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Motherwell College Scoops Top Award at Prestigious Industry Event
A Total of 5 Photography Students Recognised by BIPP Photography students from Motherwell College landed a number of top awards at the British Institute of Professional Photography (BIPP) event...
MOTHERWELL COLLEGE RAISES £13,000
FOR THE TEENAGE CANCER TRUSTMOTHERWELL COLLEGE RAISES £13 000 FOR TEENAGE CANCER TRUST- BRINGING THE TOTAL RAISED TO OVER £36 000 IN JUST 2 YEARS –The gallant efforts of Motherwell College staff and...
Creative Industries Showcase 2013
The Creative Industries showcase exhibits skills and talent ranging from the flamboyantly artistic to technically accurate. Building on the success of previous Photography Exhibitions this year’s Creative Showcase has grown. ...
Students Take Centre Stage in West End’s Cottiers
Performing Arts students from Motherwell College are preparing a series of stage shows over the coming weeks sure to be a hit with audiences this season. (Monday 20 May to...
NEW NC DANCE CLASSES ON OFFER AT MOTHERWELL COLLEGE THIS AUGUST
Motherwell College’s renowned Performing Arts Department is to introduce a new National Certificate in Dance starting this August 2013.The Foundation course will offer students choreography ballet contemporary jazz tap and...
Aspiring Young Chef Wins Gold at ScotHot Awards
Scott Robertson receives recognition from Albert Roux OBE A young chef from Motherwell received gold from his idol Albert Roux at the Young Scottish Hotelier & Restaurateur Awards at...
Music Students to Rock the Rooftop of Princes Mall in Edinburgh
NQ Rock & Pop and HNC/D Music students will be performing their next gig on the rooftop of Princes Mall in the Capital’s city centre (Saturday 30 March). Following...
Students to Design and Construct on Ravenscraig
Pioneering Project begins in Lanarkshire’s Ravenscraig Motherwell College students have begun a unique project which will see first and second year students design and construct a real and innovative...
ANNUAL SHOWCASE & CHARITY DINNER
Motherwell College is to host its annual Showcase & Charity Dinner in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust on Friday 19 April at 7pm.The fundraising event is the highlight of...
Motherwell College receives award for its commitment to students from a care background
Motherwell College has been awarded the prestigious Buttle UK Quality Mark in recognition of its commitment to young people in and leaving care. Created by Buttle UK - the...
Opportunities in Hospitality and Professional Cookery Courses
NEW COURSES INTRODUCED FOR 16-24 YEAR OLDS Motherwell College is offering new opportunities in Hospitality and Professional Cookery for 16-24 year olds with openings throughout the year. If you...
Motherwell College Info Day 27 March 2013
Thinking of applying to College? Why not come along to our Info Day on 27 March from 4-7pm. With Spring in the air you could freshen up your skills...
Former Motherwell College Music Student performs at the 02 Arena
Singer and graduate Paula Weir recently performed at the British Reggae Industry Awards in London’s famous 02 Arena with her band The IFoundations who were nominated for Best British Reggae...
Coatbridge Cumbernauld and Motherwell Colleges have launched a formal consultation on their plans to merge to create a new college for Lanarkshire. The three colleges which have a combined...
Texas & Primal Scream Manager Gives In Depth Lecture To Motherwell College Music Students
GR management’s Rab Andrew who is responsible for managing Primal Scream Texas Kassidy and Gun amongst many others gave the NQ Rock and Pop and HNC/D Music students of Motherwell...
St Mungo’s High Students Racing for Their Place on the Grid
Motherwell College’s Department of Automotive Studies are sponsoring a team of pupils from St Mungo’s High School in Falkirk to compete in the National Regional Final of the Formula One...
Could you be a Match and Save a Life?
Strathclyde Fire and Rescue working in partnership with Anthony Nolan and Motherwell College will be recruiting for donors on Wednesday 20th February between 10am and 3pm.The College will open their...
Scottish Minister gets glimpse of future housing at BRE Scotland's Innovation Park
Michael McGuire lead partner on the Curriculum House meets Scottish MinisterScottish Housing and Welfare Minister Margaret Burgess MSP took a visit to the BRE Scotland Innovation Park earlier today. The...
