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Wednesday 6 July 2022 Ian Taylor Donates Books to OSFC Ian Taylor Donates Books to OSFC Ian Taylor, a local businessman and entrepreneur has written his first book: 'Everything you ever need to know to be the best presenter and public speaker you can be'.
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Tuesday 5 July 2022 OSFC Gains Research School Status Following a recent application and selection process, we are thrilled to confirm that Oldham Sixth Form College has been successful and will be designated as a Research School from September 2023.
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Friday 1 July 2022 Mother Tongue Other Tongue Spanish Prize Winners 2022 Five Spanish students have recently won the Year 12 and Year 13 Category of the North West Mother Tongue Other Tongue Competition for their language efforts.
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Tuesday 28 June 2022 Oxford Residential Trip - 28/29 June On Tuesday 28 June, 30 OSFC students, and 3 staff, headed off for a residential visit to Oxford University.
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Monday 27 June 2022 Teen Tech Bronze Award Winners Three OSFC students have one the prestigious Teen Tech Bronze Award, following the submission of some truly amazing and thought provoking research.
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Thursday 23 June 2022 Geography Field Trip - Dovestones Geography AS Students recently went on a trip to Dovestones, Saddleworth, on Thursday 23rd June.
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Thursday 23 June 2022 Dance Showcase 2022 Thursday 23 June saw the return of our Dance Showcase, following a 2 year break due to the pandemic.
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Friday 17 June 2022 John Colebourn - Storyboard Artist Lecture Former student, John Colebourn (1998-2000) returned to OSFC to inspire current students and lead a master class in illustration.
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Saturday 11 June 2022 Creative Careers Day On Monday 11 June, we hosted a Creative Careers Day for Year 12 students. Visual Arts, English, Performing Arts, Media and Film students attended the event.
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Thursday 26 May 2022 Carnegie School of Sport Experience Day Year 12 Extended Camtec Sport students recently participated in the Carnegie School of Sport Experience Day at Leeds Beckett University. The day started with a welcome from Leeds Beckett Outreach Officer, Victoria Pearce, before students headed off onto the first of three workshops.
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Tuesday 24 May 2022 upReach 2022 Social Mobility Awards Shortlisting We were delighted to learn that Dr Richard Lee, Assistant Principal and English teacher at OSFC, has been placed on the final shortlist in the Aspire Teacher of the Year category of the highly-respected upReach Social Mobility Awards.
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Wednesday 11 May 2022 Mark Barrow, OSFC Student 2013 - 2015 Former student, Mark Barrow, recently returned to OSFC to catch up with some of his former tutors. Mark, was a dedicated student and popular member of our student ambassador scheme He left OSFC in 2015 and has shared details about his journey after college here:
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Tuesday 10 May 2022 Students Partake in Script Writing Course Seven OSFC students participated in the National Theatre's New Views script writing programme this year.
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Wednesday 4 May 2022 AS Business Work Experience Four of our AS Business Studies students successfully gained places on the EY Foundation Tech Futures work experience programme recently. The programme ran for 8 full days, comprising a virtual experience including presentations and Q&A sessions with CEO â„¢s and managers from Ofcom and Blue Prism.
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Tuesday 3 May 2022 Spanish Lecture with Samuel O'Donoghue On Tuesday 3rd May Dr Samuel O'Donoghue, a Lecturer in Spanish Studies at Lancaster University, delivered two online lectures to our AS and A-Level Spanish Students about censorship in Francoist Spain and discussed Spanish resistance to the dictatorship s control.
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Wednesday 6 April 2022 Gareth Dowling Economics Lecture Gareth Dowling visited OSFC on Wednesday 6th April to treat our A2 Economics students to a very exciting and engaging lecture.
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Tuesday 5 April 2022 Jack Nicholls Author Visit On Tuesday 5 April, Jack Nicholls, award-winning playwright, poet and writer of fiction visited OSFC.
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Tuesday 5 April 2022 Languages Students Host Lancaster University On Tuesday 29 March, a Teaching Fellow in French and a student ambassador from Lancaster University visited college to talk to our Modern Foreign Language students about studying languages at university as well as exploring careers with languages.
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Thursday 31 March 2022 Geography Students Visit Ainsdale Geography Students visited Ainsdale on 31st March to try out some practical work and put into practice what had been learnt in the classroom.
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Wednesday 30 March 2022 Alumni Support Aspiring Medics Programme (AMP) OSFC was delighted to welcome back 2 ex-students to work with our unique Aspiring Medics' Programme (AMP).
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Monday 28 March 2022 Wellbeing Week 2022 Monday 28th March - Friday 1st April marked the return of Wellbeing Week at OSFC, an annual event held at the college. Throughout the week, students had the opportunity to get involved in lots of different mindfulness activities.
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Saturday 26 March 2022 Purple Day at OSFC 26thMarch, 2022 was Epilepsy Awareness Day - or Purple Day. The day prior, the college's Student Executive promoted a greater awareness of Epilepsy, and the 50 million people it affects worldwide, by asking us all to wear purple. Campaigns like this are very much part of the OSFC community, they make us think, encourage us to act positively and raise our wellbeing.
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Tuesday 15 March 2022 OSFC welcomes Cambridge Professor, Dr Matthias Dorrzapf Dr Matthias Dorrzapf delivered a session to all our students who are exploring applying to Cambridge or Oxford, on the benefits of studying at these world-renowned institutions.
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Monday 14 March 2022 DSM Foundation visit OSFC We were very pleased to announce a performance of Mark Wheeller žs award winning play, ‹I Love You, Mum I Promise I Won žt Die ž, performed by TiE It Up theatre company, to OFSC students in March. Supported by the DCM Foundation.
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Monday 14 March 2022 British Science Week 2022 British Science Week was well celebrated this year at OSFC. Students were able to sign up for a wide range of interactive workshops and virtual sessions across the week.
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Friday 11 March 2022 OSFC returns to Olympathon Glory! 2022 was the year that OSFC's Olympathon returned. OLYMPATHON IX continued and built upon the success and legacy of one our college's greatest charitable efforts.
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Monday 7 March 2022 Sally Nicholls visits OSFC The Know hosted Sally Nicholls, author of the bestselling Things a Bright Girl Can Do, on Monday 7 March, as part of International Women's Day celebrations.
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Monday 7 March 2022 National Careers Week 2022 To celebrate National Careers Week, our students had visits from a range of inspirational guest speakers for a number of different pathways. Students also had the opportunity to take part in virtual sessions and workshops.
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Monday 28 February 2022 Sustainability Week at OSFC All last week, OSFC studnets and staff raised awareness for an important cause as we linked with SOS-UK, a student-led education charity, to focus upon how we can become more sustainable and help save our planet.
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Thursday 24 February 2022 Leeds Rhinos Development Day with Hathershaw College Last week, we were pleased to work with our friends, The Leeds Rhinos Foundation, to host a Development Day for students of Hathershaw College.
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