News Archives - December 2005

The Introductory Certificate in First Line Management is a flexible level 3 qualification course offered by Services to Business, part of Totton College. It is designed for those who are in, or aspire to, their first management or supervisor role. It is a generic qualification and is suitable for a wide range of vocations.

At Totton you can learn a new skill for the New Year to broaden your career options or simply have fun and make friends. And many courses in the following areas have part government funding so you can study for longer for less!

Spring may seem a long way off but with New Year nearly upon us this is the perfect time to consider learning a new skill whether for work or pleasure.

On Friday 9th December, the 2nd year AVCE Travel and Tourism team at Totton College carried out an event at Abbotswood School to a class of year 6 pupils - 6M, Miss Moffats Group.

Ten Totton College students in their first year of A levels attended the IBM 'High Achievers' Day held at their Hursley site. The site is home to some of the most cutting edge software developments within IBM UK including the development of JAVA Technology.

Sure Start, Blackfield and Calshot is the first designated 'Children's Centre' in the New Forest. The outstanding facilities and the experienced team have been a real asset to this community.

Mark Bramwell, Principal of Totton College, has been elected National Chairman of the Education Client Forum for the prestigious Royal Institute of British Architects. He will be leading the forum for three years which brings together leading practitioners in architecture and Further Education. They will advise policy makers on good practice in building and design in Education, with a view to improving the quality of learning environment. Their conferences, seminars and research publications are used for reference purposes by the architect profession and related design professions.

The swimmers from Totton College had aimed to swim the channel and back. In the end they dug deep and managed to beat this target swimming 71466m in two hours. Swimming coach and ex commonwealth Games Silver medalist and 100m Backstroke British record holder Steve Harrison managed his own personal target of 4000m.