News & Press Releases Archive
News 2008
News and press releases from LMC, including details of key sports results.
Marketing Award winners
LMC’s Marketing Team is the proud winner of 2nd place in the National FE Marketing Awards Newsletters category.
The newsletters, published last year, were praised by the judges who said ‘The covers were eye-catching and I was interested in the idea of targeting specific groups rather than using the usual broad brush approach. The supporting report was very clear and easy to read and navigate. Quirky headings were used to great effect. Strategies and aims were clearly listed and plans for future improvements mentioned.’
The award was presented by Chris Hughes, Chairman of the Learning and Skills Network, and accepted on behalf of the team by Colleen MacDonald, Deputy Marketing Manager (photo).
Matrix Excellence Award winners!
The Information, Advice and Guidance team at HM YOI Lancaster Farms was announced as a 2008 matrix Excellence Award winner at the Institute of Directors on 27th November 2008. More Details
Komi Republic
A group of Sport students with tutor Barry Robson have undertaken the mammoth journey to Syktyukar in the Komi Republic, Russia. This Leonardo project has been developed after 4 years of successful Sport Camps where Sport students have worked with children from the Komi Republic in Bulgaria. This is the first time our students have been invited to the Komi Republic where they will work with staff and students at Gymanisia school in the town of Yezhva.
War Memorial Restored
A site of significant historical importance has been fully restored thanks to the Lancaster Military Heritage Group, The War Memorials Trust, Lancashire County Councillor Albert Thornton, Lancaster City Council and our own Estates Team! More Details
Breast Cancer Campaign
In early November, staff and students went pink on Sparkle Day in aid of Breast Cancer Campaign. Dee and Shirley on Reception would like to thank students and staff for all the wonderful support and contributions that helped make Sparkle Day such a success. The final total raised by Reception was £234.06. More Details
Treetops on Top
Staff at Treetops nursery are eagerly embracing the challenges laid down by the newly introduced Early Years Foundation Stage implemented in the curriculum in September 2008. Currently, all staff are updating their knowledge by attending workshops provided by Lancashire County Council Early Years Consultants to enhance their skills to comply with new legislation.
The nursery has sessions available for pre-school children and any enquiries can be made on ext. 233 or by e-mail m.tinsley@lmc.ac.uk
Opportunity of a Lifetime for Animal Management Students
Showering elephants, entertaining lemurs and feeding hippos may sound like a strange way to spend your summer holidays, but for Animal Management students from Lancaster and Morecambe College, this was their dream break. More Details
LMC Raises the Standard in Offender Learning
Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG) teams at six prisons across Lancashire are celebrating the achievement of Matrix accreditation. The prison departments, where Lancaster and Morecambe College is the lead provider for offender learning and skills, all earned the Standard by passing comprehensive Matrix assessments with glowing reports. More Details
Ofsted Report Published
Following a recent inspection, Ofsted have published their report for Lancaster and Morecambe College. View the Report
Nursery Children Dress the Part to Raise Money
Children from Treetops Nursery at Lancaster and Morecambe College have been helping staff raise money on Jeans for Genes Day. The children all donned denim and donated to the charity. Staff also got in on the act, paying £2 to wear their jeans to work and running a Jeans for Genes stall. More Details
International Day of Disabled People
Lancaster and Morecambe College is proud to sponsor the International Day of Disabled People this year on December 3rd. More Details
Children’s October Half Term Activities
Monday 27 - Friday 31 October 2008, 7-14 years of age only, £4.00 per session, £8.00 per day. More Details
LMC Festival
Greg James, Radio 1 DJ, entertained the crowds at the LMC Festival on Friday 26th September. Over 1,000 students and staff enjoyed a range of entertainment at the biggest event of the year. More Details
Charity Dinner
A charity dinner was hosted by LMC Business at Lancaster and Morecambe College to raise money for The Lancaster and Morecambe Multiple Sclerosis Society. Generous contributions from local businesses resulted in £200 being raised for the charity. More Details
Summer Activity Success
The Sports Centre once again hosted its popular children’s activity programme during the summer holidays. Children aged 7-14 years were able to take part in various sporting activities over the six week period. More Details
Cancer Research benefit from E2E Summer project
A summer cake stall helped Entry to Employment students raise £66.77 for Cancer Research. Representatives from the charity visited college to meet the students and receive their cheque.
