Results tagged “Tower Hamlets College”

A £180million bursary scheme to help the most vulnerable teenagers will replace the Education Maintenance Allowances which were scrapped in England last year.

Education Secretary Michael Gove told the Commons this week that 12,000 students with the greatest needs will receive an annual bursary of £1,200 if they continue their education and the revised system would provide a "more targeted" support system.

Members of the University and College Union took strike action across the UK today to protest at changes to pensions and pay cuts.

Staff from Tower Hamlets College, Greenwich University and University of East London took to picket lines over what they believe to be unfair increases in their pension contributions and moves to raise the retirement age.

A former Tower Hamlets College student is helping London to prepare for the 2012 Olympic Games.

Mothiur Rahman has bagged himself a paid apprenticeship with LOCOG, working across various departments, after impressing an interview panel and being picked as one of 15 apprentices from all over the UK.

By Jim Fitzpatrick

I'm not a pessimist by nature, but even I have to concede that it's difficult to side-step the effect that the Con-Dem Government's plans are having on people.

There have been messages a-plenty in my inbox, indicating a high level of concern - even anxiety - on such issues as the abolition of the Education Maintenance Allowance.

Thousands of East London students are facing being "cut adrift" as the Government plans to axe funding initiatives. The vice-chancellor of the University of East London and the principals of three east London further education colleges are warning that cuts to funding are tantamount to abandoning a generation of disadvantaged learners.

After collecting the marketing gong at the Docklands Business Club awards last month Tower Hamlets College is looking to the future.

The college's Dream Destination campaign, symbolised by a Las Vegas-themed image, proved a hit with judges, forming part of a successful, fully-integrated recruitment campaign.

An inspirational student has defied the odds to bag himself a bursary to study at Queen Mary's University, London.

Jamil Livingstone Sekyanzi, 22, who lives in East Ham has overcome a challenging past to follow his dream of becoming a doctor.

Allen & Overy has awarded thousands of pounds in university bursaries to two Tower Hamlets College students.

The Wharf firm has given a guarantee to 19-year-old Bobbie Atkin-Farrugia and Nana Tawiah, 18, that it will help fund the cost of their studies.

Tory leader David Cameron praised the University of East London when he visited its Docklands campus this week.

Cameron was speaking to students, staff and reporters at the event over a range of issues, including MPs expenses and his future plans, as well as a vision for a "new form of politics".

As the crunch continues to bite, students are looking towards businesses for their future careers with an increasingly nervous gaze.

But can businesses grab a lifeline by going back to college?

A new college cricket club is set to appear in the new year.

Tower Hamlets College is to plough a £1,500 grant from the Mayor of London's Play Sport London initiative into the formation of the Tower Hamlets College Cricket Club in January.

It's never too early to pick up some new business.

While some Wharfers are still hacking their way through crowded Tube at 7.30am, others are already on the hunt for contacts and advice.

Standing at Heathrow Airport arrivals, PC Roger Grimes was waiting for a young girl he had helped rescue from a forced marriage.

PC Grimes, a policeman attached to Tower Hamlets College in Poplar, had spent the last week assisting the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Forced Marriage Unit to get the student back from Bangladesh.

MANY of us are still getting to grips with 2008 – but a Docklands lecturer has already marked the year with an Oscar and a new baby.

Documentary and narrative video teacher Marianela Maldonado, from Tower Hamlets College – next to Poplar DLR station – was part of a team that scooped Hollywood’s greatest honour.

She was a co-writer of Peter and the Wolf, a modern adaptation of the classic fairy tale which won the Best Short Animation Film award at last month’s ceremony. She is also celebrating an addition to the household after giving birth to a baby boy last Wednesday (March 19).