New Faces of Motherwell College Launch 2013 Prospectus
Following the success of last year’s campaign to recruit students to promote Motherwell College the newly chosen faces of Motherwell College - Tracy Cox Lauren Macaulay Blair Robertson and Reece...
Motherwell and Cumbernauld Colleges Propose to Merge
Motherwell and Cumbernauld Colleges have announced their intention to pursue a merger with a proposed vesting date in early August 2013. A merged college would provide almost two-thirds of...
COLLEGE STUDENTS BRING FESTIVE CHEER TO CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS
Hot off the back of their historic performance at the National Wallace Monument in Stirling the music students of Motherwell College’s Rock & Pop course brought some festive cheer...
Big Movember Shave Off at Motherwell College
Four moustachioed lecturers from Motherwell College have raised £250 for Teenage Cancer Trust (TCT) after taking on the Movember Challenge. Garry Allan Tony Mott Russell Hands and Bernard Gallagher...
Motherwell College is a Top Skills College
Talented students from Motherwell College were honoured at a ceremony celebrating WorldSkills in Glasgow University’s Bute Hall yesterday (Wednesday 21 November).WorldSkills is aimed at discovering and supporting the next...
Lady Claire Macdonald presents at Motherwell College
Released: 12 November Motherwell College hosted an invitation only literary lunch featuring Lady Claire Macdonald as guest of honour.Lady Macdonald is an award-winning cook and critically acclaimed cookery writer...
The New Faces of Motherwell College
After weeks of campaigning by candidates and more than 100 entries the public has cast its vote and chosen the new faces of Motherwell College 2012-2013. Tracy Cox Lauren...
Motherwell College Students Graduate in Style
Motherwell College celebrated the graduation of 262 students at its annual Awards Ceremony held at Motherwell Concert Hall on Wednesday (24 October 2012). Watched by more than 700 family and...
Who will be the new face of Motherwell College?
Released: 9 October The New Face of Motherwell College is now open to the public – so get voting for your favourite. From billboards to websites four lucky students...
Motherwell College Offer Supported Employment Qualification
In response to the Scottish Government’s initiative to develop and expand the provision of Supported Employment services in Scotland Motherwell College is now offering a SQA approved Personal Development Award...
All She Knows to Represent Scotland in London's 02 Arena
Released: 18 September 2012 A band formed at Motherwell College will be representing Scotland in the International Finals of the Surface Festival one of the largest talent spotting events...
Work Experience turns to Job Opportunities for College Students
Released: 13 September 2012 Twenty college students from Motherwell’s HNC Beauty and HNC Care Departments return to class after completing work placements in Malta despite offers to take up...
College Student Named Scotland's Top Vehicle Body Refinisher
Released: 11 September 2012 Edmond Cheung is preparing for his final year as a Vehicle Body Refinisher at Motherwell College having been named the ‘AutoPaint’ Scottish Champion by ‘SkillAuto’...
Photography Student Captures Judges Imagination
Winning First Prize in the Student Photo Journalism Category Released:18 June 2012 When Motherwell College photography student Fiona Thomson captured Bow Fiddle Rock off the North East Coast of...
Vocational Education & Training at Motherwell College has a Spanish Flavour
Released: 21 June 2012 Ten talented Motherwell College Hospitality students have successfully completed a two-week work experience trip to Murcia Spain as part of the vocational education and training...
Motherwell College to Offer WorldHost Training
Motherwell College is now facilitating WorldHost training the new national government campaign designed to increase the importance of high quality experiences for visitors coming to Scotland. With Glasgow’s Commonwealth Games...
SHOWCASE & CHARITY DINNER RAISE £11,162 FOR TEENAGE CANCER TRUST
Over the year Motherwell College’s Departments have been working across the College to raise as much money as possible for their chosen charity – the Teenage Cancer Trust (TCT).The...
CULINARY TEAM OLYMPICS COMES TO MOTHERWELL COLLEGE
2012’s Culinary Olympics are set to take place in Erfurt Germany during October and the Federation of Chefs Scotland is sending a senior team to represent the nation at...
