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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.

Meeting HRH the Queen in Buckingham Palace

Posted by Dick Palmer on February 19th, 2010

What a fantastic 24 hours! 5 students and 5 of us staff (including the Chairman of Governors) have just spent the morning at Buckingham Palace with HRH Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip and Princess Anne, receiving a Queens Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education. It was a full "honours" ceremony and a wonderfully relaxed and dignified affair. Our students, all of whom have Aspergers, were extremely excited to meet the Royal Family and they behaved impecably, showing exactly the right sort of decorum befitting the role as ambassadors for Further Education.

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Another successful OFSTED

Posted by Dick Palmer on February 12th, 2010

We have had another successful OFSTED with Science and Maths regraded and significant progress made in two out of three areas. My thanks to the students and staff who made the visit so constrcutive.

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A busy period

Posted by Dick Palmer on February 9th, 2010

It has been a very busy period since the start of the new term and the wintry conditions have even affected my capacity to keep up to date with this blog! OFSTED are back in again today and tomorrow looking at our Science and Maths provision. Two female students have won their places in the British Colleges National Hockey Team. We've got two key new members of staff in Lesley Shepperson (Head of CPD) and Ruth Luckett (Policy Advisor to me, the Principal).

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Enrichment Blog

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It's BIG!

Posted by Enrichment on March 8th, 2010

So have you done it yet?

Don’t frown and look blankly at me. You know exactly what I mean! Oh yes you do. No, you can’t simply shake your head and walk off, I haven’t finished yet.

Have you done the BIG COLLEGE HEALTH CHECK?

Yes? Marvellous stuff.

No? Oooooh… Very naughty.

What am I barking on about this time? Get to the back of the class - shoo!

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Singing the Greens

Posted by Enrichment on February 8th, 2010

Monday Monday Monday! It’s another week at City College Norwich and everywhere you look, everything and everyone is green. Even this writing. Funky, eh?

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Welcome to 2010!

Posted by Enrichment on January 8th, 2010

Aah, isn't it nice to be back? Come on, be honest and admit it!

Yup, Christmas is over for another year and we're all settling down for 2010 which should be an enjoyable year, full of fun, adventure and really wild things - particularly where Enrichment is concerned.

Oh yes, your chums in the Enrichment and Events Team are currently beavering away on several exciting and interesting projects and activities. Let's find out what's on this term at City College...

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Advisors Blogs

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Advice Shop annual survey

Posted by Helen Richardso... on February 28th, 2010

Hi there
Have you visited the Advice Shop recently? If so we want to hear from you! Throughout March we are asking all visitors to complete a quick survey and tell us what they think of our service. We are always looking for ways to improve our service and your feedback will really help us to make any changes that are necessary.
Please help us by completing a survey next time you pop in.

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Hello from the Advisers

Posted by Helen Richardso... on January 13th, 2010

Hi there. We have Advisers to help you choose the course that’s right for you. We can talk to you about our courses in detail and we can tell you what kind of job you could get in the future. We can also help you with finance advice and careers. All you need to do is pop in to the Advice Shop to see us at a drop-in session or you can make an appointment. Come and see us if there is anything you want to chat about. We are here to support you.

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Student Blogs

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EMA is safe for the short term.....

Posted by Shane Mann on February 12th, 2010

Schools Minister Iain Wright relieved the fears of many this week by confirming that the Education Maintenance Allowance would be continued after the school leaving age is raised to 18. MPs are meeting in Westminster this week to discuss the future for EMA payments. It is four years since the scheme was first introduced; during which time it has not been without controversy or criticism.

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HE Funding Cuts

Posted by Shane Mann on February 9th, 2010

The government has made much of the need to aim higher, introducing a target of 50pc of people going into higher education. The justification has always been that Britain needs better educated employees with higher skill levels, in order to trade blows with our rival nations on an increasingly competitive world stage.
 

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Another year another....

Posted by Shane Mann on October 19th, 2009

The start of the last academic year was not pleasant for most due to the EMA debacle. Millions of students up and down the country were affected along with their families as a result of incompetence by the administering organisation Liberata. This was not a pleasant time it eventually lead to some students having to quit courses as they could not afford to come. This was fortunately not the case at City College; although our students were affected, luckily the College went the extra mile by loaning students the money they were not receiving.

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Become a Microsoft Office Ribbon Hero!

Posted by packroyd on March 9th, 2010

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Sticking with PowerPoint

Posted by packroyd on March 8th, 2010

Continuing the theme of PowerPoint, I came across another exemplar show with drag and drop capability, which is possibly more flexible for working with images or text. The downside is that the way it works is slightly different to the standard technique, in that you have to click and let go to pick up the object to move, but I think that's a small price to pay.

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Drag and drop in PowerPoint

Posted by packroyd on March 1st, 2010

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