News Archives - 2002

Are you looking for a route into the IT industry? If you are an experienced computer user and would like to support other users, the Certificate in Computer Maintenance and Installation (A+) course at Totton College could be for you.

Qualified IT technicians...

Totton College students are staging a sponsored sleep-out on Friday 13 December to raise money for two local charities. Eight students will be braving the harsh winter elements on the College campus grounds for the night to experience for themselves what it's...

Two Sports Academy students from Totton College have been selected for the British Colleges National Swimming Championships at Loughborough next Spring. Sam Taylor and Charlie Cardy won their places at the regional trials in Lewes, East Sussex during the...

With Christmas almost upon us, now is the perfect time to start thinking about plans and resolutions for the new year. Totton College can help you find the perfect solution with a huge variety of courses on offer in their new Adult and Part-time programme....

Craig Roberts, a psychology tutor and Ufology expert at Totton College, has been awarded UFO Publication of the Year for a journal published at the College.

The European Journal of UFO and Abduction Studies (EJUFOAS) was awarded the Spanish Cuardenos de Ufologia...

Local families have taken part in a fun, robot-themed family learning weekend at the Blackfield Neighbourhood Centre. More than 50 parents with 71 children from Blackfield, Calshot, Dibden Purlieu, Totton, Fawley, Holbury, Marchwood and Ashurst areas came...

Totton College has launched a scholarship award scheme for its most talented students. The Wilf Wright Scholarship Scheme aims to give talented young people opportunities to extend their horizons and reach their full potential.

The first major award beneficiary...

A group of local mums have been awarded a special certificate by Totton College in recognition of their successful completion of a Family Learning programme.

Alison Roach, Allison Head, Maxine Long, Elaine Barrow and Gill Lewis-Lee all "graduated with honours"...

Deciding what to study after your GCSEs can be tricky. With such a huge number of courses to choose from, where do you start?

Open Evenings are a fantastic way to find out courses of interest in detail, and discuss your aspirations with teaching staff, to...

When Lisa Sanders signed up for a jewellery course at Totton College, she never dreamed that that she would be running her own business and supplying to some of the most prestigious stores in the country.

Lisa noticed that it wasn't always easy finding accessories...

The community website - www.thewaterside.net - has come second in the Best Voluntary and Community Organisation category at Hampshire County Council's Hantsweb Awards 2002.

The website was judged by Judy Goodlet of BBC Radio Solent to be "a well designed...

Want to get away from that expensive commercial Christmas? Like to capture the essence of 'Christmas Past'?

Totton College are offering a course, which requires no "arty" talent but just a desire to make something special for Christmas and have some fun.

The...

Families in the Fawley area are invited to come along to the Blackfield Neighbourhood Centre this weekend and take part in FREE, fun family learning events.

Learning as a family is enjoyable, and it can have huge benefits and rewards for everyone. Activities...

Design enthusiasts are invited to sign up on a 2D Computer Aided Design course at Totton College. The City and Guilds is ideal for people who want to use a CAD package in almost any draughting discipline, or to work in the fields of architecture, design, engineering,...

Parents On-Line Week is taking place at the Blackfield Neighbourhood Centre from Monday 30th September. The event sponsored by the DfES, Disney and others, is offering parents and guardians the chance to experience the web and see some of the most exciting...

A Totton College ACCESS student has won a highly sought-after place on a Physiotherapy degree at Southampton University. Abigail Ward-Pierce secured one of only 6 flexible learning places on the course, only available every other year.

Abigail, aged 35,...

The community website - www.thewaterside.net - has been nominated for Hampshire County Council's Hantsweb Awards 2002. It has been short-listed from over 60 nominations as a finalist for the Best Voluntary and Community Organisation category.

The website...

The new Happy Days Nursery at Totton College has opened for business, offering high quality care for up to 40 children aged between 3 months and 5 years. Happy Days cares for children of College students as well as private clientele and is open 50 weeks of...

We are a self-confessed nation of DIY fanatics. You've read the magazines, watched the programmes, now why don't you have a go? If you fancy yourself as the next Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, why not study the Interior Design City and Guilds Level II Certificate...

Local parents are invited to attend the grand opening of Happy Days Nursery at Totton College on Monday 2 September at 12pm noon. College Principal Mark Bramwell will officially open the Nursery, which will be followed by an Open Afternoon. The local community...

Totton College has surpassed even last years record A Level results, achieving a 95.5% pass rate this year. Eighteen departments achieved 100% pass rates, again up on last year. All students in Film Studies gained a higher grade pass.

Some notable individual...

The 5th annual Totton College ESSO Maths Challenge has taken place. This year's event was the most successful yet with more than 80 students from 7 local schools fighting it out for first place.

The competition is open to year 10 students from schools in...

Katy Athersuch from Marchwood has become the first student to receive an award from the new Wilf Wright Scholarship Scheme. The Scheme was set up by a group of five trustees who want to provide exciting opportunities for very talented young people at Totton...