Engineering Student Shortlisted in Scotland 2050 Competition
Alisder Brown an HND Computer Aided Architectural Design and Technology student has been successfully shortlisted for an award in the forthcoming Scotland 2050 Competition organised by the SQA. Scotland...
Thinking of applying to Motherwell College? You won’t want to miss our Info Day on the 7 June from 3 –7pm. Our Info Day is the perfect opportunity to...
Drawing on their experience at Motherwell College
Engineering students from Motherwell College will be exhibiting the very best in innovative design and advances in Computer Aided Design and Technology this week. (Wednesday 30 May 2pm -...
Motherwell College Showcase their Creativity
Creative Showcase 2012 is hailed a Roaring Success. More than 250 visitors came to Motherwell College to see the best in Photography Filmcraft & Animation and Interactive Media...
Music Industry Mogul Souness Hits the Right Note with Motherwell Students
Music students at Motherwell College were lucky enough to receive a guest lecture from Dougie Souness owner and Managing Director of No Half Measures the artist management company who...
-Photography Filmcraft & Animation and Interactive Media to Exhibit- Building on the success of previous Photography Exhibitions this year’s Creative Showcase is growing. On show will be the very...
Microsoft Challenge Motherwell College Students to Change the World
A team of four talented Motherwell College students have made it through to ‘Round 2’ of Microsoft’s Imagine Cup the world’s premier student technology competition. Nowin its 10th year...
Motherwell College Showcase and Charity Dinner
Motherwell College is to host its annual Showcase & Charity Dinner in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust Friday 20 April 2012 at 7pm. The evening of entertainment and fundraising...
Motherwell College Students to Release Charity Single
Motherwell College HNC Music student Ron North together with his classmates is set to release his first single for the Teenage Cancer Trust following his battle with eye cancer...
Looking at the Food Sculptures one might assume that these works of art belong in a chic Paris Pâtisserie. But luckily for the Scottish Culinary Olympic Team and ourselves...
The stage is set for this year’s theatrical production of Aida the timeless love story brought to you by Motherwell College and Motherwell Theatre Production from Wednesday 28 March...
“Switch Off” 31.03.2012 @ 8.30pm-9.30pm From Times Square to Sydney Opera House Brunei to Lithuania the tallest building on the planet to an Inuit igloo the world will once...
Staff and students from Motherwell College will don their trainers today for Sport Your Trainers day ahead of the Commonwealth 2014. (12.03.2012.) With almost one million people signing up...
Motherwell College to Present at Food Manufacturing Event
Released: 8 March 2012 Motherwell College will present to leading food manufacturing businesses at SQA’s Food Manufacture Networking event this week (Thursday 8 March). Speaking to food manufacturers and...
Released on: 29th February 2012 Cumbernauld College Motherwell College and South Lanarkshire College have announced today a proposal for a Federation of colleges. The proposal represents the start of...
Released on 28 February 2012: In a bid to communicate more with our students and work together to promote Motherwell College we are asking students and staff to ‘Like...
BA Musical Theatre and Acting Students to Showcase their Talents
Released: 20 February 2012 Motherwell College’s Performing Arts students will showcase to industry leaders in London’s West End and at Glasgow’s prestigious Club 29 this week. (20-24 February) The...
Music Students to Play
at the City’s Infamous King Tut’s Wah Wah HutReleased: 14 February 2012 Renowned for launching the careers of Oasis and Radiohead Glasgow’s legendary King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut will see Motherwell College’s HND Music students take to...
We are Motherwell College - Frazer Boyle
Released: 10 February 2012 Frazer Boyle 22 from Wishaw is studying an HND in Music since leaving high school. Having studied music throughout school Fraser embarked on a music...
We are Motherwell College - Melissa Cheney
Released: 9 February 2012 Melissa Cheney an International Baccalaureate student joined Motherwell College from St Aidan’s High School. At just 20 Melissa is undertaking the IB Diploma a two-year...
We are Motherwell College - Ting Tang
Released: 8 February 2012 Rock and Pop Music student Ting Tang is now in his last year of his HND Music course and isn’t afraid to show off his...
