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Free online workshops from award-winning Thurrock Theatre Company

A NEW, exciting and online project has just been announced by multi-award winning theatre company, Rendered Retina. The project, called A Salvaged Thurrock Online, consists of free workshops for young people aged 14-20 who are interested in The Arts.

Government to offer companies £1,000 trainee boosts

THE government will offer bonuses of £1,000 for every trainee they hire in a bid to boost jobs for young people amid the coronavirus crisis reports the Mirror.

South Essex College: Unibuddy offers applicants chance to talk to students

UNIVERSITY Centre South Essex has introduced Unibuddy to help prospective students talk to current students about university life.

South Essex College: Access course turned life around for student

AN Access to Higher Education student from South Essex College has credited the course with helping him turn his life around.

New campaign has been launched to help adults whose livelihoods have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

A NEW campaign has been launched to help adults whose livelihoods have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

South Essex College student creates hold music for college

A MUSIC student from South Essex College has created a piece of music to play when callers are on hold to the college’s phone number.

Active Travel funding to help deliver safe and sustainable walking and cycling infrastructure in Thurrock

THURROCK Council will create new walking and cycling transport infrastructure linking to schools, employment hubs and shopping and leisure sites across the borough thanks to £288,000 government funding.

Education Minister: All children ‘will return to school in September’

GAVIN Williamson tonight suggested class 'bubbles' will be doubled to 30 children to get all schools fully up and running in September.

Calls about children impacted by domestic abuse soar during lockdown to highest on record

CONTACTS to the NSPCC’s helpline about the impact of domestic abuse on children have surged by almost a third since the start of the lockdown, to an average of one an hour.

Coronavirus: Plan dropped for all primary pupils back in school

THE plan for all primary school years in England to go back to school before the end of term is to be dropped by the government.

Would Labour bring schools back under local authority control?

REBECCA Long-Bailey has told Tes that she intends to examine education policy to find out “how quickly we can bring academies into local authority control” reports the TES.

Covid-19: Gateway Academy is at the heart of the community

THE Gateway Academy is part of the Gateway Learning Community in Thurrock. It is a Secondary School with over 1,000 students and plays a fundamental role within the community it serves.

USP College Staff Volunteer during Coronavirus Crisis

STAFF at USP College have been volunteering to help the vulnerable during this time, as part of the NHS initiative, The Royal Voluntary Service and within their local communities.

Thurrock schools must prove they’re safe before reopening, says UNISON

SCHOOLS must prove their plans are safe before welcoming in more students, warns UNISON as classrooms are set to reopen tomorrow (Monday).

Thurrock Council publish cartoon to get children back to school

A NEW video will reassure young children in Thurrock as many of them prepare to return to school from next week.

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