Thirty Weymouth College stonemasonry students worked for 3 days as part of a competition to create a themed boss stone ready for judging on Friday 17th May at the Dorset Skills Centre. The theme this year was cartoon characters, as decided by the students themselves, with the winners being...
We call formal schooling 'education', but did you know that there are other forms of learning available which bear no relation to formal schooling at all? One of these alternative forms of education is meditation; you cannot learn what meditation has to offer academically, it can only be gained...
As someone who is close to the front line in the war on the poor I am constantly aware of how poorly informed the majority of the public are. I hear regular cries of, 'When will the Sheeple wake up?' I dislike name calling at the best of times,...
Barclays Money Skills kicked off last week at Weymouth College with over 1000 students taking part in activities throughout the College to gain money-saving skills with support from staff at regional Barclays’ banks. On Tuesday 19th March, eight groups of classes from across the College learnt about the benefits...
On a dark, rainy and cold January day, Puddletown library stands like a proud beacon of light on a hilltop. Inside, there’s a hive of activity and a warm glow of community spirit. Puddletown library is the most recent community library to be launched in Dorset. Retired teachers, Lesley...
Radipole Primary School in Weymouth marks its 50th anniversary this summer and is keen to get in touch with past pupils, staff and parents so they can take part in the celebrations. A series of events and projects are planned on and around 14 June 2013, including an exhibition...
Weymouth College, led by staff member Hilary Yuille began its ‘Investors in Diversity’ journey in September 2012 with students, internal and external stakeholders taking part in an equality and diversity survey. Principal of the College, Liz Myles said: “The journey and achievement of the standard gives a positive message...
Weymouth and Portland Outdoor Adventure, construction and engineering students at Weymouth College have had a unique opportunity to restore a yacht, which was donated to the College in the last couple of months. Previously, the yacht was sailed by Roger Cain whose wife donated it to the College, as...
Last year Dr Francis Biley, an innovative and compassionate academic mental health nurse, very sadly died. On 31 January 2013 he will be awarded a posthumous Professorship in Nursing by Bournemouth University, which will be received by his widow Anna in recognition of his achievement as a scholar and...
The Arts University College at Bournemouth (AUCB) is delighted to announce that it will soon become the Arts University Bournemouth (AUB) following a ministerial decision released today. The Government announced in June that the qualifying threshold for full university title was to be lowered from 4,000 to 1,000 full-time...
