| Design students link up with Tricycle |
| MAR 10: TALENTED students of art & design at the College of North West London are finding their work is in demand in all sorts of areas – including the Tricycle Theatre, Kilburn, and the British Dyslexia Association. |
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| Hair wizards in sweeping victory |
| MAR 10: HAIRDRESSING students from CNWL have again swept the board and crushed the opposition with no less than ten winners at the AHT regional college championship in Bexley. South-East London.
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| College chooses apprentice pioneers |
| MAR 10: APPRENTICES flood into the College of North West London from hundreds of firms and agencies all over London and the South-East. But now, as a leading deliverer of off-the-job training, the College is employing apprentices direct. |
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| Lumar bids for national sprint title |
| FEB 10: COMPUTING student Lumar Sylvester comes from a family of sprinters – but he outran them all in January when he won the regional gold medal to become South of England Champion for the 200 metres. |
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| Iraqi visitors welcomed |
| FEB 10: TWO refrigeration lecturers have spent two weeks shadowing staff at the College of North West London in Willesden as part of a Europe-wide educational development programme organised through UNESCO to rebuild Iraq. |
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| Students in loved-up mood |
| FEB 10: IT was standing room only when music, dancing, prizes and lots of free refreshments tempted hundreds of students to celebrate Valentine’s Day at the College of North West London on February 11. |
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| Hobnobbing with Oscar winners |
| FEB 10: ONE of Britain’s best stylists, described as “a cutting genius”, has begun working with hairdressing students from the College of North West London, to help them achieve even more success in 2010. |
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| Anniversary logos by design |
| JAN 10: YOUNG design students are doing their bit to promote the 75th anniversary of their college on the corner of Dudden Hill Lane and Denzil Road, Willesden. |
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| Holocaust survivor visits college |
| JAN 10: HOLOCAUST Memorial Day was celebrated for the first time at the College of North West London on Wed Jan 27 when staff and students at Willesden welcomed concentration camp survivor Gena Turgel MBE to talk about her harrowing experiences under Nazism during World War Two. |
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| Meet the real naked chef! |
| JAN 10: A FEW major names have claimed the culinary title of The Naked Chef, but the real naked chef is probably an actor called Leon Ockenden – seen on TV in Casualty, Heartbeat and Heroes and Villains. |
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| CNWL joins national technology network |
| JAN 10: BRENT'S three-centre college of further education has won national recognition for the way it uses digital technology, computers and the web to help its learners succeed. |
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| Ex-student becomes US company boss |
| DEC 09: A FORMER technology student of the College of North West London has been appointed president of a leading American company which is part of a major international group supplying equipment to 125 countries. |
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| How The Black Farmer overcame fear |
| DEC 09: YOUNG, gifted and jobless? The man who produced the BBC’s Food and Drink programme, helped launch Kettle Chips and Loyd Grossman sauces and went on to turn rural tradition on its head has an inspiring message for the young people of Brent – don’t be afraid, because fear holds you back.
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| Lions take over college |
| DEC 09: LOUD lion roars echoed around Dudden Hill Lane, Willesden, in mid-December, but nobody was frightened – especially not nearly 400 children from two Brent primary schools enjoying an afternoon of fun and entertainment. |
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| Electrician has that winning spark |
| DEC 09: APPRENTICE electrician Minesh Patel from Kenton, Harrow, is hoping the New Year will bring good news about his chances of competing in a prestigious worldwide competition. |
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| Reel-y swinging day |
| NOV 09: EXPERT dancers and musicians from the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society led the celebrations when nearly a hundred students and staff commemorated St Andrew’s Day at the College of North West London in Brent. |
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| Brent Cross links |
| NOV 09: MANAGER of the trendy clothing shop French Connection, Philippa Leahy has an advantage over certain other stores at Brent Cross. |
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| Why Catlin has grannies to thank |
| NOV 09: AN artist and scanning pioneer who works as a technician/advisor at the College of North West London has won the right to have her unusual work exhibited at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington DC, USA, for six months from November 2009 to May 2010.
