THE competition was the ninth annual Harlow College Hair and Beauty show, for the Level 2 Hairdressing students. Each year a new theme is chosen and this year’s theme was ‘The Seasons of the Year’. Each student produces a ‘Mood board’ (a board covered in…

Photo courtesy of Harlow College By Siobhan Wood BUSINESS Students at Harlow College spent an afternoon with The Apprentice finalist Bianca Miller who ran a workshop on personal branding, starting their own business and being the best they can be. Bianca, who is Managing Director…

STUDENTS at Harlow College and local businesses are to benefit after winning a share of £18m to support skills and training following a decision by the South East Local Enterprise Partnership (SE LEP). Harlow College has secured £2.5m to finance its new Advanced Manufacturing &…

By Siobhan Wood Photo courtesy of Harlow College HARLOW College marked Holocaust Memorial Day with a ceremony to dedicate artwork created by Visual Arts students. Harlow MP Robert Halfon led the ceremony in memory of Holocaust victims, which was attended by staff, students and the…

By Siobhan Wood HARLOW College continued to celebrate its fifty years of journalism by hosting a historical episode of BBC Radio 4’s Any Questions. It was the first time that five guests had sat on the panel, all of whom were Prospective Parliamentary Candidates. The…

By Siobhan Wood DANCE students at Harlow College performed their self-choreographed Reloaded Dance Show to an audience in the Glass Box Theatre to mark the end of term. The Level 3 students will be assessed on this event, which had the theme of a variety…

By Siobhan Wood Photo courtesy of Harlow College. HARLOW College hosted its first Travel and Tourism National Skills Competition in collaboration with City College Norwich and with independent judges from Stansted Airport. A team of students from each College were marked on their practical first…

By Siobhan Wood Photo courtesy of Harlow College. FOOTBALL and netball clubs are available for the first time to female Harlow College students, along with other physical activities for both sexes set up by the new Sports Enrichment Officer. Jack Taylor, 21, of Bishop’s Stortford,…

BUSINESS students at Harlow College were treated last week to a series of motivational talks by WorKingOptions, an inspirational group who aim to help school, sixth form and college students to realise their potential in the world of business. The WorKingOptions programme provides: • Motivation…

HARLOW MP, Robert Halfon, visited the Sir Charles Kao University Technical College (UTC) last week after it opened its doors on the Harlow College site last month. The MP spent the morning at the College, sharing an assembly with the UTC’s students, taking part in…

IT SAYS as lot about the teaching at Harlow College, that the student we interviewed for this piece, Fraser Smith, immediately paid tribute to the teachers who helped him achieve his excellent grades. Students and staff were delighted as they celebrated another excellent set of…

A YOUNG student from Harlow has been selected to attend the One Young World Summit, joining 1250 delegates from 196 countries expected to descend on Dublin in October 2014. Nishall Garala, a Level 3 Business Studies Student from Harlow College followed a rigorous selection process…

ON Thursday 3rd July Harlow College held a Student Celebration Awards, with former student and Britain’s Got Talent semi-finalist Micky Demoulin as celebrity special guest. The event was held to celebrate the achievements and talents of the college’s successful students. It was a wonderful evening…

LOCAL student Sophie Stacey from Harlow College has won Media BTEC Student of the Year at the National BTEC Awards. The ceremony was held in recognition of the nearly one million students around the country who are studying BTEC qualifications this year. Pearson, who own…