Local firms urged to seize Olympics opportunities - 12/03/2010
Tourist businesses and visitor attractions in the area are being urged to seize the major opportunities presented by the London 2012 Olympic Games and the training of the GB Paralympics team in Bath.

Jenifer Littman MBE, chief executive of Tourism for All, told an accessibility awareness workshop organised by Norton Radstock College that the Games provided an incentive for businesses and organisations to prepare themselves for the growing numbers of people with disabilities and infirmities who were travelling today.

She said: "The Games represent the best opportunity this country has ever had to create a legacy of accessibility.You can't afford to ignore accessible tourism. The UK's disabled market is a substantial one. It is estimated that there are 10 million disabled people in Britain, with a combined annual spending power of £80 billion a year.In addition, we have a population that is living longer. With age comes a higher propensity for disability. Yet the over 50s buy 40 per cent more holidays than the under 30s, and they average five or six breaks a year."


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Train-the-trainer pack gets a trial run at College - 03/03/2010
The goal of improving and adding to the life skills of students in UK vocational colleges has come a step closer following the development of a train-the-trainer pack.

Lecturers and tutors from further education colleges met at Norton Radstock College to discuss ways of incorporating the modules into the courses they teach.

Project co-ordinator Rosaleen Courtney said: "One of our aims is for the train-the-trainer pack to be included in teacher training across the UK to help teachers feel more confident about their own life skills so that they can include these skills in their vocational teaching.


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Students celebrate healthy eating award - 01/03/2010
There were loud cheers from students when a Very Special Envelope was opened in Norton Radstock College's training kitchen on the Radstock campus.

The envelope contained a Healthier Options Award Certificate awarded to the kitchen, its students and staff by Bath and North-East Somerset Council for achieving lower levels of fat, salt and sugar in menu items the kitchen provides for its Rendezvous Cafe.


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Apprentices praised for helping local firms - 11/02/2010
Staff at Norton Radstock College are full of praise for apprentices whose efforts are helping firms all over the area to weather the deepest economic recession since the 1930s.

In a special promotion, the College has highlighted the apprenticeship links its engineering students enjoy with local firms.

Engineering lecturer Nigel Swift said: "These are difficult times and local firms are under a lot of pressure to keep clients happy. The apprentices working for these firms are being asked to share this pressure along with the rest of the work force, and it is this sort of real-life experience that will stand them in good stead as their careers progress."


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A candle to remember the millions who died - 28/01/2010
Grace Takle, a student at Norton Radstock College, places a memorial candle in a candle garden during a ceremony held to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.

Altogether 200 candles were placed by students and staff to remember the millions of men, women and children, who disappeared or have been massacred due to man’s brutality over the years, including those who died in concentration camps during World War 2.

This was the first time the College had participated in the national event. The brief ceremony was held on the College’s main campus at Radstock, and featured short readings chosen by students and staff.

Participants were offered an opportunity to have the date 27.01.10 stamped on their forearms as a solemn reminder of the numbers tattooed on the arms of concentration camp inmates during the 1939-1945 war.
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