Mad Hatter’s Tea Party comes to ML One Restaurant
Released: 7 February 2012 Look through ML One’s glass today and you will find a Mad Hatter’s Tea Party of gastronomic proportions. Devised and executed by award-winning HND Patisserie...
We are Motherwell College - Siobhan Jack
Released: 6 February 2012 Vibrant and quirky Siobhan Jack isn’t your stereotypical Vehicle Body Refinisher - showing budding car enthusiasts - and girls - that the face of many...
BBC’s Big Debate Comes to Motherwell College
Released: Friday 3 February This week Motherwell College is proud to host Brian Taylor’s Big Debate in the College BBC Scotland's Political Editor Brian Taylor will be broadcasting live...
Second Chance for Construction Workers
Released: 31 January 2012 Ten construction apprentices trained at Motherwell College recently gained employment as part of North Lanarkshire Council’s Second Chance Apprenticeship programme. Supported by West of Scotland...
Swapping the Classroom for the Courtroom
Release on: 30 January 2012 More than 15 NQ Law and Business students swapped the classroom for the courtroom this semester taking a trip to the courts at St...
Carol Ann Peacock Publishes Works on Harris Tweed
Released: 28 January 2012 Carol Ann Peacock from our Learner Services department recently published her collection of photography in a new book Weaving Songs. Weaving Songs a collection of...
Faces of Motherwell College Launch 2012 Prospectus
Released: 17 January 2012 Following the success of Motherwell College's bid to recruit students to market their 2012 campaign the newly chosen faces of the College - Melissa Cheney...
College Lecturer Exhibits Work at the World’s Largest Computer Conference
Released on: 2 December 2011 Lecturer Michael McGuire together with Alistair Brown - an HND Aided Architectural Design and Technology student were chosen to showcase their images at the...
Treble Success for Motherwell College Students at Truth About Youth Awards
Released on: 1 December 2011 An award ceremony recognising the positive contributions made by young people in the community has highlighted the achievements of three Motherwell College students. April...
Top Security System Apprentice Awarded the John Stephen Memorial Honour
Released on 29th November 2011 Engineering student David Scott has been awarded the John Stephen Memorial accolade at a ceremony held in Motherwell College. David was named the best...
Released on 28th November 2011 Motherwell College led the field with more awards than any other Scottish College at the recent Worldskills UK Scottish Skills Awards Ceremony. Eight Motherwell...
Double Success for Motherwell College Apprentices at Prestigious UK Competition
Released on 8th November 2011 Two young engineers from Motherwell College have triumphed against competitors from across the UK to win the Engineers of Tomorrow Competition at the Skills...
Motherwell College Info Day 16 November 2011
Released on 4th November 2011 Looking to enhance your skills or retrain for today’s marketplace Motherwell College has a host of courses starting in January 2012. From formal qualifications...
From the Workshop to the Stage – Students’ Prop Goes On Show
Released on 3rd November 2011 Students from Motherwell College’s Vehicle Body Repair course will see their work on stage in the forthcoming production of Our House at Howden Park...
Faces of Motherwell College - Behind the Scenes
Released on 1st November 2011 Check out our Behind the Scenes video featuring the new faces of Motherwell College 2011-2012. Winners Melissa Cheney Siobhan Jack Frazer Boyle and Ting...
Motherwell College Wins 2 Awards
Released 30 October 2011 Motherwell College picked up two awards at the Community Links AGM on Wednesday 21st September. Jim Casey from Computing and IT won the Progression Award...
Blantyre Miners Welfare IT Suite – Computer Course
Released 26th October 2011 Motherwell College began offering courses remotely in Blantyre Miners Welfare after they completed a brand new multi-million pound extension to their building in October 2008...
The Face of Motherwell College – The Results
Released on 24th October 2011 After weeks of campaigning by candidates and more than 140 entries the public has cast its vote and chosen the new faces of Motherwell...
Success for Motherwell College Graduate at Prestigious International Competition
Released on 13th October 2011 Ryan Sheridan Wins Bronze at the WorldSkills Competition 2011; The Only Scottish Winner from the UK Team. A young engineer from Motherwell College has...
Who will be the face of Motherwell College? Cast Your Vote!
Released on 4th October 2011 The Face of Motherwell College is now open to the public – so get voting for your favourite. From billboards to websites four lucky...
