A group of 3D Design students have worked together with local company CSM to design and manufacture a sculpture for the college’s new engineering centre (SEIC). Local company CSM, who work with Runshaw with the education of their engineering apprentices had been awarded a grant from Chorley Council, decided to give something back to the… Read More
During the often stressful exam season, college provided resources to students to encourage wellbeing, including lavender to calm the mind and rosemary to improve the memory and concentration, as well tangle teasers and free herbal teas. One of the most popular events was pet therapy. There are many proven benefits that contact with animals reduces stress… Read More
Following a number of queries from students and parents/guardians, we can confirm that ALL public examinations will take place as scheduled at Runshaw College this week. Students who have been affected by the bombing in Manchester on Monday evening can apply for special consideration; please contact your pastoral mentor, or the exams office at Runshaw… Read More
It is with enormous sadness that it appears that one of the people who lost their lives in Monday’s Manchester attack was one of our students here at Runshaw College. Georgina Callander was a former Bishop Rawstorne pupil studying with us on the second year of her Health and Social Care course. Our deepest sympathies,… Read More
Congratulations and very well done to the hard working and highly motivated A2 Accounting students who have managed to secure places on prestigious university sponsored degrees and school leaver programmes for global accounting firms. Name Programme Olivia Hollins PWC Assurance School Leaver Programme Junaid Hussain KPMG 360 School Leaver Programme Arjun Singh RSM Accounting and… Read More
In order to celebrate our Vocational students’ outstanding success this year, we held a Prestigious Destination Lunch in our Foxholes restaurant. Over 60 students were invited to attend the event to mark our great pride in their achievements. The lunch was principally to recognise particularly prestigious university offers, highly competitive degree apprenticeships and outstanding offers… Read More
Runshaw’s already outstanding record has again been broken this year, securing Runshaw as the North West’s Number One for Medical, Dentistry and Veterinary Science Students. 34 students received over 60 offers between them, with students choosing between prestigious universities such as Oxford, Newcastle, UCL, Edinburgh and Lancaster. Students have worked extremely hard to gain these offers, with… Read More
Thirty students from local schools attended college to take part in the School of Science’s new Horizons event, Medical Marvels, with activities designed to deepen their interest in Medicine, Veterinary Science and Dentistry. The afternoon consisted of three sessions; Simulated Casualty; Problem Based Learning and Anatomical Drawing. In these sessions, students learned how to do simple interrupted… Read More
The School of Science welcomed Operating Theatre Live to college as part of the medical curriculum. The day included learning how to measure the amount of anaesthetic a patient would need and how it would be administered. Students also learned how to intubate a patient using real lungs! Throughout the day, students were able to… Read More
Fifty members of Runshaw Medical Society went to ‘Experience Medicine’ at the Royal Preston Hospital. The event was hosted by Lancashire Hospitals Teaching Trust and provides prospective Medics with the opportunity to carry out simulated medical procedures such as taking blood and what takes place during an initial assessment on arrival at hospital. Our medics… Read More
Well done to Tauheedul Islam Boys’ High School who have won our Big Debate event last night. Academy@Worden came a close second, with Tarleton Academy and Fulwood Academy also making some great arguments. Runshaw Government and Politics students Rebecca Morrison, Ryan Hoey, Ellit Pledger, Georgina Boyle and George Turner chaired the debates and judged the arguments.… Read More
Runshaw Alumni Tim Farron visited the College on Monday, 27th March 2017 and spent time with Government and Politics students who welcomed the Leader of Liberal Democratic party, curious to learn about his own experiences of the college where he studied A Levels some thirty years previously. The students were also treated to an exclusive… Read More
The UK Linguistics Olympiad (UKLO) is a competition in which students have to solve linguistic data problems. Each year hundreds of students compete in two or three hours of ‘code-breaking’ – analysing the patterns in a small amount of linguistic data, and working out how the underlying system works. The UK Olympiad also enters at least… Read More
The School of Science were delighted to welcome Professor Caroline Dive, Deputy Director and CEP Group Leader from Cancer Research UK at the University of Manchester, to deliver a lecture titled, ‘Cancer Research and Liquid Biopsies’. Ninety students from Medical and Science Society and students from within the school attended the lecture, which not only… Read More
A Level Fine Art, 3D Design and Textiles students have been on a photographic trip to Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden in Yorkshire. They took lots of photographs, gathering primary images of the interesting ruins of the 400 year old Monastery. Everyone had a great time and braved the freezing cold weather! The Fountains Abbey ruins… Read More