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Two adult learners and one tutor have won prestigious awards from the City & Guilds. Pattie Wallington, from Gerrards Cross, has been awarded a City & Guilds Gold Medal for Excellence for Floral Design. She completed the City & Guilds course in Floral Design, Levels 2 and 3 in June 2017 with Buckinghamshire Adult Learning. On […]
Apprentices at Buckinghamshire County Council attended a team building away day at Green Park, Aston Clinton, to celebrate National Apprenticeship week 2018 (5-9 March). They spent the morning completing team building activities involving a mixture of creative, team working, problem solving and communication skills. Our apprentices were also tasked with completing a challenge to design […]
Upholstery tutor, David James, who has been teaching classes for Buckinghamshire Adult Learning for over 25 years,was presented with a Master Craftsman Award in February by the Lord Mayor of London at the Worshipful Company of Upholders. David was nominated by Philip Wellesley-Davies, who is the Chairman of the Guild of Traditional Upholsterers, of which […]
Try It Week is back! This year, we have decided to offer learners the chance to try a number of courses for free in March instead of June 2018. The week will run from Monday 5 to Friday 9 March and you will have the opportunity to try a number of courses including languages, creative […]
The new Quarrendon Adult Learning Centre in Aylesbury officially opened its doors on Thursday 26 October, with a ribbon cutting ceremony and cake cutting by the Chairman of Buckinghamshire County Council, Patricia Birchley. The new centre has had new windows and doors, low energy lighting and a new heating system installed as well as new […]
Adult learners aged between 21 and 67 years old studying with Buckinghamshire Adult Learning were celebrating last week after receiving some fantastic results in the new maths and English GCSE exams. The reformed exams are graded 9 to 1, with 9 being the highest and grade 4 a standard pass. 68% of the learners achieved […]
Buckinghamshire Adult Learning held their annual Adult Learner of the Year Awards last night as part of the Festival of Learning. Over 120 learners, tutors, classroom supporters who were nominated for an award attended the event along with dignitaries and staff from Buckinghamshire County Council. Steve Rogers and Katie Brown, both English and maths Functional Skills […]
ALDD learners at Green Street Adult Learning Centre have raised £160 for the Wycombe Homeless Connection by cooking curry. They have been focusing on community participation this term and decided they wanted to help a homeless charity. They held a curry day selling their delicious creations to other learners, family, friends and staff and Sheena […]
Representatives from the British Legion visited a group of ALDD learners in Aylesbury on 27 February. The learners raised £89.70 for the charity at their Christmas Fair where they sold handmade crafts, gifts, cards and refreshments. The British Legion were their chosen charity as one of the learners volunteers in their shop. Each learner was presented […]
A group of ESOL students (English for Speakers of Other Languages) studying at three centres with Buckinghamshire Adult Learning, have achieved some excellent results in their first set of Speaking and Listening exams this year. The 156 students achieved the following pass rates: 100% at Chesham, 95% at High Wycombe and 92% at Aylesbury. Zena […]