East Riding College is the first college in the North to be recognised as a gold-level employer by the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.
This award recognises employers that go the extra mile to support their employees who are ex-forces or part of the wider military family such as spouses or cadets.
East Riding College held a groundbreaking event on 19 October at its Flemingate campus in Beverley as part of its celebration of Colleges Week 2020.
The symbolic groundbreaking ceremony marks the start of work on the construction of a new Institute of Technology at the College’s Beverley campus. It is part of the Yorkshire and Humber Institute of Technology, one of only 12 such institutes across the country.
The boss of an award-winning business is using webinar experiences sharpened under lockdown to help students at her old school prepare for the world of work.
Girls at Beverley High School are learning from the career of Helen Gibson, Managing Director of Agencia Consulting, as part of a move to help students plan their futures and to assist the school itself with developing its careers strategy.
As the new academic year begins and the government’s new ‘gold standard’ T Level qualifications start to be delivered for the first time across the country.
East Riding College has announced that they have been invited to deliver the flagship qualifications in the next phase of T Levels in 2022.
East Riding’s first further education college for young people with learning disabilities will open in Beverley in September, despite the challenges faced during the COVID-19 pandemic.
East Riding College Principal Mike Welsh has issued a statement to reassure students, parents and staff about how the College intends to reopen to all students in September.
Thousands of students in the East Riding are receiving their GCSE results.
Exams could not take place this year because of the Covid-19 pandemic so students have been awarded teacher-assessed grades.
East Riding College merged with the TEC Partnership on 31 July. The TEC Partnership is a dynamic and innovative group of colleges and training providers and is already one of England’s largest and most successful providers of further and higher education.
As part of the TEC Partnership, the College will retain its influence, identity and ability to deliver its mission within the dynamic of the wider partnership.
East Riding College said farewell to its long-serving Chair of the Corporation at the end of July.
Local businessman Simon Wright joined the board of governors at the college fifteen years ago when the Beverley campus was based at the old Gallows Lane site and before the current Bridlington campus was built.
Graham Stuart, MP has commended the work of staff and students at East Riding College (ERC) throughout the coronavirus pandemic following a virtual meeting with the college’s Principal, Mike Welsh.
Hundreds of children in the East Riding took part in a national sing-along, led by stars including Jessie J, Nicola Roberts from Girls Aloud and McFly’s Danny Jones.
Two of the East Riding Schools Music Service’s biggest annual events have had to move online this year.
While a number of councils in England say they will not be opening primary schools East Riding of Yorkshire Council will be.
However, schools in East Yorkshire will open a week after the date set by the government on 8 June.
These photos featuring St Mary’s Primary School Class Of 2013 have never been published before on HU17.
Taken seven years ago the pictures of each of the pupils and their teachers were used to produce special yearbooks.
National Offer Day is the day that parents and carers of children due to start infant, junior and primary schools in September 2020 are advised which school their child has been allocated.
Letters and emails confirming places are being sent out today by East Riding of Yorkshire Council.
Top Class Tuition based in Beverley is a private tuition service. Since the closure of schools and the imposed lockdown, they have adapted.
These changes have been made to ensure children as still getting the first-class education they need.
Graham Stuart, MP for Beverley and Holderness, has continued his longstanding support for Education & Employers’ ‘Primary Futures’ programme with a visit to Beverley St Nicholas Primary School.
The campaign, which Graham helped launch in Parliament last year, aims to bring volunteers into schools to talk about their careers in order to inspire pupils and broaden their horizons about the world of work.
St Mary’s Primary School have thanked the local Tesco store and their customers. Their comments come after they were awarded cash by the supermarket.
The school in Beverley was awarded the money as part of the Bags of Help incentive. Following a vote by shoppers at the Morton Lane store, the school were named winners in the 2019 March / April draw.
Cyber savvy girls from Beverley High School are preparing to take on the best teams from the rest of the UK in an attempt to be crowned the nation’s codebreaking champions.
The pupils, aged 12 and 13, saw off challengers from northern England last month to reach the CyberFirst Girls Competition final. They will now take on the nine best teams from the rest of the UK.