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Dick Palmer, Principal City College NorwichHi to all, my name's Dick Palmer and I'm the Principal of City College Norwich - one of the very best FE and HE colleges in the country. This Blog is my space to let you know about things going on in the College, in Norwich and in the wider educational community. As always, I welcome your comments so please let me know what you think.

Launch of the StartUp Lounge

Posted by Dick Palmer on February 1st, 2012

I am really looking fowards to the launch of our new, innovative and creative facility at City College Norwich - the StartUp Lounge. This is taking place this coming Friday at mid-day with a range of events and activities associated with enterprise taking place at the same time.

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Open week at City College Norwich

Posted by Dick Palmer on November 1st, 2011

Although we are only into the first week after half term during the Autumn Term, we are already thinking about next year! This week we have three open events.

1) There is our Sixth Form Open Evening this coming Thursday from 6pm to 8pm - for anyone interested in undertaking A levels (both AS and A2) next year. We have a fantastic new prospectus for the Sixth Form Centre, too.

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City College Norwich's Own Live Radio Station - On iPhone, Android or Blackberry

Posted by Dick Palmer on September 21st, 2011

City College Norwich has just launched our very own live radio station - available by a free app,  from itunes store or at www.ccnliveradio.com

Listen in - between 7 and 9 am and 3 and 5 pm - and find out whats happening at YOUR college!

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16-19 Bursary Fund for 2012/13

Posted by a1broome on May 15th, 2012

Applications for the 16-19 Bursary Fund for next academic year are now being taken. Pop into the Advice Shop to pick one up.

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UCAS application fees go up by £1

Posted by b25jones on May 9th, 2012

Yes, you have to pay to apply to unviersity or college. This is because of the massive administrative task that UCAS do to ensure your application is sent, receivied and processed.

The application fee for students applying to start university or college in 2013 is increasing by £1. This takes the cost of applying through UCAS from £22 to £23 for multiple choices; and from £11 to £12 for a single choice.

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UCAS HE Convention in June

Posted by a1broome on May 2nd, 2012

Attention all year 12 / 1st year Level 3 students! UCAS’s HE convention is happening on 13th June at UEA Sportspark this year. This is a fantastic event for all students who are possibly interested in progressing onto HE in 2013. The UCAS higher education convention is an exhibition-style event which brings pre-applicant university and college students together, with universities and colleges within the UCAS scheme and other organisations, to inform and guide them about the choices and options that are available to them.

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Apprenticeship blogs

Royal visit to Startup Lounge

Last week was an exciting one as City College was privileged to get a visit from HRH the Duke of York, Prince Andrew. The week prior to the visit was challenging because it was the first time that I had to help organise such a big event. The team tried its best to ensure that the visit would run smoothly and show just how versatile the Startup Lounge is as space for everyone.

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Startup Lounge Apprentice - settling in

Having been here for two weeks, I’m starting to feel much more settled as a part of the Startup Lounge team. As time goes on, I’m becoming more confident thereby taking on more difficult tasks. One of the great things about the Startup Lounge is having the chance to meet new people so often. It’s such an inspirational place where people have the chance to make their dreams become reality. I feel privileged to be a part of that. On Wednesday I was pleased to see how busy the ‘PURE Games’ debut event was.

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Apprentice - profile of Blake McCulloch

Name: Blake McCulloch

Age: 18 Current Position: Startup Lounge Apprentice

I’ve been thoroughly enjoying working as an apprentice in the Startup Lounge. It’s a privilege to be part of such an inspiring and evolving project. I couldn’t have asked for better colleagues to work with.

Previous schools attended: North Walsham Junior School, Stalham Middle School, Stalham High School

College attended: Paston Sixth Form College

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A Tutor view on @MADEfestival from Ben Bidwell

Posted by Harry Greiner on September 22nd, 2011

It was an early start to the day from St Andrews' House, but everyone showed up on time and relatively upbeat. No disasters on the way there and with our safe arrival at Mecure Hotel in Sheffield, the students started working on the networking skills - meeting a few new faces (some famous) and collecting a great deal of business cards!

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And yet more from @MADEfestival

Posted by Harry Greiner on September 22nd, 2011

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More from@MADEfestival

Posted by Harry Greiner on September 22nd, 2011

Here's some pictures of what's been going on...

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TEDEd, TED X, and flipping videos

Posted by packroyd on May 14th, 2012

Many people have been inspired by the TED talks on the web.

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Music maestro

Posted by packroyd on April 30th, 2012

A recent online discussion regarding the use of popular music, and the complex copyright difficulties this can cause staff and students prompts me to remind readers about places to obtain royalty free music, and a plug for a blog I strongly recommend.  I first wrote about some sources for royalty free and creative commons sourced music  in this blog in 2009, including Kevin Macleod's http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/ .

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Prezify your Powerpoint

Posted by packroyd on April 23rd, 2012

I am just doing a live broadcast Prezi for beginners tutorial in college today, so a post about about how you can now turn your PowerPoint presentations into Prezi presentations is probably timely.  I am less of a fan of Prezi than some people, mainly because for me the quality of a presentation has less to do with software choice and more to do with presentation skills.  If you have a bad PowerPoint show, it will export to a bad Prezi show.  However I also have to say that Prezi does not force you down the linear route that Po

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