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| The shop that helps the shops |
| NOV 09: THANKS to a retail skills shop run jointly by Brent Council and a local FE college right on the doorstep, hundreds of trained people will be all set to take up the jobs on offer when the Wembley City shopping developmen opens for business beside the Stadium.
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| Dancing for Black History |
| OCT 09: STUDENTS and staff joined in demonstrations of Indian dancing, African dancing, folk dancing and street dance in October when CNWL celebrated Black History Month with a range of lunchtime events at the Willesden Centre in Dudden Hill Lane.
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| Youngest floor manager at Fortnum’s |
| OCT 09: AT 24, ex-journalist John Donnelly is the youngest ever floor manager at Fortnum and Mason’s in Piccadilly. It didn’t take long for London’s oldest department store to recognise his maturity and potential. |
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| CNWL celebrates 75th birthday |
| OCT 09: CNWL celebrated 75 years of providing education on the same site this month when staff cut a giant iced birthday cake in the shape of 7 & 5. |
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| Afghan TV breakthrough |
| OCT 09: A CNWL arts student born in Afghanistan who co-hosted an international concert at London’s Apollo Hammersmith is all set to do the same abroad. |
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| When practical is best |
| SEP 09: KRISTINA Teodorovic spoke only Serbian when she arrived in the UK from Croatia at the age of eight. But with a determination that characterised all her studies, she decided she was going to be not only good at English, but the best. |
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| Phobic heads scholarship quartet |
| SEP 09: HEALTH and social care student Makebba Foster had such a phobia about exams, that the moment she saw an exam paper she became frightened and immediately forgot what she knew.
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| 75 years remembered |
| SEP 09: 1934 was a momentous year for world-changing events. In Germany, Hitler declared himself Fuhrer, in Russia Stalin began his massacres, in America the first ever general strike followed the Great Depression, in China the Long March of the Communists began. |
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| Free theatre ticket anyone? |
| SEP 09: IF you are aged between 16 and 25, you can get lots of theatre tickets absolutely free, and occasionally the best seats in the house. |
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| Brains and brawn |
| AUG 09: SIXTH-former Mohammad Sadegh Jamalan seemed relaxed and carefree when he bungee jumped off the highest commercial bungee challenge in the world, while spending the Easter holiday with his cousin and family in South Africa. |
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| Grade A brothers |
| AUG 09: TWO brothers studying the same A-Level subjects in the same class at the Islamic College for Advanced Studies in Brent both scored A grades in all three of their subjects – as did many of their fellow students.
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| Family hosts radio show |
| AUG 09: WATCH out, Richard and Judy – you’ve got competition! A husband and wife team from Willesden who cemented their relationship while they were students at the College of North West London are hosting their own online radio programme - the Mr and Mrs Show. |
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| From labourer to first |
| AUG 09: TWO former students of the College of North West London have scored First Class grades in their final university exams to gain BSc Honours degrees in Construction and Surveying. |
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| Golden winning streak |
| JUL 09: TWO more students from the College of North West London have won regional gold medals or equivalent in the latest UK skills competitions - bringing the total to four.
