On an evening that The Apprentice screened an art task, our own young business brains were busy with their own art auction in the Main Atrium after college. The event, titled Artistic Youth, took place over the evening with Level 2 Business students selling Art students’ pieces.
Members of the public, staff and the local community attended the event – and were urged to part with their cash during the auction.
A selection of students have embarked on the Rise To: Enterprise Challenge this year, and have made an encouraging start to their campaign.
100 budding second year Business students had the chance to get up close and personal with local and national employers on Monday night as the Sixth Form College hosted our inaugural ABLE event. Employers in attendance included Mitten Clarke, JCB, DHL and Wardell Armstrong who spoke to students about career paths to give them the chance to find out what skills they need to succeed. Former Tile Giant Chief Executive, Mo Iqbal, was also on hand to give advice to students who were thinking about starting a business in the future.
One student at the College will hopefully be celebrating a December double this week after reaching the national final of Red Bull’s Canimation Contest.
Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College is taking part in the Shares4Schools competition which involves students buying and selling shares in an attempt to see a return on their investment. Our students are keeping a weekly blog to track their progress and justify the reasoning behind why they're buying and selling in particular companies.
10 AS Business Studies students went to Manchester last week for the Entrepreneur Live! event which was run by Tutor2u and featured a range of speakers from the world of business.
Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College is taking part in the Shares4Schools competition which involves students buying and selling shares in an attempt to see a return on their investment. Our students are keeping a weekly blog to track their progress and justify the reasoning behind why they're buying and selling in particular companies.
Before half term, students from A2 Computing and BTEC Business took a break from classroom studies to venture up to Campbell Road in Stoke in order to visit the Michelin factory. The visit was part of a nationwide initiative by Michelin which is also supported by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
Last week, Accounting and Business students at the College had the opportunity to attend a presentation by the internationally renowned accountancy and finance firm Deloitte.
In true ‘Dragons’ Den’ style (minus the probing questions from five scary gizillionaires), Business Studies BTEC students took to the floor (fully suited and booted) to present their business proposals for a new sandwich concept to Stone based sandwich company ‘The Good Food Chain’.
On Thursday 23rd April, the ‘Area Finals’ of this year’s ‘Young Enterprise Competition’ took place at the City Museum and Art Gallery. The Engineering Advanced Diploma students won the ‘Innovation Award for Stoke on Trent’.