A STUDENT turned staff member at UOD – Buxton has become a published author after carving a career from his passion for canoeing. Twenty-eight-year-old Adam Robson, from Handforth in Cheshire, began his paddling career as a scout and his love of the great outdoors led him to the BTEC course in Adventure Sport and Outdoor…

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Business students from UOD – Buxton proved just the ticket when staff at Leek’s Thomson travel agents were looking for fresh ideas to promote their latest young and lively `Scene` holidays. With the holidays being aimed at the 18 to 25 age group, the class of second year students studying for their BTEC Extended Diploma…

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A Mum of two from Endon has had her hard work in studying for a degree recognised with a Dean’s Award from the University of Derby. Forty-year-old Julie Davies, who works as an Inclusion Support Assistant at Endon High School, is completing a three-year Foundation Degree in Children’s and Young People’s Services through evening classes…

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WITH more choice than ever before for teenagers looking at their options post 16, UOD – Buxton is offering expert advice to teenagers in the local areas this January. Whether they are looking at a vocational course, apprenticeship or A Levels it is vital that youngsters taking their GCSEs this Summer get the right information…

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WITH the deadline for university applications now only days away, lucky students who live near Leek and Buxton are reminded that they don’t have to leave home to get a degree from a top university. January 15 is the deadline set by the University and Colleges Admissions Services (UCAS) this year. And, thanks to being…

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As leading children’s charity Save the Children campaigns for every nursery in England to have a qualified Early Years teacher by 2010, UOD – Buxton is offering two different pathways to a Foundation Degree to allow practitioners to learn `on the job`. The qualification, on offer at both Buxton and Leek College campuses, is aimed…

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