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| Think it, then ink it |
| JUL 09: IT’S not enough to have a passion in life – to make sure you put it into practice, you have to write it down and then act on it, says British Olympic bronze medallist Tasha Danvers-Smith. |
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| Why Leon’s in love with education |
| JUN 09: TELEVISION, film and stage actor Leon Ockenden is on a high workwise. In recent weeks he has filmed roles in one adult drama, one thriller and one commercial, as well as a training film for a major company. |
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| Young chefs beat three colleges |
| JUN 09: TWO teenage chefs from the College of North West London who had never worked as a team before snatched victory by one point when they competed together in a new inter-college cookery challenge. |
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| Harry Potter actor in wood challenge |
| JUN 09: ACTOR Samuel Roukin doesn’t normally get mobbed by kids, but he may well find himself a target of sorts when the next but one Harry Potter film hits the big screen – even if it’s only to be pelted with eggs. |
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| Gone to Sweden - back soon |
| JUN 09: STUDENT champions from a Brent college enjoyed a week-long visit to Sweden after their counterparts at a Swedish vocational school had dropped in on them twice in Brent to share skills and work experience. |
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| First class forecast for ‘no school’ kid |
| JUN 09: FORMER CNWL student Dipa Robertson may have had a ‘hippie’ upbringing with little formal education – but now she’s been making up for lost time by doing amazingly well at university and she hopes to become a doctor of medicine. |
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| Young designers make national shortlist |
| JUN 09: TWO Harrow teenagers who study in Brent have been shortlisted for a prestigious national art award organised by the Equality and Human Rights Commission – the successor organisation to the old Equal Opportunities Commission, the Commission for Racial Equality and the Disability Rights Commission. |
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| Video finalist gets college backing |
| JUN 09: A SIXTH-former from Wembley enlisted the help of the College of North West London when he found himself in the final of a national video competition run by government-funded project Mediabox. |
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| Will the real Michael Jordan ……? |
| MAY 09: TWO Level 3 students from CNWL have won gold medals in the regional finals of the 2009 Skillbuild Championships – Britain’s biggest skills competition - after a couple of name mix-ups were resolved. |
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| Triumph for Women of Troy |
| MAY 09: PERFORMING Arts students caused a sensation in May when they staged the powerful drama Women of Troy by Euripides at the Willesden Centre’s Sir Richard Eyre Theatre. Visitors and staff called the performances
“unbelievable”, “amazing” and “jaw-dropping”. |
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| Here is the news.... from teacher Sharon |
| MAY 09: TALKING directly to millions of TV viewers can be scary – but College of North West London lecturer Sharon Cazley made it look easy peasy when she made a presentation to camera and spoke to viewers on the BBC Breakfast Show. |
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| Help for Adult Learners |
| MAY 09: WEMBLEY computing student David Herbert became the face of Adult Learners’ Week (9-15 May) in Brent this year when he was interviewed by national funding body the Learninng & Skills Council. |
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| Plastering student is TV actor |
| APR 09: PROFESSIONAL actor Leon Ockenden is combining his blossoming film, TV and West End stage career with learning to be a plasterer at the College of North West London in Brent.
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| Nonso “magnificent” at the National |
| APR 09: NONSO Anozie nearly gave up studying drama in his teens, but went on to play leading roles in film and in the theatre - after the College of North West London gave him the chance to develop. |
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| Green dream spring clean |
| APR 09: DOZENS of Kilburn residents dropped into CNWL’s ‘green dream’ campus in Priory Park Road at the end of March, when getting yourself in the pink for summer was the main attraction of Kilburn Spring Clean. |
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| Carpentry champion |
| APR 09: POLISH carpenter Radoslaw Nowacki lost first place by one point last year when the College of North West London held its first skills challenge to find student Technology champions from each trade. |
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| Lord Young returns to his old college |
| MAR 09: HUNDREDS of Technology students from all levels of ability demonstrated their trade skills in the second annual Skills Excellence event held at the College of North West London in Willesden on March 25. |
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| Apprentice meets Sir Alan Sugar |
| MAR 09: REFRIGERATION student Dean Rae had a useful chat with two top government ministers and a millionaire businessman when he sat next to them at a roundtable discussion and networking breakfast for apprentices held in London’s Docklands. |
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| New arts diploma |
| MAR 09: THREE Brent secondary schools are to link up with Brent’s largest further education college in September 2009 to begin delivery of the borough’s first 14-19 Diploma – aimed at pupils aged 14 to 19 who are interested in creative arts and media careers. |
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| Afro-Caribbean triple |
| MAR 09: AFTER three years in a row, there can be no doubt about it - CNWL students are the best in the business when it comes to Afro-Caribbean hair styling. |
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| Cyclists raised £100,000 |
| FEB 09: A WEMBLEY policeman and two builders who are ex-students of the College of North West London cycled nearly 500 miles from London to the North West coast of Ireland in just one week to raise £100,000 to help a sick girl with cancer – with much of the money coming from the construction industry. |
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| Top of the tower |
| FEB 09: CRAWLING to the top of a climbing tower attached to a harness was one of the scarier attractions of the first ever Sports Fayre held at the College of North London . But for ‘spidergirl’ Angelika Kopec, it was a piece of cake. |
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| Student Parliament launched |
| FEB 09: LONG before the world went crazy over the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States, students at the College of North West London were getting into debating mood by setting up their first ever CNWL Student Parliament. |
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| Try our jobs clinic |
| FEB 09: EMPLOYEES on the point of losing their jobs are being thrown a lifeline by the College of North West London to help them find a new career. |
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| Best job, says Raiz |
| FEB 09: BACK in 1998, CNWL student Raiz Aniff started a hotel work placement that the College of North West London had found for him after he successfully completed three years of Foundation Studies in basic skills, computing, leisure & tourism.
