In December, Film and TV students at Oaklands College’s Welwyn Garden City Campus led on a project to raise the profile and spread awareness about the fantastic work carried out by local charity, the Hornbeam Wood Hedgehog Sanctuary. Hornbeam Wood, which is located in Harpenden, takes delivery and rescue hundreds of hedgehogs from the local […]
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For many students, the lure of travel and sun-soaked holiday destinations make a career within the travel industry an appealing one, but students at Oaklands College’s Welwyn Garden City Campus learnt about what to do when a dream holiday destination turns into disaster. This week, Travel & Tourism students welcomed retired Detective Sergeant Miles Manning
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As Oaklands celebrates its 100th year anniversary, the success of its sports academies are still very much a focal point of the college’s achievements. Oaklands Wolves Athletics alumni excelled at the first open competition of the year this weekend, as the academy travelled to Lee Valley Athletics Centre to hone their skills and set their
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As another successful year for staff and students at Oaklands College comes to an end, and with it marking the start of its centenary year, we look back across the very best of Oaklands in 2021. January 2021: With the country on lockdown, Oaklands College made the most of its remote-learning surroundings, taking part in
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This week, Level 3 Year 2 Equine students were busy teaching staff members, as part of their Equestrian Coaching Module the basics of horse care, grooming and riding tutorials. It was a case of roles reversed during a practical lesson this week, as Level 3 Year 2 Equine students passed on their skills and knowledge
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Oaklands College students, inspired by global campaigns in response to the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, have begun using their creativity to help the college set out its plans for a sustainable future. Inspired by the passionate interests of its students, staff at Oaklands College set an internal competition for students to take part
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UAL Level 3 Foundation Diploma in Art and Design students at Oaklands College have been busy working on an internal college project this week, sewing rehearsal skirts for Performing Arts students. The project, which combines two course areas and set across two campuses will count towards student’s work experience hours and acts as an opportunity
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“I want to emphasise the word celebration – Please clap, cheer, and don’t be afraid to express yourself, this evening is all about you” Such was the address from Principal Andrew Slade to guests at the annual Graduation Ceremony at Oaklands College this week. The celebrations, which were postponed last year due to the pandemic,
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This December, Oaklands College was live on local broadcast station Radio Verulam, whose show relays to homes around St Albans. David Alder, who is a member of Oaklands’ Senior Leadership Team sat down with Nick Hazell on the ‘Verulam in the Morning’ show to talk about exciting developments at Oaklands, including the new Teaching Centre
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Engineering students swapped their usual Welwyn Garden City surroundings for St Albans last week as they launched the CanSat rocket device created by students in the Engineering Resource Centre (ERC). The soda-can-sized objects were CanSats, sensor payloads that can be flown on small amateur rockets to altitudes of over two miles. A useful tool to
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