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PRINCIPALS VISIT BERRY HEAD ON THE EDGE' PROJECT

PRINCIPALS VISIT BERRY HEAD ‘ON THE EDGE' PROJECT

 

Recently the Torbay College Principals, who are members of the Adult & Community Learning (ACL) Strategy Group, met at Berry Head to pose for the cameras to launch the 2010-11 prospectuses for adult day and evening classes.

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ACE visit to Slimbridge

ACE visit to Slimbridge

Thanks to a donation from the Torbay Disabled Fellowship 28 physically disabled people were able to visit Slimbridge last month.

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Inspirational Tutor Awards at Brixham

Inspirational Tutor Awards at Brixham

Six Brixham Adult & Community Learning tutors were nominated as Inspirational and Outstanding by their students as part of Adult Learner's week.

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Adult Learners' Week in Torbay

Adult Learners' Week in Torbay

Adult Learners' Week is a national celebration of adult learning and the benefits of adult learning for all. It also recognises the way learning can change lives, especially for people who did not do well at school or who have had other difficulties to overcome in their lives. This event is promoted by NIACE, the national Institute for Adult & Continuing Education.

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Memory Box Training Course

Memory Box Training Course

This free 10 hour course for 2 hours a week over 5 weeks recruited 6 participants who care for, or work with, people with dementia. The course focused on how to improve the well-being of people with all kinds of dementia and proved invaluable to the participants and was funded as part of the Learning Revolution.

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Who was Lilla Brewitt to Eden Phillpotts?

Who was Lilla Brewitt to Eden Phillpotts?

 

After my interest was aroused by Phil Page (ex Warden of Yarner Wood) through a walk and talk based on the book, The Forest on the Hill by Eden Phillpotts, I started requesting his books from Brixham library.

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Students presented with certificates

Students presented with certificates

Adult & Community Learning Brixham were delighted to invite their new Head of Department, Liz Lawrence to present certificates to the latest achievers of Skills for Life qualifications.

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Kents Art

Art at Kents Cavern

Thanks to funding from the Learning Revolution 12 people were able to visit Kents Cavern to use watercolour and acrylic paints to capture the beauty of the caves. Tutor John Turk introduced cave art from the primitive to artists who had tried to capture the beauty and vivacity of this style of painting. The course consisted of two sessions of three hours on two consecutive days.

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Photo by Roy Stych

Photography at Kents Cavern

Thanks to funding from the Learning Revolution 13 people were able to visit Kents Cavern to enjoy the challenge of photography in the caves with tutor Graham Hodgson. The course consisted of two sessions of three hours over two consecutive weekends.

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Cleaner's maths takes them to Radio Devon

Cleaner's maths takes them to Radio Devon

Gail McLeod, Yvette Smith, Lisa Clarke, Lorraine Thomas who are part of the cleaning team at Brixham College were invited to get back into maths by their boss, Frank Armstrong. They enrolled for an entry level 3 course at Brixham Adult & Community Learning Centre (ACL) last September and were given time off their cleaning duties to attend each Thursday.

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Exhibition at Brixham Adult & Community Learning Centre.

Exhibition at Brixham Adult & Community Learning Centre.

There is a double creative opportunity available at Brixham Adult and Community Learning centre right now.

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Opportunities for all to learn at Brixham with funding from the Devon Community Learning Partnership

Opportunities for all to learn at Brixham with funding from the Devon Community Learning Partnership

The Brixham Adult & Community Learning Team is delighted to offer ten new FREE courses to whet learner's appetites this winter.

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