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| Unique technology block |
| JAN 09: IS the new tech block finished, or isn’t it? Staff and students have been moving into the hi-tech Telford Building at the College of North West London’s Willesden campus, but visitors seem a little uncertain. |
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| Black Leadership award |
| JAN 09: GOVERNORS of the College of North West London have been toasting a top national award won by their Chair of Corporation for his contribution to black leadership and racial equality in further education. |
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| Triple accolade |
| JAN 09: BRENT’S biggest college has won three further education awards and accolades in less than six weeks – and that’s on top of all the prizes won by some of its 14,000 students in the past year. |
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| Return to Beijing |
| JAN 09: A ROMFORD refrigeration student who got the chance to visit Beijing on a work/study trip with his college in October returned to China in December to spend Christmas and New Year in his new favourite capital. |
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| Ooh, aah, it’s Ali Baba! |
| DEC 08: FORTY thieves in cloaks and masks brought out the annual mix of laughter and screams when performing arts students from the College of North West London staged their annual December show for children – the colourful drama of The Arabian Nights. |
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| Ghana slavery project |
| DEC 08: SIX Brent teenagers flew to Ghana on December 7 as part of a black history project begun to mark the Bicentenary of the abolition of the Atlantic slave trade. |
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| Piper is Willesden fan |
| DEC 08: STUDENTS from many different countries learned how to trip the light fantastic Scottish-style when expert tutors helped them honour the patron saint of Scotland with a rousing Virginia Reel and a daring Dashing White Sergeant. |
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| Minister backs ESOL |
| DEC 08: GOVERNMENT Minister Tony McNulty shared a laugh and a joke with some sparky students of English when he visited the College of North West London on a fact-finding tour. |
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| Unique library art |
| DEC 08: IF you want to snap up a Christmas or New Year present that is unique and locally produced, look no further than Willesden Green Library Centre where the Brent Affordable Art Show 2008 runs until January 9.
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| Students link up with Beijing |
| NOV 08: TWO students from the College of North West London made the trip of their young lives this term when they flew to the Olympic city of Beijing on a work/study visit to their partner college in China.
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| Beckham double pulls in the crowds |
| NOV 08: IS he or isn’t he? Well, if he isn’t, he’s the next best thing, because he looks a lot like the most famous footballer in the world and can do great kick-ups and headers. |
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| Happy Diwali! |
| NOV 08: DIWALI, the five-day Hindu festival of lights traditionally observed annually in October or November, was celebrated with style and panache this year by students from the College of North West London who attend an outreach drama class. |
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| Message of welcome |
| NOV 08: VISITS from an Egyptian diplomat and more than 200 Brent school pupils coincided with Armistice Day at the College of North West London on November 11, spreading a message of collaboration and welcome. |
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| How to be an Olympic athlete |
| NOV 08: IF you want to know the secret of becoming an Olympic athlete, hop, skip and jump along to Willesden Sports Centre in Donington Road where triple jump champion Larry Achike will be happy to give you training tips. |
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| Apprentice double |
| NOV 08: THE country’s leading training provider in the building services engineering sector, JTL, has chosen a former College of North West London electrical installation apprentice as its London Apprentice of the Year for the second year running. |
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| Jean genies let go |
| OCT 08: WIDECUT, bootcut, hipsters, flares, tightfit …… jeans of all shapes and sizes did the strut at the College of North West London on October 3 when students had fun in denim to help the national Jeans for Genes charity on its special fund-raising day. |
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| 4,000-mile trip for Grafton |
| OCT 08: RETIRED engineer Grafton Douglin was so determined to return to his College to collect his certificate of successful completion of his course that he made a 4,200-mile trip to attend the ceremony in Brent. |
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| World champ says Viva La Salsa! |
| OCT 08: IT’S the most popular dance style in the world – and dozens of eager students, not to mention some eager staff, were keen to learn the steps when a West London salsa school arrived at the College of North West London to give lessons. |
