Education

Expanding your workforce with an apprentice in the current climate will not only help young people, but also bring back some nurturing into your workforce.…
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A-level students considering their next step after results day – and who need clear advice about their options – will be in safe hands at…
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Oswestry Community Action (Qube) is set to launch its annual Open Art Exhibition and the online preview is set for Friday 7th August. Friday marks…
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Intrepid teams of Derwen College students, staff and supporters have signed up to a virtual walk which covers the length of Britain in just one…
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The latest BTEC Diploma results have been released and Ellesmere College students and teachers are celebrating with a 100% pass rate. Six Ellesmere College students…
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Oswestry’s Derwen College has been shortlisted for a prestigious building award for its innovative new hydrotherapy centre. The specialist further education college’s Bradbury Hydrotherapy Pool…
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Staff, students and graduates at Wrexham Glyndwr University are celebrating after two national surveys showed strong performances in both student satisfaction and employment prospects. The…
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The international festival summer school PIANO WEEK may have had to postpone its Beethoven chamber music festival at The Holroyd Community Theatre until 2021 as…
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Moreton Hall’s Year 9 chemistry student Jennabai Kassam has won the school’s Sculpture Prize in this year’s competition sponsored by The British Ironwork Centre. Second…
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Moreton Hall’s Sixth Form Art students have scooped both first place and runner-up prize in the prestigious Falmouth School of Art ‘Where there’s still life,…
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A Derwen College teacher is determined to lose more than four stones in a charity weight loss challenge, despite being surrounded by delicious home-made food…
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NHS, care and emergency workers and their families are to be given free entry to the Ironbridge Gorge museums as a special thank you for…
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In a coup for the school, Moreton Hall has recruited Carina Walsh to lead lacrosse development. With a number of Moreton’s lacrosse teams already in…
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Derwen College Garden Centre and Gift Shop, near Oswestry, is delighted to welcome back customers from the 20th July. Safety measures have been put in…
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The new Holroyd Community Theatre, near Oswestry, designed by Gareth Edwards of local Architectural practice DPA Design and constructed by builders Jones Brothers using many…
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It was a testing time for students at Oswestry’s Derwen College when they competed in skills competitions against Sheffield-based Landmarks Specialist College this week. Students…
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The winners of Shropshire’s first ever ‘virtual’ primary school games have been revealed. The six-week event, organised by Shrewsbury-based active partnership Energize, was adapted for…
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An Oswestry pensioner has stepped up to raise funds for Derwen College Charity after embarking on her own sponsored walk after the college’s official walk…
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Oswestry Charity Qube are putting out a final call for artists to enter their annual Open Art Exhibition which is taking part despite Covid19. This…
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Between 1st and 31st July, the RSPB is inviting people from Oswestry and across the UK to share the new things they have noticed that’s…
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Despite not being able to conduct Sports Day in the usual way due to the pandemic, The Marches School in Oswestry wanted to mark the…
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Following the latest Government announcements, Park Hall Countryside Experience is set to re-open their farm attraction in Oswestry on the 10th July for their annual…
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An Ellesmere College student has taken second prize in a national writing competition inspired by the works of Geoffrey Chaucer. Ronan Phillips – Year 12…
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With the Covid 19 pandemic leading to the cancellation of this year’s public examinations, it’s not surprising that there has been a lot of coverage…
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Moreton Hall is thrilled to have been shortlisted as Independent School of the Year in the Performing Arts category. Launched in 2018, the awards highlight…
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A free online course which aims to prepare learners for university study has proved a major success with students from North Wales, the UK –…
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Year 10 and year 12 students, Laura and Mary Hayton-Lee are undeterred in lockdown as they continue their education remotely. Both girls attend Moreton Hall…
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A popular Virtual Experience event at Wrexham Glyndwr University will be expanded even further this month. Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic in the…
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Although the shops are starting to open this week, details have yet to emerge of when theatre, concert and gallery goers will be able to…
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Park Hall Countryside Experience in Oswestry closed their gates to the Covid-19 pandemic on the 18th March. Since then the family-run farm has continued caring…
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Oswestry Charity Qube have been overwhelmed with the number of entries for their Creativity in Isolation exhibition which launched last month. The arts team based…
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As schools in the Oswestry area prepare to cope with the return of pupils after the three-month break enforced by COVID-19, solicitors in the town…
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Organised by the Booksellers Association (BA) and sponsored by Hachette, the annual celebration of independent bookshops across the UK and Ireland this year has adapted…
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A Shropshire college is busy planning for its next intake of students in September by hosting virtual tours and meetings. The doors at Ellesmere College…
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Authors from across Shropshire and further afield have contributed to a new inspirational book which will serve as a lasting reminder of life in lockdown…
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The Academy which is situated at The Holroyd Community Theatre provides performing arts training for young people aged 9 to 18. Sessions usually take place…
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Rob Mays from Oswestry who owns Evolution Arbtech, has just finished a 3-year Degree in Science in Arboriculture and Urban Tree Management.  Taking on any…
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Many of us can remember our first day at school. For some it may be a distant memory, belonging now in History books, when chalk…
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The National Monument Against Violence & Aggression to Return to the Ironworks in Oswestry After spending an extended two months in Telford’s Southwater Square, the…
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Moreton Hall’s Drama Department is this week announcing the launch of an exciting monologue competition, ‘The Show Must Go On’, with lucky winners receiving a…
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Wrexham Glyndwr University will be running an online event aimed at people considering postgraduate, professional or part-time study next week. The event – the second…
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Xplore!, along with over 40 members of the UK Association for Science and Discovery Centres (ASDC), has today joined the Science Centres For Our Future…
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Oswestry Otters ASC, Head Coach Timothy Hastie has embraced the Covid-19  locked down by creating online video contexts for his members but now wishes to…
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A volunteer team committed to the fight against Covid-19 have made over 10,000 face shields for front-line workers across the UK after their initial post…
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A unique educational opportunity is being offered by Ellesmere College to commemorate the centenary of the Save the Children charity and the inspirational achievements of…
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Treflach Farm based just outside Oswestry, have this week partnered with a local school to help promote and sell their exciting range of chocolate. Before…
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An award-winning careers course for Wrexham Glyndwr University students will run again this year – and has been adapted to help them find jobs during…
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Moreton Hall, one of the UK’s top performing co-educational independent day and boarding schools, are inviting prospective pupils to join them for a virtual Taster…
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Despite the challenge that lockdown is posing to arts organisations across the country with theatres in darkness for the foreseeable future, plans continue to be…
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A stage school near Oswestry continues to provide exciting opportunities for its young performers, despite the lockdown restrictions. The Face2Face performance academy which is based…
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