Award nomination for NULC student

Good Luck to HND Level 4 Health and Social Care student Zara Edwards-Taylor who has been nominated by Newcastle Community Voluntary Services for the Young Carer of the Year Award.

Zara, aged 23 from Chesterton is part of the North Staffordshire Carers Association as she is a young carer for her Mum, Nan and Aunty.

Everyone at NULC wishes you the best of luck Zara!

Well Done!

Level 2 Health and Social Care students took to the corridors for Children in Need selling raffle tickets and cakes.  The group raised a fantastic £108.11 for Children in Need which will be added to the total amount raised by NULC.

Pictured: Level 2 Health and Social Care students 

Health and Social Care students study real bones!

Level 3 Health and Social Care students at Newcastle-under-Lyme College (NULC) have been getting to grips with Anatomy and Physiology in their lesson.

Whilst studying the skeletal system, lecturer Jill Salt decided to liven up the lesson by bringing some real bones into college! They were bones from a cow, one including a full cow’s leg with the ligaments and tendons still attached. The students were able to see blood vessels and a working joint because the knee was still in tact.

Jill Salt said, “I wanted the students to experience something different and allow them to interact with, and experience, a real demonstration of a joint and how it functions.”

NULC Skills Squad visit International Finals of WorldSkills

Students from Newcastle-under-Lyme College’s (NULC) recently formed Skills Squad enjoyed a visit to the International Finals of the WorldSkills competitions in London.

The Skills Squad were joined by staff and mentors as they visited Excel in London on Thursday 6 October.  The inspiring visit was organised to show the Skills Squad the types of competitions and awards they could be eligible to enter in the future.

Pictured: NULC Skills Squad and staff.

The NULC Skills Squad is made up of 18 talented vocational students who have been identified through a range of competitive activities organised within individual faculties.  The current Skills Squad is made up of students studying vocational courses in Hair and Beauty, Construction, Engineering and Care.

Picture: NULC Skills Squad explore the International Finals of the WorldSkills competitions in London.

Members of the NULC Skills Squad receive an array of support from the College in recognition of their talent and to support them in their future entry into the WorldSkills UK competitions.

The NULC Skills Squad will be showcasing their talents by providing demonstrations and hands on activities to prospective students at Open Events throughout the year.

Pictured: Entrants in this years WorldSkills Competition displaying their work.

NULC need your ideas

Would you like to get involved with the design of the new NULC 2012-2013 full-time prospectus?  Would you like to see your ideas to come to life?  We need your help to find out what worked and what didn’t, what you liked and what you didn’t!  As we start to research design and content for the new prospectus we would love to hear your views, because you are the people that matter.

If you haven’t already had a look at the current NULC full-time prospectus then take a look by clicking this link and then downloading the ‘Full-time prospectus 11-12’... http://www.nulc.ac.uk/pages/global/downloads.aspx

Then once you've had a flick through it, simply follow the link below and fill in the survey to share your views with us...http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LGN3YNP

NULC do 'something funny for money'

If there's one thing that NULC staff and students like to do its ‘something funny for money’ in aid of Comic Relief.  NULC was a hub of activity on Friday 18 March with fancy dress, bake sales, waxing and the most talked about event of the day, the NULC FlashMob.

Dance Lecturer Faye Matthews rounded up her troupes which included students, staff and even a member of the senior management team.  Then headed to the new Sainsbury’s store in Newcastle-under-Lyme, where they wowed the crowds and are now rapidly becoming an online phenomenon.

Other activities taking place throughout the day included a fancy dress competition which resulted in a monkey and pirates roaming the corridors!  A yummy bake sale organised by Early Years students, Fun Run by Sports Performance and Excellence students, leg waxing in the Transform Salon.  As well as various fund raising efforts by Learner Services, Starbucks staff and the Students’ Union.

The money is still being counted but so far NULC have managed to raise over £500.00, which is a fantastic amount.  Thank you to everyone who took part and did ‘something funny for money’.

To see all the photos and videos from the day visit our Facebook gallery at www.facebook.com/NewcastleULymeCol and give us a ‘Like’.