik Spa Fish Pedicure tanks! Hundreds of students, queued up for the games, picked up freebies and watched performances by Northbrook Students and international bands, including the Gypsy Stars and Planet Gnawa.
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Campus Catch Up Your Views During your time as a student at Northbrook, you will be asked for your views and comments on your experience. In order to collect these views, there are a number of surveys that you will be asked to complete including: • First Impressions Questionnaire – all students • Framework for Excellence Survey – FE students only • National Student Survey – final year university level students only • Final Year Survey – all students These surveys allow you to comment on how you feel about key issues: your experiences of starting at College, the teaching and learning and what it is like to be a student at Northbrook College.
Student Enrichment Hello and welcome from the Student Plus Enrichment Team. Your copy of the new Student Plus Enrichment booklet is a brief guide to what activities and events are taking place this academic year. Get involved in College life and sign up to our Olympic Stadium visit, have fun ice skating and go karting. Come along and join in with the many sporting activities such as football, basketball, street dance, zumba and yoga sessions or try out some DJ-ing skills or website design taster courses. These are just some of the events and activities that we have planned for you and more will be added throughout the year, so keep checking the student website and Student Plus display boards for further details. Your Personal Tutor will also know what events are taking place. If you have any ideas for activities or events, why not get in touch and tell us what you would like to see going on at Northbrook. The Student Plus Enrichment Team Tel: 01903 606315 Email: studentplus@nbcol.ac.uk
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Campus Catch Up Get Involved - Become a Student Governor Would you like to: • Carry out an important role which could be an important stepping stone in your career development? • Develop skills and experience that employers will look for, such as confidence in speaking in formal settings and setting business strategies? • Increase your profile with fellow students, staff and external business groups? • Have your say about the future of the College? • Contribute to and influence key decisions affecting the College? • Enhance your CV? Then you should consider becoming a Student Governor. The closing date for putting your name forward is Friday 30th September. After this date, an election will be held where all students will be asked to vote for their chosen candidate. If you would like further information or to register your interest in becoming a Student Governor, please contact Jenny Brooker in the Clerk’s office (accessible via the University Centre canteen, West Durrington), by phone on 01903 606239 or
Visit World Skills, London ExCel London will host the world’s largest international skills competition for young people. In addition to trying out new skills and experiences, there will also be the opportunity to find out about different careers and job roles. • Meet 100s of top employers including BT, Cisco, Dermalogica, Honda and Travis Perkins • Have a go at over 50 different skills and 100s of interactive activities • Watch 1,000 young people compete to be world champions in one of the 46 skills and help cheer on Team UK 5–8 October, ExCeL London. To find out more go to www.worldskillslondon2011.com
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Campus Catch Up Simon Says Words of wisdom from the Health & Safety Manager On behalf of everyone at Northbrook College and in particular the Health and Safety Team, I would like to take this opportunity to welcome you to the College. For some this is the start of a new and hopefully exciting chapter in your academic journey and for others, a happy return. As a College we work very hard to adhere to all health and safety legislation and to ensure that we all take an active role in promoting a safe working environment for the whole College community and we ask that you all do your bit to support us. Whilst we try to ensure that our College environment is as safe as possible, there are things that you can do to make all of our lives a lot easier. An example of this is wearing your student badge at all times - this helps us to ensure that we know who
is on the College sites and assists us in the security of the College, should we have any emergency. For those of you who smoke, please show consideration for non-smokers and smoke only in the dedicated areas. This will have a two-fold effect. Firstly, it will help reduce the hazards that can be associated with smoking, such as fire and secondly, we will not have to ask you to move, which will help maintain the harmony of the College. If you spot anything that you feel may adversely affect safety or security, please report it immediately. Remember this is our College - our community - and it is up to all of us to take an active role in its running. Simon Aston
Equality & Diversity Forum The Student Equality & Diversity Forum met on several occasions last year and a small and committed group has helped raise the profile of a number of important issues, including: • • • •
Participation in decision-making which resulted in the placement of additional electronic door openers Establishment of the Quiet Room at The University Centre Adoption of the ‘student friendly’ disability statement Attendance on the College’s Equality & Diversity Committee, chaired by the Principal
The Student Equality & Diversity Forum will meet again in early December and there is an open invitation to all students to attend. Further information on dates and location will be available soon. If you have any queries about the Group then please contact Shantheni Powell on 01903 606113 or email SC.Powell@nbcol.ac.uk
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Campus Catch Up Welcome to Blackboard! Blackboard is an internet hosted system that supports all students studying at Northbrook College. The Blackboard icon should be on all College computers and by now you should all be enrolled on to your course and support areas. Your username is your student number and initially so is your password, but this should be changed to something more secure on your first log-in. When you log-in to Blackboard you will find links to many aspects of your studies, such as course materials and assignments as well as useful College information and a range of resources to support your studies. Your tutor will inform you of what information they have posted on Blackboard and how to make best use of it. Please log-in regularly to check the announcements and notifications from your tutors and supporting staff throughout the College.
