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• Friday 26 May 2023 'The Oldham Pledge is what makes you stand out' Gloria and Lorena began The Oldham Pledge Scheme when in Secondary School, at Hathershaw College when they were both chosen to help launch the scheme with local Businesses and spoke at the initial Business Launch of The Oldham Pledge.
• Thursday 25 May 2023 OSFC proud to contribute to prestigious publication OSFC and The Pinnacle Learning Trust are delighted to have been selected to provide a case study contribution for the ‘Sixth Form Matters’ publication, launched by the Sixth Form Colleges Association (SFCA) at the House of Commons on Monday 15th May.
• Monday 22 May 2023 Niamh Oultram, Radiographer, returns to OSFC OSFC alumna, Niamh Oultram visited college recently to inspire current students interested in a career in Radiography. Niamh achieved an incredible A*AA in her results for A Level Chemistry, Biology and History in 2019.
• Wednesday 17 May 2023 Diane Hawkins, His Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of Greater Manchester Oldham Sixth Form College was proud to host Diane Hawkins, His Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of Greater Manchester on 17th May 2023.
• Thursday 11 May 2023 Students receive recognition at the Rotary Club of Oldham Student of the Year Awards OSFC was extremely proud to have the incredible efforts of 3 of our Year 13 students recognised at the annual Rotary Club of Oldham Student of the Year Awards at Oldham's Civic Centre on Wednesday 10 May.
• Thursday 20 April 2023 Frank Rothwell Impressed by OSFC Local businessman, fundraiser and owner of Oldham Athletic, Frank Rothwell, paid a visit to Oldham Sixth Form College on 20th April 2023.
• Tuesday 28 March 2023 A Series of Author Talks at OSFC OSFC have been fortunate to welcome three fantastic authors to college this half term; Dean Atta, Kate Bendelow and Phaedra Patrick. All three talks and Q&A sessions were equally inspiring for our students.
• Friday 24 February 2023 Bank of America: Alumna, Syra Khan visit Business and Financial Studies students benefited from a visit of OSFC alumna and Bank of America employee Syra Khan on Thursday 23 February.
• Thursday 23 February 2023 Oxbridge Success We are delighted to announce that 6 OSFC students have received offers from either Cambridge or Oxford University.
• Thursday 23 February 2023 Uni: a personal reflection A student article concerning the transition from Sixth Form to university.
• Tuesday 7 February 2023 Holocaust Memorial Day Talk Oldham Sixth Form College was pleased to host a special talk by Ernie Hunter of the Northern Holocaust Education Group (NHEG) to mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2023.
• Friday 3 February 2023 AirWalk Reply OSFC are proud to have been working with Airwalk Reply over the last year to deliver two innovative programmes to our students; The Leadership Academy and The Programming Academy.
• Tuesday 31 January 2023 Oxford University Drop In On Wednesday 25 January, Anna Fiteni, the Assistant Outreach Officer of Corpus Christi College, Oxford University, came to OSFC to spend the afternoon working with our Year 12 Oxbridge Group.
• Wednesday 11 January 2023 Travel and Tourism Alumnus Talk Travel and Tourism alumnus, Oliver Walker recently returned to OSFC to speak with current Extended Diploma T&T students about his journey after college and working for the global hospitality company, Hilton.
• Thursday 15 December 2022 Celebration Evening 2022 A round up of Celebration Evening 2022
• Thursday 15 December 2022 Amnesty - Cosy & Warm Appeal This Autumn, our Amnesty Group has been working tirelessly to raise money to provide as many heated throws as possible in the Oldham community to elderly people who are living in poverty. Our students were passionate about the brutal impact that energy prices rocketing this year has had on elderly people. It is unspeakable that elderly people are faced with the choice of heat or eat”.
• Wednesday 30 November 2022 London Psychology Residential 2022 Last week, 25 Psychology students visited London on a three day residential trip. Students were able to attend several museums during their visit including Freud Museum, The Natural History Museum and The British Science Museum. At the Freud Museum they were able to obtain a rare glimpse into the life and thoughts of Sigmund Freud.
• Wednesday 23 November 2022 Ofsted praise OSFC's staff and students Ofsted inspectors have described Oldham Sixth Form College as outstanding” for its leadership and management, the behaviour and attitudes of its students and its focus on students’ personal development.
• Tuesday 22 November 2022 Varsity Academy Launch Night On the evening of Tuesday 22 November, Oldham Sixth Form College (OSFC) held a launch event for its exciting new initiative - the Varsity Academy.
• Tuesday 22 November 2022 Bike for Peace - A Talk by Tore Naerland On Tuesday 22 November, Tore Naerland visited OSFC to talk about his organisation ‘Bike for Peace’ and his book ‘Pedal on for World peace’.
• Tuesday 22 November 2022 Charity - Why do we need Pink Day? A student article about the importance of charity and Pink Day at OSFC
• Tuesday 22 November 2022 Speak up to Man up! A student article concerning Men's Mental Health Awareness Month
• Thursday 17 November 2022 Round Up: Sporting Success for OSFC Year 13 student, Libby Hadfield has been playing Rugby Union for Sale Sharks Centre of Excellence. Alongside her A Levels in PE, Psychology and Geography, Libby trains for 4 hours across evenings in the week and plays fixtures at the weekends. Libby played for Littleborough for 4 years prior to this.
• Thursday 20 October 2022 The Cost Of Living Crisis A student article concerning the cost of living crisis.
• Tuesday 18 October 2022 A M Dassu Author Visit On Monday 17 October, A.M Dassu visited Oldham Sixth Form College to speak to students about her debut fiction novel ‘Boy, Everywhere’.
• Friday 14 October 2022 OSFC Becomes Google Reference College Oldham Sixth Form College (OSFC) is proud to be the first sixth form college in the North of England to be recognised with the prestigious Google Reference College status, and one of only three sixth form colleges in the UK. With this comes some exciting developments for students.
• Tuesday 11 October 2022 What is dyslexia? A student article concerning Dyslexia.
• Friday 30 September 2022 Black History Month 2022 A student article concerning Black History Month
• Wednesday 28 September 2022 Peter Ash visits OSFC On Wednesday 28 September, Coronation Street Actor, Peter Ash, visited college to speak with Drama and Performing Arts students. Peter has been acting since he left college at the age of 18. He has starred in many television programmes including, Footballer’s Wives and Casualty as well as starring in theatre productions, his most noticeable being the UK Tour of War Horse.
• Tuesday 27 September 2022 Biology Field Trip to Ainsdale Sands A student article on a recent Biology fieldtrip.
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