Northampton College is championing the use of mobile learning technologies in the classroom – including mobile phones, MP3 players and handheld gaming devices such as the Nintendo DS and Sony PSP.
Star of Dragon’s Den and man behind the famous Reggae Reggae sauce, Levi Roots spent an afternoon at Northampton College last week, talking to students, and demonstrating one of the recipes from his new book.
The College is running what is proving to be a very popular evening class in the area of Computer Aided Design (CAD), attracting a range of students from a variety of backgrounds.
The College marked the recent National Apprenticeship Week by visiting local schools in a bid to raise awareness amongst young people about the benefits of following an Apprenticeship and demonstrate the valuable skills that can be learned of the programme.
A master chocolatier dropped in to Northampton College to talk about his experiences at the World Chocolate Masters and demonstrate some of his skills.
Northampton College has been running an intensive Leadership & Management course as part of the College’s programme to get the unemployed back into work. The scheme has seen students complete a qualification in as little as eight weeks and is now available to those in work.
Northampton College learners are helping clearing trees and constructing an educational visit site at Irchester Country Park, in a 20 week-long project that combines volunteer work with their college programme.
Northampton College at Daventry last week hosted the local finals of the national FutureChef programme, showcasing the talent of aspiring young chefs.
Eighty nine students who have overcome difficulties or achieved outstanding academic success had their inspirational stories read to guests at the College’s thirteenth Annual Awards Ceremony.
A former Northampton College student, now a senior chef de partie at the prestigious Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons, fought off stiff competition to finish top of the Craft Guild of Chefs Graduates class.