News Archives - 2004

On Wednesday 8 December twelve 'high flyer' students from Totton College attended a one-day shadowing programme at IBM Hursley's Software Development division.

Michael Pink, a second year A-level Psychology student at Totton College was delighted to learn that his submission to the British Psychological Society's email publication has been accepted.

Students at Totton College raised nearly

Fifteen partners participating in a 3 year Southampton and Waterside Neighbourhood Learning Centre Project met at Totton College last week to share good practice in engaging hard-to-reach learners.

Totton College is delighted to announce that it was again recognised for excellence at the AoC Beacon Awards and was "Highly Commended" for an innovative programme with probationers at the Probation Service.

Totton College is well known for excellent exam results, outstanding teaching and brilliant facilities. Behind the scenes many dedicated people are working hard to ensure that this commitment to excellence is maintained.

Drama Teacher at Totton College , Andrea Morris has been inspired by the ambience and history of Hanger Farm to write a comedy about village life.

By November 2004, Totton College is aiming to be able to offer 20 women the chance to train to Plumbing NVQ Level 2 - for FREE! This new and exciting project has attracted funding from the European Social Fund.

A new Centre of Vocational Excellence (CoVE), funded by the Hampshire Learning and Skills Council, has just opened in the New Forest.

Totton College is delighted with the results its students have achieved for the Certificate of Higher Education in 'IT in Organisations'.

Susan Phillips, a Totton College student from Applemore, has won first prize in all three categories of the New Forest County Council Art 4U competition.

Staff excellence and achievement at Totton College has again been singled out for recognition by the Department For Education and Skills.

A Totton student hears her A Level results from her Grandmother who saw the results in the local press!

It's another record year of A-Level results for Totton College

Totton College is delighted to announce that it was awarded the 2003-2004 Beacon award by Alan Johnson, Minister for Lifelong Learning, Further and Higher Education on the 11th May.

Pupils of Year 10 from 8 different schools within Southampton, Salisbury and Waterside recently attended the annual Prefect Training Day at Totton College.

Thirty successful "Women Returners" from Totton College celebrated the end of the 'Back in Business' computer and office skills course with a special lunch reception.

Yesterday the Science Department at Totton College hosted its 11th annual science competition for Year 10 pupils from local schools.

In its seventh year at Totton College, the Exxon Mobil Mathematics Competition attracted 27 teams of year 10 students from nine local schools all aiming to solve a series of challenging mathematics problems.

Students were in awe as they witnessed the mammoth preparations required to turn around the "floating paradise" before it set sail to a hotter climate.

Totton College has won the Hampshire under 17 girls COUNTY CUP beating Southdowns College in an exciting final.

The Totton college rugby team has brushed aside the local competition to take top slot in the Hampshire colleges Merit table.

Two teams of exceptional students from Totton College thoroughly enjoyed the celebration at HMS Collingwood.

This event marked

On Monday 29 March Totton College, the Probation Service, family and friends joined to congratulate 21 probationers as they celebrated their achievements at the Totton College classroom in the Probation Service offices at Town Quay.

Totton College and Southampton NHS will be celebrating their new partnership on Tuesday 3 February 2004 at our Services to Business Training Centre at Wade Park, Ower, where Totton College will be providing tuition and support to Southampton NHS staff, enabling them to achieve the European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) qualification.

There was an air of excitement and achievement at Totton College yesterday as governors, staff, students and guests celebrated the opening of the outstanding new

Totton College has been awarded the new revised Charter Mark by the Cabinet Office. Totton is the first College in England to achieve the new Charter Mark standard of customer service.