A Barnfield bricklaying student has taken place in a ground-breaking new competition to find the best student bricklayers in the country. Level 1 Brickwork student Tangina “Tango” Choudhury of Barnfield College took third place in the inaugural Bricklaying Forterra Females (BFF) contest – the UK’s first all-female bricklaying competition open to female apprentices and student
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Barnfield College students and staff created a dramatic centre-piece to celebrations marking 80 years of health care at Luton and Dunstable University Hospital, which opened its doors in 1939 and has been serving the community ever since. The brief for the students was to bake and decorate a giant cake to accompany a service of
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Take your first step towards a career in Accounting or Bookkeeping with our Level 1 College Certificate courses starting at Barnfield. Enrolments are now open for our Level 1 College Certificate in Bookkeeping and Level 1 College Certificate in Computerised Accounting – two key courses which are perfect stepping stones to study AAT at Barnfield
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The Motor Vehicle workshops at Barnfield College had a healthy industry buzz last week, as a host of suppliers and guests headed to the college’s Enterprise Way Campus for the team’s first ‘Meet the Industry’ event. Bringing together a network of top industry suppliers from the repair sector and wider motor vehicle industry, the event
read moreA review of campus development opportunities is scheduled to commence following the college merger between Barnfield and West Herts. We will keep you up to date as our planning progresses. In the meantime, all courses and services will continue as usual at New Bedford Road and Enterprise Way.
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Barnfield College has marked its fiftieth year as Luton’s local college by looking to the future, following the completion on Friday 1 February of its merger with West Herts College. The college will continue to serve the Luton community and will be expanding the opportunities it offers local people and employers. New courses are in
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Barnfield College is thrilled to announce it has been recognised as a Beacon Award Commended College, for the work of its Skills for Life department in supporting students with additional needs. Barnfield is one of only 16 colleges recognised in this category in the Association of Colleges 2018/19 Beacon Awards which recognise the best and
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Barnfield College is thrilled to announce one of its longstanding members of staff is one of a select cohort of education professionals to be awarded Advanced Teacher Status (ATS) from the Education and Training Foundation (ETF) Centre Leader for Barnfield’s Cert Ed/PGCE programme Elaine Battams has been teaching in the post-compulsory sector for over 20
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Are you aged 19+ and ready to study your Maths and English GCSEs? Make the new year your chance for a fresh start and register your interest in studying part-time with us at Barnfield. We’ll be hosting GCSE Maths and English and also Functional Skills Maths and English at our New Bedford Road Campus –
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Join us for a night of indulgent pre-festive pampering as Luton-based accountancy firm Foxley Kingham partner with Barnfield College for an exclusive evening of treatments and delicious food, all in aid of the company’s 50th Anniversary Foundation supporting a wealth of local charities. Spruce up for your Christmas party and get glam this December by
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The next generation of young chefs came together to put their skills to the test as Barnfield College once again was the hosting venue for the first round of the Luton Chiltern Rotary Club Young Chef competition. The college kitchens at New Bedford Road Campus welcomed 12 pupils from local schools in the area to take
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Readers of an industry motor industry magazine will get a fantastic insight into the great work going on in our Body and Paint workshops, thanks to a feature in the latest issue of BodyShop Magazine. The November issue features a two page spread from when the team came to visit the workshops in October to
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Students –please note that there will be a Teacher Training Day on the first Monday after half term, (Monday 29th October) where you will not be required to attend college. This is to give our staff the opportunity to be released from timetable to complete important training. Although you will not be required to be
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A Barnfield College tutor is set to head to a glittering award ceremony this week, after being nominated for a Three Counties People Awards by her very own students. Community Learning co-ordinator and ESOL tutor Elena Keys is nominated in the award’s Diversity and Equality category, which celebrates the outstanding impact people in Beds, Herts
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Results day is Thursday 23rd August 2018 GCSE results will be available for collection 9am-4pm on Thursday 23rd August, from the Refectory at the New Bedford Road Campus. (Results will not be given out over the phone or by email, they must be collected). Please remember to bring your ID with you. If a student
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Barnfield College is pleased to announce that Martin Sim has been appointed as the Interim Principal and CEO from 25 April 2018. Martin was the former Principal and CEO of Salford City College and latterly the Interim Principal of Gateway College, Leicester. He brings a wealth of senior-level experience and FE sector knowledge.