Students Celebrate Their Graduation
Students completing their PGCE teaching qualification at LMC celebrated their success in style at the UCLan Summer Graduation Ceremony. More Details
E2E: Safe and Sound
Entry to Employment students took part in a ‘Wasted Lives’ workshop with the Lancashire Partnership for Road Safety. More Details
Freshers’ Fair
On Tuesday and Wednesday of induction week, new and returning students were welcomed to the Freshers’ Fair. A wealth of local companies attended the event, all offering deals, discounts and give-aways. Local services were also on hand, including the Easy Tiger campaign team, Velo-city, Pedal Power, as well as our own Students’ Union, Counselling and Help Teams. More Details
Students to Pilot ENERCITIES Virtual Environment
Lancaster and Morecambe College students will have the opportunity to take over the world in a new European project, ENERCITIES. Using a virtual world platform such as those demonstrated by popular games SimCity and Travian, ENERCITIES will focus on the environmental impact of developments. More Details
5-a-side Football League
The LMC five-a-side football league starts Sunday 5th October. Contact the Sports Centre for further details on 01524 521411.
Access Results August 2008
Mature Students Gain ‘Access’ to University Thanks to Second Chance Course. Students completing Access courses at Lancaster & Morecambe College celebrated on Monday 04/08/08 as they collected the results that will allow them to go on to university! More Details
ESF Project Success
Lancaster & Morecambe College and key partners recently celebrated the success of an ESF project helping offenders to progress to employment or training after their sentence with the ultimate aim of decreasing the number of offenders that re-offend on release. More Details
Football Academy Students Signed to Morecambe FC
Matty Bell and Aaron Taylor, students of the Football Academy at LMC have been signed to Morecambe FC. The talented pair, Matty who plays in defence and Aaron, a striker, will join the squad for pre-season training in July. More Details
Changing Lives Launched
Lancaster & Morecambe College has created the Changing Lives information site for local residents and for organisations working with workless people. This information centre is to help you to find employment support, an education and training opportunity to further your prospects or a volunteering opportunity to give you a new experience, meet new people and gain skills. We hope it will be of assistance! Changing Lives website
Art & Design End of Year Show
The School of Art and Design’s annual exhibition took place on Thursday 19 June, featuring student’s work created over a period of either one or two years. A good turn-out assembled to appreciate the hard work of both students and tutors over a glass of wine or two. More Details
Tutti Frutti Festival
Students from Lancaster and Morecambe College took part in an art competition and their designs will be up for sale at the Tutti Frutti 1950s Seaside Festival, taking place on Friday 25th and Saturday 26th July. More Details
Adult Learners Week Winners
The partnership of Lancashire Probation Service, CxL, Jobcentre Plus, Myerscough College, Lancashire College and Blackpool and the Fylde College led by the lead provider for offender learning in Lancashire, Lancaster and Morecambe College, was successful in the national Adult Learners Week awards. More Details
Steve Davis Supports Snooker Tournament
E2E (Entry to Employment) students at Lancaster and Morecambe College recently supported the Paul Hunter Foundation at a snooker and pool tournament. The tournament, held at Riley’s in Preston, involved over 120 young people and Keiron Parnell , from LMC, made it through to the final. More Details
Men’s Health Event
Myths about men’s health were confronted at the college’s Men’s Health Day, on Thursday 12 June 2008. The event was organised by the Health and Safety Team to target men’s awareness of health and understanding of health related issues. More Details
Czech IT Out
Three final year IT Practitioner Students are currently in the Czech Republic for three weeks, gaining valuable commercial work experience. The students are working for some of the top companies in the town of Jablonec on placements secured with Leonardo da Vinci funding for EU projects. More Details
Wildlife Day - Tuesday 3rd June
Pupils at St Patrick’s Roman Catholic Primary School, Heysham, will be able to enjoy their Memorial Garden once again, thanks to the hard work of volunteers from the Public Service National Diploma. More Details
Public Service Students Renovate Primary School Garden
Pupils at St Patrick’s Roman Catholic Primary School, Heysham, will be able to enjoy their Memorial Garden once again, thanks to the hard work of volunteers from the Public Service National Diploma. More Details
Local Salons Benefit from LMC Beauty Apprentice Scheme
Salon owners and managers from across Lancashire and South Cumbria visited the College this month for an update on the new Beauty Therapy Apprenticeships available through LMC. More Details
Fancy Dress Fund Raiser
Hairdressing students presented a cheque for £350.95 to Carolyn Curphey from the British Heart Foundation. The money was raised through sponsorship for fancy dress and collecting old mobile phones.
