INTREPID outdoor sports students from UOD – Buxton are qualified to take the lead after gaining their Basic Expedition Leaders Awards from Sports Leaders UK. A group of 12 second year students from the college’s Buxton campus completed a sixty mile hike of the Sandstone Trail from Frodsham to Whitchurch in March, camping overnight in…
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Sporty students trained to take the lead
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Students lead show of community pride
MORE than 300 schoolchildren from the Buxton area braved this week’s cold weather and rolled up their sleeves to help clean up their local park in a community pride event led by UOD – Buxton students. The Big Railings Clean, which has now become an annual event in Buxton, saw students and primary school pupils…
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Ex-student Katie pedals her way to glory
A FORMER UOD – Buxton student has her sights set on the Paralympics after becoming a national champion in para-cycling. Katie Toft, 23, from Chinley, who was born with Cerebral Palsy, rode to glory in the British National C3 Time Trial in Nottinghamshire this April then followed it up with a win in the National…
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Hair and beauty students showcase skills at Buxton’s Dome
SUNDAY May 8 promises a visual feast for visitors to Buxton’s famous Devonshire Dome when trainee hairdressers and beauty and spa therapists from UOD – Buxton battle it out in their annual show of talent. More than 150 learners of all ages will show off their skills to produce a catwalk show using their own…
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Top award for Buxton Sportability
UOD – Buxton students have bagged a top award for putting the ability into disability sport. Their Sportability Club – part of the Athletic Union of the University of Derby Students’ Union – has more than 40 members drawn from the High Peak and Derbyshire Dales area and was named Club of the Year in…
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Students Join Fashion Revolution at Foxlowe
CATWALK creations inspired by all cultures will be paraded on the catwalk at Foxlowe Arts Centre in Leek when students from UOD – Buxton show off their talent at the Fashion Revolution Show. A group of 23 students from the Extended Diploma in Art and Design are busy creating garments and accessories based on the…
