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• National Hair and Beauty Conference Success

  Hair and beauty professionals from all over the country met to share their expertise in training at a unique industry event at Uxbridge College. The Hair and Beauty Conference on 4 December was attended by around 70 college lecturers and training exper...

• Electronics lecturer recognised in annual competition

  An electronics lecturer from Uxbridge College was honoured for his excellent teaching at a national awards ceremony. Mansour Mohammad received a finalist's trophy at the sixth annual LSIS STAR Awards - the Oscars of the learning and skills sector. He w...

• Calling our unsung heroes

  Unsung heroes are invited to step into the spotlight as Uxbridge College and the Uxbridge Gazette and Leader series once again seek inspirational people who have made an outstanding contribution to the community. The eighth annual Local Heroes awards ...

• Uxbridge College students triumph over private school sixth formers

  Students from Uxbridge College beat a team from independent St Helen's School to win through heats for a Rotary Club public speaking competition. The team of three from Uxbridge College's Academy won the senior section of the local heats of the N...

• Uxbridge College lays foundations for tomorrow's door supervisors

  Adults who completed Door Supervisor training marked their achievements at a celebration event. The event on 30 November at Uxbridge College recognised the achievements of individuals who had completed free training under schemes for unemployed p...

• Health and Social Care students help make Christmas shopping day a success

  Students from Uxbridge College helped out at an event taking elderly people Christmas shopping and for a festive lunch. The 38 students on the BTEC First Diploma in Health and Social Care were among volunteers at the annua...

• Students tackling the biggest killer of young people

  Students had a potentially life-saving experience when RED Driving School called in with its driving simulator as part of its journey to spread the safe driving message throughout the UK. RED tours schools and colleges to educate young people abo...

• Business students recognised in regional finals

  Students from Uxbridge College who took part in a national business competition have been recognised for their financial skills. The team were given the Financial Whizz Award in the London regional finals of the Make Your Mark Challenge. Their ide...

• Young people join partners at City Hall to celebrate award

  Children from Hillingdon schools who took part in a prize-winning event at Uxbridge College joined celebrations at London's City Hall. The youngsters from Douay Martyrs School and Uxbridge High had all taken part in the Aspire event, two days of ...

• Students join BA for grand reopening of charity shop

  Uxbridge College students joined staff from British Airways at the grand reopening of the Harlington Hospice charity shop in West Drayton. Nearly 50 staff from BA worked around the clock to repaint, reorganise and de-clutter the shop, and were jo...

• Marriage of minds at Uxbridge College

  Two married couples are now part of the English Language teaching team at Uxbridge College following a wedding - and their manager, Marc Jordan, married a former member of staff from the department, Paula Clossick, in October. Claire and Alan Beale, w...

• Free training for people out of work

  Free training and support for people who are out of work is on offer at Uxbridge College to adults. The Door Supervisor's Certificate is one of the courses offered under a number of schemes run to help unemployed people, including: * Accelerate - for ...

• College students celebrate university achievements

  Students put on gowns and mortar boards to celebrate achieving university-level qualifications - at Uxbridge College. Students of all ages graduated in Higher National Certificates (HNCs) and Higher National Diplomas (HNDs) in business, computing,...

• Students designs on The Chimes catwalk

  Fashion students showcased their work in a catwalk show at The Chimes shopping centre in Uxbridge. Designers in their final year of the BTEC National Diploma in Fashion at Uxbridge College created outfits especially for the event, held in the...

• MOBO Awards founder Kanya King presents prizes to Uxbridge College achievers

  Uxbridge College students from Hillingdon and beyond were chosen to receive awards from the founder of the prestigious music awards MOBO Kanya King. Among the winners were: * Tarique Hasan (19), of East Avenue, Hayes, who achieved 5 A Levels at g...

• KPMG and Uxbridge College join forces

  The international business KPMG has joined forces with Uxbridge College to become its first Employer Champion. KPMG, which has 10,000 staff and partners in the UK alone, will help support skills training through the programme at the College in west Lon...

• Silver medal for Foundation student

  A student is celebrating after winning silver in a national trampolining competition. Daniel Reed (21), was the hero for Harlington Hawks Trampoline Club at the British GMPD (Gymnastics Movements for People with Disabilities) Trampolining Championships...

• World Skills Competition success for Uxbridge College students

  Students from Uxbridge College competed against others from all over the country in a World Skills event. Aisha Malik (19) and David Byron (18), both taking the BTEC National Diploma in Graphic Design, competed in the final of the World Skills UK ...

• Number one hat trick for Uxbridge College

  Uxbridge College is celebrating after becoming number one in London for educating young people - for the third year running. Uxbridge College came top in new figures from the Learning and Skills Council for 2007-8 - beating every one of the capital's 3...

• Uxbridge College students celebrate great GCSE results

  Uxbridge College students are looking to the future after celebrating another great set of GCSE results. Billy Bryant (18), of Moray Drive, Slough, achieved three A* grades in Mathematics, Biology and Chemistry, and Bs in English Language and English L...