News Archives - May 2009

Totton College student Claire Pugh 19, from Dibden Purlieu has successfully gained a place at the prestigious London College of Fashion to study a BA Honours Degree in Jewellery. Claire is currently studying on the BTEC Foundation Diploma course in Art and Design after completing her A level studies. Claire said ‘I would never have dreamt that I would end up studying at such an internationally renowned college, in the centre of London. Thanks to the support I received during my time at Totton, this dream has now been realised’.

Totton College students have teamed up with Kenyan Adventure to travel to Nakuru for two weeks in August. Once there they will be working with the Nakuru orphanage school; teaching, football coaching, tree planting and building new facilities. Students will have a truly authentic experience, staying with local families within walking distance of the projects. Despite its fabulous natural beauty and developed tourist industry, Kenya remains decimated by poverty, over half of Kenyans live on less that 60p per day. The projects the students are working on are designed to create more opportunity and to enhance standards of living.

For the sixth year running Totton College has fielded a team in the challenging and prestigious Engineering Education Scheme. Lower sixth students and budding engineers selected this year were; Alun Hughes, Tom Rogers, Laura Court and Jacob Dunning.