College Life

Celebrating Black History Month 2024

Students had the incredible opportunity to attend assemblies last week, to celebrate Black History Month, with this year’s theme focusing on ‘Reclaiming Narratives.’

Our Year 1 and 0 students listened to two assemblies from Councillor Chantelle Lunt, an educator and entrepreneur, as well as…

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Futures Day 2024

The College’s annual Futures Day is a standout event in the academic calendar for all first year students. It's just one of the many exciting opportunities available through our award-winning Careers Guidance Programme.

This year's Futures Day was bigger than ever, with over 60 organisations,…

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Creative media insights at SAE for IT students creating computer games

IT teacher Paul Moore talks through the students’ fascinating trip to the SAE Institute in Liverpool:

BTEC IT Diploma students visited the SAE Institute campus in Liverpool for a gaming workshop and tour of the facilities. SAE is a leading creative media educator, and our students are currently…

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The Media and Film Department Photography Competition - ‘Your Happy Place’

The judges have been though all the entries for the competition and the best three have been decided upon. In reverse order:

3rd place: Caitlin Andrews - Meols Beach

My happy place is Meols Beach, Wirral. I come here quite often to see the sunset, dog walkers and families having a day…

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Walking on custard? College gets a comedian’s take on suffering from mental health problems

Students and staff at the College were treated to an amusing yet poignant talk from Wirral-based comedian, author and speaker Neil Hughes on the subject of mental health. And custard.

Neil performs talks as part of what he calls a ‘humorous mental health outreach’, speaking about his…

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Creative writer Rebecca has work published

A first year English student at Birkenhead Sixth Form College has had some of her poetry published as part of a collection of the best submissions for a national competition.

Rebecca Riley’s writing was chosen above thousands of other entries into the Young Writers’ Poetry Escape competition,…

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Photos from the Spanish trip to Zaragoza

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Madison to ‘Brave the Shave’ for Macmillan nurses

“I understand that the name of it is ‘Brave the Shave’ but then me voluntarily shaving my head isn’t brave. The people who are brave are the nurses who are treating people with cancer, the families and friends of the people with cancer, and the people who actually have cancer – they don’t have a…

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Young life scientists exhibit their research at Liverpool University

Three students celebrated the completion of a year-long collaboration with University of Liverpool PhD students this week.  As part of the Merseyside Young Life Scientists initiative, they have researched topics of their choice and produced detailed academic posters, which they displayed at a…

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First students graduate from innovative Health & Social Care programme

by the Health & Social Care Department

Three years ago, the Health & Social Care Department piloted an ambitious programme to replace the Level 2 qualification on offer. We developed the Health & Social Care Step Programme, to enable learners who would have studied at Level 2 the opportunity to…

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Foundation students’ promotion brings mental and physical health to the fore

Health for both body and mind has never been a higher priority, and Birkenhead Sixth Form College’s Foundation to Health & Veterinary Studies (Year 0) for ages 19+ students have been working on campaigns to raise awareness in their teenage A Level student counterparts.

Helping our students stay…

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European Youth Parliament

A team from the College was at Liverpool Town Hall this week to compete in the European Youth Parliament. They debated a wide range of issues, from tax avoidance, Brexit, the protection of the LGBTQ+ community in Chechnya and the Catalonia question. Harry Gorman, Daniel Gorman, Ali Dodds, Caleb…

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