Wigan & Leigh COllege News

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Students benefitting from Work Placements

January 30, 2019

College students have been benefitting from undertaking work placements with local businesses and or...

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£1.8m investment for Centre of Excellence in Engineering

January 29, 2019

The College will receive £603,000 from GMCA’s Skills Capital fund which will be used to support a...

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College Recognised for Excellence in Plastering

January 15, 2019

Our Construction department scooped an award which recognised them as the best College in the North ...

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Teacher Trainees Learn about Prison Education

December 04, 2018

Neil Frankland from Wymott Prison, Leyland visited the University Centre Wigan & Leigh College to de...

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Jenny Meadows Guest Lectures at Leigh College

November 21, 2018

Former Olympic athlete, Jenny Meadows delivered a guest lecture at Leigh College for Foundation Degr...

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Students Learn from Invictus Games Star and Elite Coach

November 20, 2018

Sports students from Leigh College enjoyed a brilliant coaching session with former British Olympic ...

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Family fashion duo graduate in style

November 06, 2018

A mother and son from Wigan celebrated their joint graduation from the HND Fashion Design course at ...

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Sporting Masterclass Led by Degree Students

October 30, 2018

Foundation Degree Sport students from Leigh College delivered an action-packed Sports Leadership Mas...

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Students Celebrate Degree Success at Graduation

October 19, 2018

Students studying on degree level courses at the University Centre Wigan & Leigh College celebrated ...

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Student poppy exhibition to commemorate World War 1

October 19, 2018

Art & Design students from Wigan & Leigh College have undertaken a huge project to commemorate the W...

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Engineers and Scientists of the Future enjoy STEM Event

October 05, 2018

Drones, rocket launching and robotic arms were just a few of the activities Year 10 pupils from Byrc...

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Aspiring Engineer Becomes Nuclear Company’s First Apprentice

October 02, 2018

Warrington based International Nuclear Services (INS) have hired their very first degree apprentice....

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