Success for Motherwell College Graduates - Performing Arts’ Students Land Lead Roles
Released on 3rd October 2011 From the BBC's critically acclaimed Inspector George Gently to the face of Irn Bru graduates from Motherwell College's Performing Arts course are winning starring...
Motherwell College Students Graduate in Style
Released on 28th September 2011 Motherwell College celebrated the graduation of 243 students at its annual awards ceremony held at Hamilton Town House last night. (27 September 2011) Watched...
Motherwell College Music Students Release Their First Single - Runaway
Released on 20th September 2011 HND Music students Danielle Tonner and John Muir are to release their debut single ‘Runaway’ with their band Till This Night. Till This Night...
Motherwell College Wins Music/Rock & Pop Course of The Year
Released on 13th September 2011 Motherwell College’s HNC & HND Music / Rock and Pop course has been named Scotland’s Music Course of the Year at the inaugural Scottish...
Released 30th August 2010 Alasdair Head Hamilton Prince's Trust Team Leader has received a Youthlink Silver ‘Worker of the Year’ award at a ceremony in Hamilton Townhouse on Tuesday...
Exam Results Are Out (4/5 August)– Motherwell College Can Offer You Lots Of Choices
Released on 28th July 2010 Maybe you need to talk to someone about what might suit your exam results. Or perhaps you want a qualification that will help you...
Choose Motherwell College Courses for Careers and New Skills
Released on 27th July 2011 If you want to make the right choices about your first career – or want to change direction – get yourself along to the...
Motherwell College 50th Prince’s Trust Team Celebration
Released on 4th July 2011 Last Month Motherwell College celebrated the milestone of their 50th Prince’s Trust Team celebrating the achievements of some 500 young people that have completed...
Going, Going, Gone ! Motherwell College Raises Money For Charity
Released on 27th June 2011 Last month Motherwell College raised a fantastic £8 500 in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust. The money was raised following a special charity...
New Electric/Hybrid Vehicle Training Announced
Released on 14th June 2011 Once again Motherwell College is at the forefront of modern environmentally friendly technologies with the introduction of a number of new 'Electric/Hybrid' training courses...
Motherwell College Dance Students Go to New York
Released on 10th June 2011 Two of Motherwell Colleges HND Contemporary Dance students have been accepted to study at the internationally renowned Merce Cunningham studio in New York. Motherwell...
Choose Motherwell College Courses for Careers and New Skills - Information Day – 8th June 2011
Released on 1st June 2011 If you want to make the right choices about your first career – or want to change direction – get yourself along to the...
College/Open University partnership takes local learning to a new dimension
Released on 1st June 2011 To further the partnership agreement made between The Open University in Scotland and Motherwell College back in 2009 Motherwell College has become an official...
Catch Four Top Shows Starring The Best Of Scotland’s Young Stage Stars
Released on 27th April 2011 Students on the BA Hons Acting and BA Hons Musical Theatre courses have a treat in store for you in May. The future stage...
Michelle Mone Meets Motherwell College Musicians!
Released on 20th April 2011 HND Music students at Motherwell College were treated to a very special guest lecture by one of the UK’s top entrepreneurs Michelle Mone recently...
North Lanarkshire Locals Set To Build Construction Industry Careers
Released 10 April 2011 A group of 11 North Lanarkshire men celebrated the successful completion of a building training course at an event at Motherwell College on Thursday (March...
Firtrees First – New Nursery Wins Its First Green Flag
Released on 30th March 2011 Staff parents and children at Firtrees Nursery are celebrating after achieving their first Eco Green Flag. The Nursery based on the Motherwell College campus...
In The Cake Mix For Red Nose Day!
Released on 20th March 2011 Staff and students at Motherwell College raised more than £750 for this year’s Red Nose Day on Friday 18 March. As well as selling...
Motherwell College Presents Our House
Released on 18th March 2011 Tickets are going fast for Motherwell Colleges ‘Our House’ in association with The Town House Hamilton. Motherwell Colleges HNC and HND Musical Theatre student’s...
Fascinating Lectures for Music Students
Released on 17th March 2011 After Wet Wet Wet’s Graeme Clarke gave two inspiring lectures to the Motherwell College Music students last month it appears that the most influential...
