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Safer Internet Day: Free digital skills training for adults in Thurrock

TUESDAY 9 February is Safer Internet Day and a great time to sign up for one of the free digital skills, adult training classes available at Thurrock Adult Community College this Spring.

South Essex College: Counselling: Three stories shaping the pandemic

THE pandemic has presented many different challenges across communities, particularly mental health. University Centre South Essex shares three different stories of a graduate,

South Essex College: New Basildon campus virtual open event

SOUTH Essex College is holding a virtual open event for its brand new Centre for Digital Technologies in Basildon town centre.

USP College GCSE English and Maths results top 10% in the country

STUDENTS at USP College are celebrating GCSE results well above the national average after the College achieved a record-breaking outcome from exam resits taken in November.

Lockdown skills: How to trim your own hair – free webinar

IS your hair growing into a lockdown beast? Thurrock Adult Community College is offering a free online Saturday webinar to help you learn the basic skills you need to tidy up hair, until we can all get to our hairdressers again!

South Essex College: Supported internship programme creates future prospects for additional learning students

SUPPORTED internship programme creates future prospects for additional learning students.

Schools not to fully re-open before March 8th

SCHOOLS in England will not be able to fully re-open after the half-term break next month but could begin to return from 8 March, the prime minister has said.

Thurrock Adult and Community Learning changes lives

KEEP learning through lockdown with adult education courses to reduce isolation, improve your mental health and wellbeing and help you retrain for work.

Online tributes to remember Holocaust Memorial Day 2021 in Thurrock

THURROCK Council will commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day on Wednesday 27 January with online tributes from schoolchildren, councillors and the Thurrock community.

Media make up students shine on set of upcoming feature film

STUDENTS studying on the level 3 and level 2 Media Make up course were given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to complete their work experience on the set of the upcoming film, Rise of The Foot Soldier 5.

USP College welcomes industry 
experts for Student CPD Day

THE final week of the autumn term saw students studying at USP College treated to virtual visits from experts and industry specialists from across a range of sectors.

Schools in England will be given two weeks’ notice before reopening

SCHOOLS in England will be given two weeks’ notice before reopening, the education secretary has said.

Asda to provide 7,000 Dell laptops to help schools tackle digital exclusion

ASDA has today announced that it is working with Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) to provide 7,000 laptops to schools across the UK to help those children who are at risk of falling behind in their education because they do not have the technology to take part in online lessons during lockdown.

Virtual library gives children in England free book access

CHILDREN in England will be able to access books online free during school closures via a virtual library.

Step to success with the new mentoring programme at University Centre South Essex 


UNIVERSITY Centre South Essex is on the lookout for volunteer mentors to take part in the new Future Steps mentoring programme. The project is aimed at young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to have the access and knowledge to higher education opportunities.

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