Charlie’s ‘true grit’ is recognised with two top awards

Young Enterprise Award Winner Charlie Teece

A Telford College business student has been recognised for showing ‘true grit’ and outstanding leadership skills in the annual Young Enterprise competition. Charlie Teece, from Woodside, won the regional ‘True Grit’ award which allowed her to qualify for the national Young Enterprise Awards. She went on to win the Young Enterprise National ‘Journey’ award, supported […]

Important step forward for ‘Station Quarter’ project

Telford Station Quarter Design

A construction company has been appointed to deliver the first phase of Telford’s exciting ‘Station Quarter’ project. It comes less than a month after the project secured £22.3 million from the Government’s Towns Fund. The development, planned between the town’s railway station and Telford Town Centre, will include a Digital Skills and Enterprise Hub run […]

Intelligent move for business apprentice Annabel

Annabel Apprentice Purple Frog Telford College land

Business intelligence consultancy Purple Frog Systems Limited has taken on a new apprentice, working in partnership with Telford College. The company, based at Hadley Park, has welcomed Annabel Hemingbrough to the team, as part of a level three business administration programme. Purple Frog specialises in all aspects of data architecture, data transformation, data warehousing, OLAP […]

Work placement takes Michal behind the scenes at Ofcom

Michal Kraskowski Ofcome

Telford College media student Michal Kraskowski got chance to delve behind the scenes of media regulator Ofcom during a fascinating work placement. The former Hadley Learning Community student, from Malinslee, has just completed his second year of a level three creative media course at the college. And as part of a week-long work experience programme […]

College to pilot regional Strategic Development Fund project

Strategic Development Fund Virtual Reality Telford College

An education consortium led by Telford College has been selected to run a region-wide project to boost skills – with a specific focus on the health and care sector. The college today learned it had been successful in its bid for Strategic Development Fund cash to lead the Government-backed scheme across the Marches region. Telford […]

Students get a taste of life in Telford’s new ‘Station Quarter’

Addenbrooke House Telford College Station Quarter

Telford College has opened a new base in the town centre as a forerunner to the construction of a hi-tech digital learning hub in the town’s ‘Station Quarter’. The college has begun delivering a range of maths A level classes at Addenbrooke House, just a few minutes’ walk from Telford Central railway station. It is […]

Hundreds of students visit college for ‘familiarisation day’

Telford College welcomed more than 300 students from the town’s Learning Community Trust onto campus to find out more about the further education courses and facilities on their doorstep. Students from Hadley Learning Community and Ercall Wood Academy were given a taste of the A level courses and university-standard facilities on offer at the Haybridge […]

Live music, laughter and fun on final day of term

Telford College celebrated the end of the academic year with a day of live music, laughter and fun. The campus was given a Mexican-style makeover for the final day of term, with a host of summer-themed activities topped off with ice cream, and even a bake-off challenge between staff. Principal and chief executive Graham Guest […]

Harry takes a step up the career ladder

Telford confectionery company Flower & White approached the Ladder for Shropshire and created a business administration apprenticeship opportunity for one youngster. In collaboration with Telford College, the business recruited Harry Lee who has been impressing in his role during the initial three months of his apprenticeship. Ladder for Shropshire is a local apprenticeships creation scheme […]