Adult Education will be starting several courses in January, some of them being brand new to Itchen Sixth Form College.

Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector (PTLLS)

Level 1 Award in an Introduction to Early Years Settings at Harefield Community preschool (Fully funded course for anyone living in Harefield)

Level 2 AAT (Association of Accounting Technicians)

New courses: Yoga, Dressmaking, Alexander Technique  

For further information, please contact us on 023 8044 6156 or acet@itchen.ac.uk . To view the 2015 prospectus please download your copy now or call to request a copy in the post.

Itchen’s Sport & PE department is celebrating its most successful year ever in regional sporting events. No less than three Academy of Sport teams have won prestigious South East regional tournaments, and will now progress to the national finals weekend to be held at Bath University in late March. Nearly fifty students from the college’s Academy of Sport will travel to Bath to represent the South East region in the sports of basketball, football, cross-country, badminton and golf.

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There were celebrations in the A2 and AS Maths classes as 33 of the students came top of the class, nationally, in the UK Senior Maths Challenge.

The annual maths challenge is run by the UK Mathematics Trust (UKMT), a charity aimed at advancing maths education amongst young people, with its Senior Challenge aimed at 16-19 year olds. The Senior Challenge involves answering 25 multiple choice questions in 90 minutes and is sat under normal exam conditions.

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Itchen's radio team have recently paid a visit to the BBC!

The BBC Broadcasting House in central London, home to one of the world's largest newsrooms and the countries biggest radio stations, was the focus for those studying Journalism here at the College.

Students were given a tour of the main news centre, which operates around the clock, and they also got to try out their acting skills by recording a radio drama (a horror/unintentional comedy). There was also a quick stop at The One Show studio!

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