Become a Student Rep As a new or returning student, you will soon get the chance to volunteer to be a Student Rep for your class. Student Reps are responsible for communicating students’ views to the College and to Course Leaders. As a Student Rep, you will have the opportunity to represent your course and influence decisions made in the running of the College. Student Reps listen to their classmates’ views and attend termly meetings, to help ensure that their course, department and College are run effectively. You will influence
the future direction and quality of your course or subject, as well as the educational experience of future students. Not only will you be benefitting other students, it’s also great to put on your CV, as it will be looked upon favourably by universities and employers. There’s fun to be had as a Student Rep too - you’ll meet students from other departments and courses and last year a group of Student Reps went on a free trip to Thorpe Park. A great day was had by all! For more information about being a
Student Rep, contact Tallulah Morris, the Learner Voice Co-ordinator on 01903 606214 or email: t.morris@nbcol.ac.uk
Win £1000 - new learner competition! Are you a first year student? Win yourself a MacBook Pro or £1000 in John Lewis vouchers. Simply write an article in 500 words or less, explaining what brought you to College, along with your hopes, fears and aspirations. Then email this to feweekandme@feweek.co.uk. FE Week is a new weekly printed and online newspaper and a selection of submissions will be published on the FE Week website: www.feweek.co.uk The deadline for submissions is the end of September – so get writing!
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Student Success Student Wins Award At Graduate Fashion Week Northbrook College has won an award at Graduate Fashion Week for the second year running. BA Fashion Design student, Dominique Kral, was awarded the Zandra Rhodes Textiles award at the Gala event in London. Dominique’s win follows that of fellow student Rhea Fields, who won the Best Womenswear award last year. Dominique was one of a group of 12 Northbrook students who showed their degree collections on the London catwalk, where the audience included representatives from industry, such as Abercrombie & Fitch, Asos and River Island, as well as national press. Northbrook’s Fashion Design Course Leader, Simon Seivewright, said, “I was so pleased for Dominique to have even been nominated and, after Rhea Fields’ win last year, I did not want to count anything certain this year. But when they called her name at the celebrity gala awards show last night it was an amazing feeling to think that we had a winner again”.
Festival Fever for Music Students Past and present Northbrook students played to 400 people over the two weekends of the Arundel Festival. Acts included Mollie West, Gramsci and the Gent, Phat Bones, Demelza’s Tea Party, Pony Friends, Jimmy Stuart, Amy Hill, Black Bonds, The Crown, Time Brings Age, A Minor Htch, The Hicksville Band, Flip Flays, Vythons and Zoe Brownrigg. The event was managed by Northbrook Music Business students and Music staff. Mike Pailthorpe, Music Technology Lecturer, said, “It went amazingly well – there was some excellent Northbrook talent playing on a big stage to 400 happy people in sunny weather. A very successful event.”
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Move It Dave Green - Sports Coordinator My job is to improve sport at Northbrook and I have been busy setting up new sports activities and getting students to play more sport. I will be organising more sporting events throughout the year, so make sure you check out my page in each issue of ‘The Noodle’.
Move Fast and Have Fun! Have fun and improve your fitness with free Zumba sessions. Zumba is a Latin-inspired dance fitness program which involves aerobic and dance elements, including hip-hop, samba, salsa, merengue, mambo and martial arts along with some Bollywood and belly dance moves. More information coming soon.
Streetdance Sessions Fun session with professional streetdance teacher Venue - West Durrington Limited spaces - book a place ASAP! For further information, contact Northbrook’s Sports Coordinator, Dave Green at: d.green@nbcol.ac.uk or 01903 606315.
Football Lunchtime and after-College football matches continue until the summer term. There is also the chance to join the Inter Football Tournament on Friday afternoons at Worthing Leisure
If you would like to get involved, please contact Dave at: d.green@nbcol.ac.uk or 01903 606315.
If you are interested in taking part in any sport at Northbrook, email Dave Green, your Sports Coordinator, at d.green@nbcol.ac.uk www.northbrookstudents.info
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Up for Grabs Job Vacancies
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