BTEC Level 3 results have already been posted to your home address. Certificates are available for collection from Monday 7 August 2017. BTEC Level 2 results have already been posted to your home address. Certificates are available for collection from Monday 7 August 2017. If you sat an external exam in Summer 2017 – your… Read More
Visual Arts students have exhibited their work in two fantastic exhibitions, with A Level, Level 1,2 and 3 Art & Design and Graphics work being showcased in a private view on 22nd June and Foundation Degree Art and Design work exhibited on 27th June. Over 500 parents, friends and families attended these two exhibitions and… Read More
Budding geologists have been out experiencing Geology outside of the department this summer. A group of students spent a day applying their knowledge to outcrops at Heysham Head. They were able to practice their freshly-learnt, practical skills to the rocks at Heysham to interpret what it would have looked like when the 320 million year… Read More
Three teams of Economics and Business Studies students have taken part in the interactive Investment Challenge at Alliance Manchester Business School to develop their skills in finance and improve their business awareness. Students from across the North West competed in pairs in the Finance Lab, an online financial market simulation game, on campus at the University… Read More
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