March 2013

Broadcaster Johnny Ball met students during National Science and Engineering Week after giving talks on maths and science.Science and maths broadcaster Johnny Ball led the line up in a week of talks and events at Uxbridge College for National Science & Engineering Week.Mr Ball, who has been popularising science and maths for more than three decades, delivered Funtastic Science and
Health and Social Care students learned more about applying their skills in the real world with a visit from a care home manager.The trainees got a briefing from Wendy Bristow, who manages Blenheim Care Centre in Ickenham, a residential home for elderly and disabled people.They looked at how the life experiences of a resident, ‘Kathy’, might have shaped her and

A team of Building Services students has won a construction competition - working on a 20ft high rig to build the best solar-powered bathroom. The team of 13 worked over two days on the three-storey scaffolding tower – dubbed ‘The Big Rig’ and designed to represent a real building – competing against seven other colleges.In the final they had to