News Archives - Page 11 of 14

Posted: 9th May 2022

Hollyoaks stars at Derwen College

An actor and a scriptwriter from popular soap Hollyoaks delighted an audience of performing arts students, when they visited a Shropshire specialist college this week.…

Posted: 5th May 2022

Performing Arts students in the spotlight

Two of our Performing Arts students demonstrated their stage skills when they took to the stage in a sell-out production of Me and My Girl,…

Posted: 4th May 2022

Derwen College wins Queen’s Award for Enterprise

Derwen College has been honoured with a top business award endorsed by Her Majesty the Queen. We have been honoured with a Queen’s Award for…

Posted: 1st April 2022

Providing plants for Gobowen Station

Our Garden Centre team were delighted to provide £1,000-worth of plants as part of a project to brighten up the local railway station. We supplied…

Posted: 30th March 2022

Student Union Board visit London

Our Student Union Board representatives visited the Houses of Parliament in London. The trip was to find out for themselves more about the UK’s democratic…

Posted: 24th March 2022

Skills competitions for Hospitality students

Hospitality & Food students took part in Housekeeping competitions in our training hotel, Hotel 751, this week, for National Careers Week. Hospitality students who do…

Posted: 18th March 2022

Don’t Screen Us Out

Our Performing Arts DC Theatre Internal Work Experience group welcomed students and staff from across the College to join them for a performance to raise…

Posted: 18th March 2022

Careers Week competition

For National Careers Week, we held a college-wide Careers Week Competition, where pathways were invited to create a notice board detailing their links to the…

Posted: 17th March 2022

Learning life skills at Ludlow campus

Students at our newest Ludlow campus have achieved Duke of Edinburgh’s Awards, excelled in skills competitions, and have exhibited their artwork at Shropshire Hills Discovery…

Posted: 8th March 2022

Saddle up for Derwen’s Spin-along Spinathon

Our staff and students are getting ready for a gruelling cycle challenge to raise funds for Derwen College Charity. Derwen College sports teachers Sian Thomas…

Posted: 3rd March 2022

Branching out to complete planting project

Our Leaf It To Us team, from Derwen College Walford, were delighted to finish a planting project in Baschurch, after a frustrating two years of…

Posted: 24th February 2022

Derwen – Changing lives in Kuwait

Last week, Principal Meryl Green and Head of Curriculum Zoe Wood visited the Middle East. They were invited to offer their expertise and experience to…