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Barnfield College is proudly celebrating the remarkable achievement of one of its Heads of Department. Nominated for NAMSS‘ ‘Inspirational Leader of the Year’ award as part of the Annual Student Services Awards for 2017/2018, Barnfield College’s Head of Tutoring, Student Engagement & Student Services, Beth Taylor, received the noteworthy endorsement of joint first place.
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Barnfield College’s Motor Vehicle Department has recently been fortunate enough to receive an impressive gift from Luton Borough Council. The kind donation came in the larger-than-life form of a fully functioning, automatic DAF Truck, worth approximately £20,000.
read moreWe’ve reviewed both our sites and can confirm the College will be open today, but will close early at 2:45pm to give everyone time to travel home safely.
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Applications are now open for anyone looking to join us for full time study next September – and that includes a number of brand new courses here at Barnfield! We are pleased to announce that we are now taking applications for a range of new subjects, which have been inspired by the needs of local
read moreBarnfield College recently announced it has become the first educational establishment in Bedfordshire to become a Hate Crime Reporting Centre. This exciting announcement has been reported on ITV News Anglia’s 6 o clock broadcast, on 4 January 2018. You can watch the report online at itv.com.
read moreBarnfield College has become the first educational establishment in Bedfordshire to become a Hate Crime Reporting Centre.
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Barnfield College is proud to confirm that it has become a Disability Confident Employer.
read moreGetting spotted on the runway is every designer’s dream, but Fashion Show LIVE Academy’s #FSLCATWALK17 made exactly that happen for one of our lucky former students.
read moreStudents at Barnfield College celebrated a marked increase in pass rates, achieving 98% for English and 95% for maths, whilst national results plummeted.
read moreBarnfield College congratulates all students across the country who have achieved their A Level and BTEC results. The College’s own vocational equivalent A Level courses have seen record results this year with more student successfully gaining university or employment options.
read moreBarnfield College launched their Bullying Intervention Group (Barnfield B.I.G) in September 2016 and has now received an award from the National Bullying Intervention Group for excellence in challenging bullying.
read moreA brand-new, centrally located Further Education College for Luton has moved a step closer after land for the development was secured.
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Recently launched, the fully revamped www.barnfield.ac.uk is a leap forward for Barnfield College, in its journey to reclaiming excellence. Part of phase one, the redesign places the user experience at the heart of it, to ensure relevant information is easily accessible from any device or desktop.
read moreFollowing very regrettable comments made by the Chair of Central Bedfordshire College on broadcast media and the misleading position portrayed by Central Bedfordshire College, the Board of Barnfield College resolved on 7 April 2017 to withdraw from the jointly commissioned feasibility study, as proposed by the Area Review Steering Group.
read moreBarnfield College is celebrating after achieving the Investors in Diversity Standard at Stage 2. The prestigious award is about creating conditions for promoting greater engagement, communication and discussion with the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI).
read moreBarnfield College was delighted to host its annual Higher Education Graduation Ceremony. Held at the New Bedford Road campus, more than 50 students formally graduated in front of family, friends and staff of the College. Access to Higher Education students were also honored as part of the evening.
read moreUnder SafeGuard’s initiative to support and educate the general public on safety and protecting the lives of law enforcement and military operatives, the company has recently made another donation to Barnfield College.
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Barnfield College is celebrating after winning the award in the ‘Training and Development’ category at the FSB Bedfordshire Business Awards 2016. The Training and Development Award recognises the vast improvements made within the Colleges’ Apprenticeships Services in the last year, having now achieved above sector average for successfully completed apprenticeship programmes.
read moreStudents at Barnfield College kept a steady pace, achieving pass rates on a par to 2015. The pass rate for 2015/16 sits at 77.3% for English Languages and 72.4% for maths. The College saw a greater number of enrolments this year, with twice as many students enrolled for English Language and almost triple, for maths.
read moreBarnfield College congratulates all students across the country who have achieved their A Level and BTEC results. Students at the College are celebrating some of their best BTEC achievements this year. One hundred percent pass rates were achieved across courses in art and design, fashion, business, carpentry, plumbing, electrical installation, engineering, music and sport.
read moreMotor Vehicle students at Barnfield College were delighted with the donation of a vehicle and two engines from Luton Vauxhall Motors, Luton.
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