Performing arts students from Totton College staged a drama play to commemorate the start of renovations at Hanger Farm in Totton into a community arts centre, on Wednesday 10 July 2002.

Based on a true story, the costumed Victorian melodrama entitled "Maria...

Adult education students Julie Argent and Jacqui Stewart seem to have acquired an insatiable appetite for learning, gaining a string of qualifications through Totton College's Lifelong Learning framework.

It all began when Julie and Jacqui achieved a NVQ...

Lifelong Learning students from Totton College have celebrated the end of the 'Back in Business' computer skills course with a special lunch reception at Tottonians RFC.

In attendance were representatives from VT Southern Careers, job centres, recruitment...

Two Totton College students have helped to end Hampshire's 66-year wait for a County title as they defeated Cornwall 29-14 in the Tetley's Under 20 Championship Final at Twickenham.
Flanker Benjamin Pearce, how plays for NEC Harlequins, recently studied at...

The heat of the kitchen and providing meals for students at Totton College was the daily working life for Lynn Tarry until she decided to replace the refectory for the pressures of the classroom where she now trains adults for Basic Food Hygiene courses.

Lynn,...

Three former ACCESS students from Totton College have recently been appointed posts at local hospitals.

Jackie Hayes and Anne Hood successfully completed their two-year part-time ACCESS course and progressed to study Midwifery for another four years at university....

Autumn may seem a long way off with flowers and trees just coming into Springtime bud and the sun beginning to shine, but for the Lifelong Learning Team at Totton College, this is the time to put the finishing touches to their Autumn Term Prospectus ready...

On Tuesday 19 March twelve 'high flyer' students from Totton College attended a one-day shadowing program at IBM Hursley.

This is a pilot program and will be extended to other colleges in the area. The placements covered a wide variety of jobs and were matched...

Totton College's lower sixth student Tim Gascoigne spent a day with David Carr, Refinery Manager of Esso Petroleum Company Limited recently where he had the opportunity to see how a large corporation operates, discovering that there are lots of meetings if...

Totton College Basketball Academy members are this year's Hampshire Colleges U19 Basketball League winners, having finished the season with two wins in the last week beating both close rivals Tauntons College and Barton Peveril College.

This was followed...

Totton College Performing Arts students recently appeared as actors at the Mayflower Theatre in Southampton

The English National Ballet returned to the Mayflower with Romeo and Juliet featuring Rudolf Nureyev's choreography and Frigerio's vivid designs.

The...

Totton College has been described as 'excellent' in its student achievement for 2001 though an independent national study. Value added achievement of A Level was compared through a sample of over 300 colleges. The College score matched the benchmark for...

Totton College's Hall was transformed to create a great atmosphere for this year's Holistic and Beauty Department Annual Make-up Competition on Monday 11 March. This is the third year that the competition has taken place. All the students taking part use...

The whole College was involved in celebrating diversity.
· Health and Social Care students made a display on the Chinese New Year and Buddhism.
· The Travel and Tourism team showed 'Diversity in Travel and Tourism' and mounted their display in the foyer.
· Music...

A fire occurred yesterday evening at the Totton College Services to Business Training Centre, located in a unit rented from New Forest District Council at New Forest Enterprise Centre on Rushington Business Park. The training centre is an outreach centre...

Totton College's Salon 2000 is now open to clients from 9.00 - 4.30pm with some evening appointments available.

Treatments available are:

· All facials
· Non surgical facelift
· Electrical
· Waxing
· Henna
· Waxing
· Manicure/pedicure
· Massage...

Maldwin Drummond, Totton College Patron was proud to receive this prestigious award on behalf of Totton College on 4 February 2002. It was presented by Stewart Farrar, FE Curriculum Manager of Southern Careers Management Services in recognition of the College's...

As part of the Queen's Jubilee Celebrations, St Anne's Community Centre, Butts Ash, Hythe, Southampton are planning to build upon the successful Youth Careers Fair held for the last two years in Hythe. The Fair will be staged at the Centre along with additional...

Totton College has committed itself to a new accommodation strategy that will create some of the best facilities in sixth form colleges nationally. The first phase, costing £1.6m, will begin on the 4 February. Two further stages will follow consecutively,...

Nicola Burchell, a second year student at Totton College has won a week's tour covering the best of Sri Lankan wilderness and culture. She entered a competition at The World Travel Market which she visited with fellow Totton College students on the Advanced...

As a result of its award of Accredited College status, Totton College has launched a national project of disseminating good practice in Teaching and Learning. This is funded by the Learning and Skills Council. This week it launched a best practice website,...

If you've always wanted to learn about reflexology, essential oils and all the other skills a holistic therapist needs, why not enrol on this exciting Totton College course. It's free and runs on Thursday and Fridays between 8.40am and 5.00pm.

There are...

A new holistic programme to optimise good health the 'natural' way, tutored by fully qualified practising therapists will be on offer in the New Year.


The programme includes the following exciting courses:

Chakra - understanding the seven-centre energy...