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| Father of victim speaks out |
| OCT 08: YOUTH crime was the hot topic of the night at the College of North West London in Willesden on October 23, as the College’s Parent Partnership forum continued its mission of encouraging parents to play a greater role in students’ education. |
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| Why Eddy is first class |
| SEP 08: A MAN who five years ago knew absolutely nothing about construction has gained a First Class Honours degree in Construction and Surveying. |
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| Paralympics filmed |
| SEP 08: WHEELCHAIR skittles, blindfold penalty shoot-out, boccia (a form of bowls) and indoor hockey were some of the games students could enjoy on September 17 when the College of North West London held a Paralympic Handover Celebration. |
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| Chinchilla art |
| SEP 08: IDENTICAL twin and grandmother Paulette Singh decided that her interest in all things edible could be an intriguing basis for a painting she wanted to create as part of her Access to Art & Design course at the College of North West London. |
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| Preeti pops in |
| SEP 08: A FORMER EastEnders actress surprised students at the College of North West London when she visited their Young People’s Fair at the Dudden Hill Lane campus in Willesden on Sep 10. |
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| College goes virtual |
| AUG 08: YOU’LL believe you can fly when you enter the College of North West London’s virtual world on the internet. |
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| Unique drama course |
| AUG 08: NOT content with winning the top award of Student of the Year in Performing Arts two years running at the College of North West London, Ericson Mitchell has gone one better.
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| Olympic gold medallist studied here |
| AUG 08: CHAMPION boxer James Degale was the pride of Harlesden on Saturday August 23rd when he swept the UK to a 19th Olympic gold medal at the end of the 2008 Games. |
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| Minister opens Wembley Works |
| AUG 08: THE first Wembley occupants of the first block to be completed in the fastest growing urban regeneration project in the UK got the seal of approval on Friday August 29th from the Minister who masterminds the JobCentrePlus scheme. |
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| Young musos meet young learners |
| JUL 08: FIVE aspiring young musicians from a Kilburn music college visited their sponsors the College of North West London to show off their music skills to even younger students attending a Young Learners Awards evening. |
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| Air-con link for College |
| JUL 08: THE UK affiliate of one of the world’s biggest manufacturers of air-conditioning products, founded in Osaka, Japan, in 1924, has entered into an innovative joint initiative with a London college of further education aimed at helping each other boost training and jobs in the industry. |
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| Heart op winner |
| JUL 08: JUST one week after a life-saving emergency operation following a heart attack, a father of five returned to the College of North West London in Willesden to collect an end-of-year award “for sheer hard work, perseverance and endeavour”. |
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| Ballgowns for Prom Night |
| JUL 08: COMPULSORY formal wear and optional masks were a wicked success for end-of-term revellers when the College held its first Freaky Friday Masquerade for students. |
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| New food and drink accolade |
| JUN 08: THE College of North West London has earned a national accolade as a centre of specialist learning for food manufacture. |
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| Best buddies return |
| JUN 08: TWO former science students who became best buddies while studying at the College of North West London returned as guest speakers at the International Student Awards evening for learners from abroad. |
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| Ex-student flies in to co-direct |
| JUN 08: SOUND, lighting and set were an essential part of the latest play staged by Performing Arts students at the College of North West London in Willesden. |
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| Ascot hair-hat |
| JUN 08: EAT your heart out, Sex and the City! - here comes champion hairdresser Marcia Johnson with her catwalk creations to turn any fashionista pale. |
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| Plumber wins gold |
| JUN 08: A PLUMBING student who spent two years on a media and film studies course before realising it was not for him won gold at the SkillPlumb competition (formerly the BPEC awards) for the South of England region. |
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| College wins design silver |
