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Art and Design students at Totton College presented a colourful mural to the pupils at Calmore Infant School, during their assembly on Tuesday 21 June, as the school celebrated ‘art week’. The brightly painted board depicts all of the most important things to the school children who fed in to the creative process by choosing…

Totton College has been guaranteed 20 interview slots for job vacancies at the new Lidl distribution Centre in Southampton, for anyone who successfully completes its pre-employment training programme. The Lidl Centre is due to open on 2nd October 2016 and there will be over 250 vacancies for Warehouse and recycling Operatives. In order to provide supported…

Southampton employers had their questions about the controversial apprenticeship levy answered at the Future Skills and Vocational Education engagement event held by Totton College on 29 April. Fiona Willmot from the Skill Funding Agency spoke about which businesses would be affected and how the money will be used. The levy which is due to come in…

Totton College is pleased to announce the appointment of its new Campus Principal, Mr Derek Headrige, who will be joining the Vocational Training and Further Education College from 18 April 2016.   Mr Headrige is currently Group Academy Dean at BMW where he has been defining a training strategy across the international manufacturing company, responsible…

A dedicated career path, specialist mentoring, work experience and free qualified training, all whilst being paid; some of the reasons Corin Atkinson, an 18-year-old Totton College student, opted for an apprenticeship at Dodd Group. Following an interview process in 2015, Corin was selected as the Advanced Business Administration Apprentice at Dodd Group, an nationwide electrical…

Swinging from the tree tops at Go Ape, wakeboarding on the lake and land navigation by map and compass; just some of the air, land and water adventures Totton College Public Services students experienced on their recent New Forest expedition. The last minute trip was booked in just 24 hours as an alternative option to a five…

After analysing new student applications for 2015/16, Totton College has taken the decision to focus on delivering a programme of vocational courses and will not offer A Level courses to new applicants. Over the last five years we have seen less demand from students for A Level courses, as a wider range of vocational programmes…

Totton College officially joined Nacro on 1 December 2015, as part of its Education Directorate. Staff at Totton and at Nacro are working to ensure Totton College becomes the centre of excellence for vocational education in the local area and equips its students with the skills they need to fulfil their potential. We would like…