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Dick Palmer, Principal City College NorwichHi to all, my name's Dick Palmer and I'm the Principal of City College Norwich - one of the very best FE and HE colleges in the country. This Blog is my space to let you know about things going on in the College, in Norwich and in the wider educational community. As always, I welcome your comments so please let me know what you think.

End of term

Posted by Dick Palmer on July 13th, 2010

Well another acdemic year alost over and what a year for City College Norwich. We won another National Training Award, had a range of students get into the regional and national finals of the WorldSkills competitions and our Student Union was runner up in the National Union of Students Award for FE Union of the Year - well done to all of them. But the highlight has to be winning the Queen's Anniversary Trust Award for Higher and Further Education.

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Last chance to try out the delights of our Norfolk Show experience!

Posted by Dick Palmer on July 1st, 2010

Please do come along to City College Norwich's Norfolk Show presence near the Countryside area: lunch or afternoon teas in our Norfolk in Harmony Restaurant, or see our Dance Students and Hair and Beauty and Fashion students "strut their stuff" on our catwalk. All welcome.

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Come to our Norfolk Show Marquee Restaurant

Posted by Dick Palmer on June 30th, 2010

Open for breakfast, lunch, afternoon teas and dinner - and all with local produce. See our students and staff show off the various vocational skills on offer across the college - northern end of the showground near the Countryside area

 

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Enrichment blog

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What a Year it's Been!

Posted by Enrichment on June 24th, 2010

This year has been hectic with so many things going on but we're quite pleased with how we've done so far on the Enrichment and Events Team. We've learnt lots and have lots of great ideas for next  year but that doesn't mean we're slowing down anytime soon!!!

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Here's to your health!

Posted by Enrichment on April 12th, 2010

Good morning, chums! How are you feeling today? Oh me? Thank you for asking. Well I'm hunky dory and pretty hooperzootic about life. The sun is shining, it's getting lighter in the evenings and Doctor Who is back on telly so all is well. Oh and my goodness, weren't the Smilers terrifying?

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It's BIG!

Posted by Enrichment on March 8th, 2010

So have you done it yet?

Don’t frown and look blankly at me. You know exactly what I mean! Oh yes you do. No, you can’t simply shake your head and walk off, I haven’t finished yet.

Have you done the BIG COLLEGE HEALTH CHECK?

Yes? Marvellous stuff.

No? Oooooh… Very naughty.

What am I barking on about this time? Get to the back of the class - shoo!

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Advisors blogs

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Advice Shop annual survey

Posted by Helen Richardso... on February 28th, 2010

Hi there
Have you visited the Advice Shop recently? If so we want to hear from you! Throughout March we are asking all visitors to complete a quick survey and tell us what they think of our service. We are always looking for ways to improve our service and your feedback will really help us to make any changes that are necessary.
Please help us by completing a survey next time you pop in.

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Hello from the Advisers

Posted by Helen Richardso... on January 13th, 2010

Hi there. We have Advisers to help you choose the course that’s right for you. We can talk to you about our courses in detail and we can tell you what kind of job you could get in the future. We can also help you with finance advice and careers. All you need to do is pop in to the Advice Shop to see us at a drop-in session or you can make an appointment. Come and see us if there is anything you want to chat about. We are here to support you.

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Student Blogs

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EMA is safe for the short term.....

Posted by Shane Mann on February 12th, 2010

Schools Minister Iain Wright relieved the fears of many this week by confirming that the Education Maintenance Allowance would be continued after the school leaving age is raised to 18. MPs are meeting in Westminster this week to discuss the future for EMA payments. It is four years since the scheme was first introduced; during which time it has not been without controversy or criticism.

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HE Funding Cuts

Posted by Shane Mann on February 9th, 2010

The government has made much of the need to aim higher, introducing a target of 50pc of people going into higher education. The justification has always been that Britain needs better educated employees with higher skill levels, in order to trade blows with our rival nations on an increasingly competitive world stage.
 

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Another year another....

Posted by Shane Mann on October 19th, 2009

The start of the last academic year was not pleasant for most due to the EMA debacle. Millions of students up and down the country were affected along with their families as a result of incompetence by the administering organisation Liberata. This was not a pleasant time it eventually lead to some students having to quit courses as they could not afford to come. This was fortunately not the case at City College; although our students were affected, luckily the College went the extra mile by loaning students the money they were not receiving.

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Tutor Blogs

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Ipadio broadcast from a mobile phone

Posted by packroyd on July 28th, 2010

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Apple app: audionote

Posted by packroyd on July 26th, 2010

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Google forms revisited

Posted by packroyd on July 19th, 2010

We recently hosted our staff learning day, and it was another excellent opportunity to use the power of Google forms(part of Google docs),both for collecting what sessions people wanted to sign up for, and also to allow them to evaluate the sessions afterwards. The evaluation replaced a paper-heavy optical mark form, so it also helped to meet the green agenda. What I really like about Google forms is that they are easy to set up, easy to distribute and embed,so make it very easy to reach your audience.

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