| MAY 08: KILBURN’S ‘green dream’ has won second prize nationally in the RIBA / LSC Further Education Design Excellence Awards. |
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| Five for fun and soccer |
| MAY 08: FIVE soccer-mad students from the College of North West London will be spending part of their summer vacation on an idyllic Caribbean island after being selected as the best graduates of a pilot three-month football coaching project. |
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| Golden quartet |
| MAY 08: WEMBLEY Stadium was the dramatic backdrop when four students from the College of North West London took gold medals at the West London Skills Games awards in the Pitchview Room. |
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| Students bake Arena replica |
| MAY 08: FOUR catering students from the College of North West London were the centre of attention when Quintain, the owners of Wembley Arena, cut a giant birthday cake replica of the dazzling white Arena to celebrate the second anniversary of its refurbishment. |
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| College gets HVAC boost |
| APR 08: A HEATING ventilation and air-conditioning company, Environmental Control Services Limited (‘ECS’), based in Mount Pleasant, Alperton, has begun supplying a whole package of support to the College of North West London in Brent to boost the success of both partners within the industry. |
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| Only girl is paint perfect |
| APR 08: AT work, nobody messes with 21-year-old painter and decorator Kiri Firminger because she’s the boss’s daughter. But she’s also very good at her trade – and now she’s proved it by becoming painting and decorating champion of the College of North West London. |
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| Stuart pursues excellence |
| APR 08: CARPENTRY and joinery student Stuart Lane of Hampstead so impressed the College of North West London with his skill and dedication that his lecturer put forward his name to the City & Guilds awarding body. |
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| Lead skills champion |
| APR 08: PRINCIPAL of the College of North West London Vicki Fagg has received a double accolade for her work. |
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| Drugs warning |
| MAR 08: A GRANDFATHER who studied for an IT diploma through the College of North West London while in prison told parents how drugs had almost ruined his life. |
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| Four winning chefs |
| MAR 08: YOUNG CNWL catering students have carried off four of the six winning places in a regional skills competition organised by the Learning & Skills Council to raise awareness of vocational education and prepare for WorldSkills 2011 in London. |
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| Nordia is Afro-Caribbean champion |
| MAR 08: THE luck of the Irish rubbed off on student finalists from the College of North West London on Monday March 17 when they competed at the AHT national hair championships in Blackpool. |
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| Asylum seeker is top bricklayer |
| MAR 08: A YOUNG asylum seeker who fled to the UK less than four years ago speaking no English has won the top bricklaying award from the College of North West London’s Technology Competitions Day after only one year of full-time study. |
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| Craic at the College |
| MAR 08: AN hour of traditional Irish music and dancing got St Patrick’s Day off to a flying start at the College of North West London on March 17, when the College celebrated the day with entertainment for the first time. |
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| 600 bid to be the best |
| MAR 2008: OVER 600 finalists from 15 different building trades at the College of North West London are set to go head to head in a local competition to find the best in their field. |
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| Stylists scoop five firsts |
| FEB 2008: HAIRDRESSING students from the College of North West London performed another hair-raising feat when five of them scooped first prizes at the annual AHT southern regional championships in Bexley. |
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| Technology block ‘topped out’ |
| FEB 2008: AFTER 74 years on the same site in Willesden, with various additions over the years, the College of North West London has acquired its first new four-storey block of the 21st century, incorporating a variety of the latest building techniques. |
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| Footballer returns to Stonebridge roots |
| FEB 2008: PREMIER League footballer Jason Roberts returned to the Stonebridge area of Brent where he grew up this month to coach teenage soccer wannabes from the College of North West London on a football enrichment programme. |
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| Spidermen wanted |
| FEB 2008: LOOKING for an exciting career in engineering? Olympian head for heights? A new steel erecting programme which is free to most trainees begins in March 2008 at Willesden - but you need to enrol promptly, because the deadline for enrolment is Thursday February 7.
