Keeping you updated on all the latest news and events from Norton Radstock College http://www.nortcoll.ac.uk/ Mon, 12 Feb 2009 09:57:40 GMT 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. http://www.nortcoll.ac.uk/news_story.aspx?fldID=68 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. http://www.nortcoll.ac.uk/news_story.aspx?fldID=67 There were loud cheers from students when a Very Special Envelope was opened in Norton Radstock College's training kitchen on the Radstock campus. http://www.nortcoll.ac.uk/news_story.aspx?fldID=66 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. http://www.nortcoll.ac.uk/news_story.aspx?fldID=65 Students light a candle for a legacy of hope. http://www.nortcoll.ac.uk/news_story.aspx?fldID=64 In an extremely rare event in the UK, two horticulture staff members at Norton Radstock College have eaten the fruit of a Swiss cheese plant. http://www.nortcoll.ac.uk/news_story.aspx?fldID=63 Businesses all over the area are missing out on a huge and growing number of customers because they are unaware that they exist, or do not know how to attract them. http://www.nortcoll.ac.uk/news_story.aspx?fldID=62 Asked by a journalist in 2007 what she would like to do once she had qualified, Norton Radstock College beauty therapy student Rosie Tapper replied: "I'd like to set up my own salon." Now, two and a half years later, in a remarkable success story, 20 year old Rosie's dream has come true. http://www.nortcoll.ac.uk/news_story.aspx?fldID=61 As part of National Tree Week, Breathing Places and its partners encouraged people to plant trees in the Tree O'Clock hour, between 11am and 12 noon on Saturday 5 December 2009. http://www.nortcoll.ac.uk/news_story.aspx?fldID=60 A group of engineering students at Norton Radstock College have surprised even themselves by finishing seventh in the South West regional finals of the Formula 1 In Schools technology challenge at the University of the West of England, in Bristol. http://www.nortcoll.ac.uk/news_story.aspx?fldID=59 Working grave by grave, four students and a tutor from Norton Radstock College are slowly cleaning up an overgrown section of the churchyard at St Nicholas Church in Radstock. http://www.nortcoll.ac.uk/news_story.aspx?fldID=58 Norton Radstock College has been Highly Commended for an Association of Colleges Beacon Award. http://www.nortcoll.ac.uk/news_story.aspx?fldID=57