Don’t Miss Motherwell College Information Day – 30 March 2011
Released on 16th March 2011 If you want to make the right choices about your career – or want to change direction – get yourself along to the Motherwell...
Earth Hour Awareness, 18 March – IB Students Shine A Light On World’s Fragile Ecology
Released on 15th March 2011 Students from Motherwell College will be releasing dozens of Chinese lanterns in Strathclyde Park to highlight the World Wildlife Fund’s Earth Hour – action...
Top Engineering Student Awarded John Stephen Memorial Quaich
Released on 23rd February 2011 John Simpson (27) a Motherwell College security systems engineering student was awarded the John Stephen Memorial Quaich at a ceremony in the College earlier...
Legendary Songwriter Inspires Music Students
Released on 16th February 2011 Most of Scotland will not look at the 6th December 2010 with fond memories as most of us were stuck in snow blizzards in...
The Right Honourable Iain Duncan Smith Visits Motherwell College
Released on 14th February 2011 Students and staff at Motherwell College got the chance to chat to the Rt. Hon. Iain Duncan Smith MP UK Secretary of State for...
Motherwell College Produces Another Gold Medal Design Student
Released on 3rd February 2011 Ryan Sheridan (19) from East Kilbride has won a gold medal at the 2010 EuroSkills competition in Portugal in the Mechanical Engineering Design area...
Kilimanjaro Climb Raises £12,500 Pounds For Yorkhill Children’s Foundation
Released on 24th November 2010 Alan Hewitt Motherwell College Estates Manager is back at sea level after successfully climbing Mount Kilimanjaro. He scaled the 5 895m (19 341ft) mountain...
Find Out About January 2011 Courses At 25 November College Info Day
Released on 15th November 2010 The brand new Motherwell College January 2011 course guide is now available online and in leaflet form. It contains details of all the courses...
First Graduates From Motherwell College Ravenscraig Campus - Outstanding Students Recognised
Released on 1st November 2010 The first ever graduates from the new Motherwell College campus at Ravenscraig graduated on 28 October 2010. Two hundred and thirty one students attended...
Students Team Up With Gordon Ramsay For Gala Charity Dinner
Released on 1st November 2010 Ten Motherwell College students teamed up with Gordon Ramsay OBE and three top chefs to deliver a special menu for the recent Scottish Spina...
Motherwell College student has been crowned Scottish Young Baker of the Year!
Released on 20th October 2010 Warburtons Britain’s favourite family baker is delighted to announce the winner of the Scottish Young Baker of the Year competition following a very close...
Alan’s Kili Climb For Yorkhill Children’s Foundation
Released on 28th September 2010 Alan Hewitt Motherwell College Estates Manager had set his sights high hoping to raise at least £3000 for Yorkhill Children’s Foundation by climbing Mount...
Motherwell College Student Triumphs At Worldskills UK National Competition
Released 4th August 2010 Kieran Aitken an HND in Interactive Media student from Motherwell College has won a gold award in the WorldSkills UK National Web Design Competition. The...
College success at NLC Celebration of Learning awards ceremony
Released on 1st August 2010 Motherwell College had a successful evening at North Lanarkshire Council's recent "Celebration of Learning" awards which were hosted at the Westerwood Hotel in Cumbernauld...
Students Recognised For Hospitality Excellence
Released on 19th July 2010 Three Motherwell College students have been rewarded for their outstanding efforts while studying for an HNC in Hospitality. James Donnelly (20) Ross Hunter (34)...
Top Motor Industry Award for Motherwell College Auto Department
Released on 21st June 2010 Motherwell College Department of Automotive Studies has received the highest recognition from the Institute for the motor industry at an outstanding achievers awards ceremony...
Electric Performance from Installation Apprentices
Released on 16th June 2010 The best of this year’s electrical installation apprentices were recognised at a ceremony held last week at Motherwell College. The 1st and 2nd year...
Motherwell College's Trade Taster Programmes
Motherwell College is delighted to be running the next Morrison's Trade Taster Programme starting this week. These courses are a fantastic way to build experience and gain new skills...