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| Ex-student signs for Bees |
| JAN 2008: ACE winger Albert Adomah has taken a great leap forward in his soccer career – but if anything goes wrong, he will always have a painting and decorating trade to fall back on, thanks to the College of North West London.
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| Business made easy |
| JAN 2008: STARTING your own small business but not sure where to begin? Budding entrepreneurs are being headhunted by the College of North West London to attend specialist intensive two-hour courses run by a qualified professional starting in March 2008. |
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| Our place in The Sun |
| JAN 2008:
TWO female plumbing students studying at CNWL got their picture in The Sun newspaper as part of an article on women doing traditionally male jobs. |
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| Colleges sign up for learning |
| JAN 2008: VOCATIONAL learners hoping to move into higher education got a boost when 14 West London colleges and universities pledged to provide more training for more people in 2008. |
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| Wotz in your jungle? |
| JAN 2008: As one of the most popular children’s animated Disney musicals of all time returns on double-disc DVD to mark the 40th anniversary of its first release, Performing Arts students at the College of North West London staged the real thing for the benefit of local youngsters. |
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| Kilburn shortlisted |
| JAN 2008: Students at the College of North West London's new Kilburn building have more than their studies to be proud of - the new £5.5 million campus in Priory Park Road has been shortlistrd for a top national architectural award. |
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| Reflections from Beijing |
| DEC 2007: Louise Taylor-Porter teaches English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) at the Brent-based College of North West London – one of the largest FE colleges in the capital, with a special emphasis on technology. Three years ago CNWL set up links with the Beijing Electrical Engineering College in China as part of an Anglo-Chinese partnership scheme for London colleges. |
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| Reggae sauce message |
| DEC 2007: Dragonslayer and father of seven Levi Roots does not have much time for rappers whose lyrics preach violence. |
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| Clock launches awards |
| DEC 2007: Multiple hairdressing champion Marcia Johnson met the next generation of winners when she returned to her alma mater, the College of North West London, to present awards. |
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| Michael takes national plumbing bronze |
| Sheet leadwork apprentice Michael Mason, 19, from Stonebridge Park, is the third best student in the country in his chosen career. |
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| CNWL links up with LLN |
| CNWL is to work with the new Ealing-based West London Lifelong Learning Network to help more vocational learners achieve higher-level work-related qualifications through flexible learning. |
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| Music Diploma |
| A brand new link-up between CNWL and the Institute of Contemporary Music Performance in Kilburn means that the College is offering London’s first ever fully-funded one-year Diploma in Contemporary Music for 16-18 year-olds. |
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| Learning Hub relocates |
| The Learning Hub – the Brent-based online learning centre accessed by thousands of e-learners - has left its previous home within the College of North West London at Wembley Park and relocated with all its computers to the fifth floor of nearby Dexion House in Empire Way. |
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| Social care in mentoring link |
| Health and Social Care students enjoyed real life ‘work experience’ at a Brent primary school as part of a project to support their course work.
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| Harrow joins Brent’s Young Learner provision |
| Young learner (14-16) activity at the College of North West London in Brent has been so successful that it is being expanded to include Harrow schools across the borough.
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| DIY TV with MAMA |
| Two media students from the College of North West London helped create five short films in two weeks as part of a free youth training programme sponsored by the MD of Choice FM radio. |
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| CNWL launches dyslexia network |
| Students who have difficulty with reading and numbers due to dyslexia or dyscalculia will be the special focus of a unique new support network being set up by the College of North West London for colleges in the London region. |
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| Nice one, says Ken |
| THE Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, was impressed by what he saw when he officially opened the College's new 'green' Kilburn campus - described by Principal Vicki Fagg as "architecturally stunning." |
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| Boost for bike firm |
| Engineers who assemble specialised bikes for Brompton Cycles in Brentford have done so well on their customised 12-week courses at the College of North West London that the firm plans to enrol more students as soon as possible. |
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| Prizes for beauticians |
| Beauty Therapy students got a pat on the back from their senior manager when prizes and certificates were handed out in the Hair & Beauty salon. |
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