Blood Wedding - Performing Arts Show
During May, the Performing Arts Group staged their adaptation of Blood Wedding in the Hexagon Theatre. More Details
Making Spaces for Change
In April 2008, four members of OLASS staff visited Vienna as part of the ‘Making Spaces for Change’ Grundtvig-funded project; Carmel Flaherty and James Bolsover based at HMP Lancaster Castle and Dianne Chadwick and Mark Thornber based at HMYOI Farms. More Details
Slovenian Visitors Gain Valuable Work Experience at LMC
Nine students from Nova Gorica, Slovenia, have been undertaking work experience at the College this month, spending three weeks learning about vocational training and working in their chosen subject area on campus. More Details
Sustainability Conference
Following the College’s Green Gown Award as winner of 2007/8 Colleges and Smaller Institutions category for sustainable practice, we are offering a half day conference on Friday 27 June at Lancaster & Morecambe College. More Details
NHS Cadetship scheme
Hospitals and Primary Care Trusts across Lancaster and Morecambe are to open their doors to the health and social care professionals of the future with a unique collaboration between Lancashire Social Services and Lancaster & Morecambe College. More Details
Access Taster Sessions
Find out what it’s like to return to study the Access Diploma after taking time out of education to work or raise a family. Take part in REAL classes with REAL students and find out what it’s REALLY like! More Details
Green Gown Award
Lancaster & Morecambe College is the proud recipient of a ‘Green Gown’ award. These national awards are presented to universities and colleges for innovative actions relating to environmental and social responsibility. More Details
Don’t Let It Be You
Don’t let it be you. That was the stark message that Lancashire Partnership for Road Safety delivered to 400 of our students with a true-to-life simulation of a car crash. More Details
Revival Hair Show
A 300 strong audience were wowed by Lancaster and Morecambe College’s Level 3 Hairdressing students when they presented their Revival Hair Show at The Platform in Morecambe. The crowd were also treated to a demonstration by the Schwarzkopf Young Artistic Team. More Details
Access Bursary
An Access student from LMC has been awarded £200 for his outstanding work. Neil Peacock, who completed his Access course last year, was nominated by his tutors for this outstanding achievement award, and was overwhelmed with his success. More Details
Access Certificates
Access students who have successfully completed a variety of Level 2 qualifications were awarded their certificates by Anne Purvis during a celebration lunch on Wednesday 2 April in the Roeburn Suite. More Details
National Finals Success
Students representing Lancaster and Morecambe College and the North-West Region returned from the British Colleges’ National Finals at Loughborough with medals to show for their efforts. More Details
Tourism Students’ Success
We may be experiencing wet and windy weather here in Lancaster, but the future is looking bright (and decidedly warmer) for students completing their Preparation for Working Overseas course. More Details
Taxi Driving Course
Local Taxi Drivers have become Ambassadors for Tourism after completing the ‘Transporting Passengers by Taxi and Private Hire’ course here at LMC. More Details
Great Wood Banner
This banner (right) was presented to Lancaster and Morecambe College by the children of Great Wood Primary School as a thankyou for the recent European Week.
