Lancashire Adult Learning (LAL), the number 1 provider of Adult Learning in the country, has announced the winner of its new Children’s Art Competition. Designed to complement their dynamic family learning art courses offered in schools across Lancashire, the innovative initiative concluded with a panel of six creative educators evaluating artwork from approximately 25 participating […]
Read moreStudents from across Lancashire have etched their names into history – as the very first winners of Nelson and Colne College Group’s Student of the Year Awards. These inaugural awards celebrated learners from across the Nelson and Colne College Group (NCCG), which includes Nelson and Colne College, Accrington and Rossendale College and Lancashire Adult Learning. […]
Read moreStudents from Lancashire Adult Learner’s Level 2 horticultural courses have been busy bringing the Accrington Pals memorial garden to life. Working in partnership with Hyndburn Borough Council the group of students and their teacher Kate Wels have been helping to plant hundreds of botanicals within the garden to bring the planting plan to life. The […]
Read moreIt’s a hat-trick of recent major accolades for Nelson and Colne College Group. Because having been rated the nation’s best at delivering adult learning and the only Outstanding college in the county by OFSTED, they have now been deemed second-best college group IN THE COUNTRY by government. And what is particularly positive news for Accrington, […]
Read more“It’s never too late to learn” says Andrew Parkin from Lancashire Adult Learning – part of the Nelson and Colne College Group. Lancashire Adult Learning (LAL) has just launched its latest adult learner campaign, encouraging those who want to upskill or reskill to progress in their career to return to the classroom. The College has a full programme […]
Read moreCollege Governor with long history of working in education recognised with MBE in New Year’s Honours for Services to Further Education One of Nelson and Colne College Group’s (NCCG) Governors, Christine Kenyon, has received an MBE for Services to Further Education in this year’s New Year’s Honours. The MBE recognises Christine’s significant contributions to and […]
Read moreLancashire Adult Learning, which is part of Nelson and Colne College Group, has made it through as a finalist in the prestigious AoC Beacon Awards, within the AoC Award for Widening Participation category, following the announcement at the AoC Conference in Birmingham earlier this week. Lancashire Adult Learning (LAL), rated by Ofsted as Outstanding, works […]
Read moreLancashire Adult Learning’s (LAL) Curriculum Leader, Chris Fay, has completed the Reykjavik marathon for a second consecutive year in support of cancer charities. Chris’s running journey began as a means to cope with personal loss. Following the passing of her mother to a rare form of lung cancer in 2017, Chris turned to running to […]
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