European Week
Pupils from local Primary Schools have been learning more about European Countries and their customs, food and people at European Week 2008. This annual event is a highlight in the local primary school calendar and allows youngsters to take part in a number of European themed activities. More Details
New EU Learning Contracts
Lancaster and Morecambe College has been awarded not one, but FIVE new contracts with the EU’s Lifelong Learning Programme. The projects, awarded by ECOTEC, will enable 11 students to undertake work experience and four staff to undertake professional development in other EU countries. More Details
LMC PGCE Graduates
Congratulations go to four of last year’s LMC PGCE graduates whose final research projects were amongst the best papers to be selected for publication in the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) journal. More Details
Fairtrade Fortnight
Fairtrade Fortnight, the annual promotional campaign that encourages people to buy products carrying the FAIRTRADE Mark, took place from 25th February-7th March. More Details
Sputnik Lands at LMC
To celebrate World Book Day on March 6th, Antonella Caputo – the writing half of Team Sputnik – came to the Learning Centre to talk about graphic novels. More Details
Healthy Living Week
Students and staff of Lancaster and Morecambe College took part in health-related activities from 17-21 March, but there was no sign of the usual keep fit classes or diet weigh-ins. More Details
Music Students’ Performance
On Tuesday 25th March, by Caffeine Rush, the College’s music performance students played their first outdoor concert over the lunchtime period. They formed themselves into four different groups of band members and played for about an hour to assembled staff and fellow students. More Details
Art and Design Fashion Show
As is usual in February, the School of Art and Design staged its annual Fashion Show. The show was attended by students, staff, friends, relatives, representatives from local schools and prospective students. The earlier editions of the show were solely performed by Art students, but added performances by the Performing Arts students have become the norm over the last few years. This year’s show also featured students from the new Music Performance course. More Details
HMYOI Lancaster Farms Open Day
HMYOI Lancaster Farms hosted an open day at the end of January to showcase the vocational talent that our young people possess. Our learners are aged between 15 and 21 years and are required to take part in 15-30 hours of positive activities every week. More Details
Student Volunteers Create Wildflower Meadow
As part of Student Volunteer Week, students and staff have sown a mixture of wildflower seed on the patch of ground at the Torrisholme Road entrance to college. This will provide us with a colourful display of flowers during the summer months, including corn poppy, corn marigold, corncockle, corn chamomile and cornflower, all once common in our cornfields but now rare due to the use of modern herbicides. More Details
Serbian Partnership With LMC
Lancaster and Morecambe College has been approved by the British Council to work directly with the Serbian College of Hospitality in Belgrade to assist them in developing their curriculum, quality assurance procedures and the professional development of their teachers. More Details
IAG at HMYOI Lancaster Farms
In July 2007, the Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG) Team at HMYOI Lancaster Farms set up a Prison IAG Network meeting. The purpose of the meeting was to share good practice, and strengthen links and communication between juvenile and young-offender establishments. More Details
Chinese New Year Comes to Lancaster and Morecambe College
On Sunday 27th January this year, the college played host to the local community’s Chinese New Year celebrations. The day started with an official lunch served at the bistro restaurant, followed by a range of exciting entertainment. More Details
Revival Hair Show
Hairdressing show by level 3 students featuring the Schwarzkopf young artistic team. Monday 31st March 2008 at The Platform, Morecambe. More Details
Online Video Launched
A series of short videos to show you what the college can offer in terms of environment and learning, and to give you an insight into the wide-ranging facilities and opportunities available at the college. More Details
Developing Business in the 21st Century
Thursday 21st February 2008, hosted at Lancaster & Morecambe College
A one day seminar for businesses & organisations. Business Leaders,Managers and training professionals are invited to attend a dynamic and fascinating seminar that will excite, inform and inspire you and your organisation.
Scary vs Sultry
The undead, vampire brides and even a fallen angel took centre stage in the Annual Student Make-up Competition just before Christmas. Students competing in the Fantasy category worked to create the best Halloween-themed theatrical and media make-up, with those placed first and second earning the right to represent the college at the National Student Make-up Competition in London this March. More Details
Engineering and Construction Awards Night
The School of Art and Design, Engineering and Construction held its annual awards’ night on Thursday 6th December. A good turnout of relatives, friends and tutors arrived in the College’s Hexagon Theatre to celebrate the achievements of the winners of the various sections. More Details
