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It’s coming home! College esports team defends its student title
Croydon College’s esports team last week successfully defended its League of Legends students national title. Croydon Prime defeated Belfast Met Esports in an exciting best-of-three grand final staged in Stoke.
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As We Are: School of Art’s end-of-year exhibition, to July 2
Croydon College School of Art’s end-of-year exhibition opens today, “celebrating the creativity, innovation and achievements” of more than 150 students across a diverse range of disciplines. As We Are “will showcase an extensive collection of student work spanning fine art, … Continue reading
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Croydon College’s esports legends are top of the league again
Croydon College is celebrating a major achievement as its elite esports team has made the national finals of the British students League of Legends tournament. Croydon College’s team has twice won the national title, including last year, so they go … Continue reading
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Visit Croydon College on its open evening, Wed June 17
Croydon College and Croydon University Centre will welcome prospective students and local residents to a campus open evening next month, giving visitors the opportunity to learn more about the range of courses and training available. The open evening is from … Continue reading
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Croydon College gets ‘remarkable’ praise from Commissioner
Croydon College has been highlighted as a national case study of successful improvement and transformation in the Further Education Commissioner’s 2024–2025 annual report, published by the Department for Education. The Commissioner reports on how Croydon College, which includes Coulsdon Sixth … Continue reading
That’s NEET: College offers students fresh start in January
Croydon College has moved to try to improve the training and employment opportunities for the borough’s young people by opening its doors to students starting new courses in January. Croydon has one of the highest proportions of NEETs in London … Continue reading
10% discount for students at Heavenly Desserts until April
Heavenly Desserts on Dingwall Road, near East Croydon Station, is offering a 10% discount for students on all eat-in drinks, meals and desserts from now until March 31. All anyone needs to claim the money-off saving is a valid student … Continue reading
Open days attract record numbers to Croydon College campus
Bookings are being taken for open days in November for courses from A level to degrees, including the new T levels Croydon College and Coulsdon Sixth Form College have seen record-breaking numbers of prospective students attending their open days this … Continue reading
MP Reed caps off his high-profile week with a flood of protest
CONFERENCE NOTEBOOK: Bringing Croydon’s trains back into public ownership and putting more emphasis on apprenticeships are among some of the announcements made by Labour figures in Liverpool, where ANDREW FISHER, pictured left, was checking out the queues for Steve Reed’s … Continue reading
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Croydon College names Shawcross as new chair of governors
Val Shawcross, a former leader of Croydon Council, London Assembly Member and deputy mayor of London, has been named as the new chair of governors for Croydon College. Most recently, Shawcross was the chief executive in charge of the Crystal … Continue reading
College’s video gamers win national student esports grand final
Croydon College is celebrating a landmark achievement as its esports team, called Croydon Prime, won the League of Legends Grand Final at the British student championships in Sunderland. Made up of five students aged 18 to 20, Croydon Prime delivered … Continue reading
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Tagged BTEC, Croydon College, esports, Gloria Januszewicz, League of Legends, Shamil Mohamed, Summoner's Rift
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Hurley’s Bowie-inspired one-woman show is coming home
Katie Hurley’s hit show from last year’s Edinburgh Fringe is finally coming home. The co-producer of the annual Croydonites Festival wrote and starred in her one-woman show at the world’s biggest fringe festival last summer, where You’re So F**king Croydon! … Continue reading
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When people talk, things happen and they get things done
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Businessman TIM WATES believes that even a small shift in engagement with each other can make a big difference to the borough’s future Across Croydon, many community groups, volunteers and businesses are rolling up their sleeves to make … Continue reading
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College sets tough target of 50 apprentice places in 50 days
Croydon College is celebrating Colleges Week 2025 with a campaign to secure 50 apprentices in 50 days by appealing to employers to get involved and support young people getting into the workplace. As part of the campaign, Croydon College has … Continue reading
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Catering students serving up a festive feast at Croydon College
Catering and hospitality students at Croydon College are putting their learning into practice by offering a special Christmas lunch menu to the community at the College’s Chef’s Restaurant. The students are working alongside Chef Mark Goldstein to serve a festive … Continue reading
Harrison finishes top of her class in School of Art competition
Croydon School of Art student Leanne Harrison was this week named as the winner of the annual Croydon Art Space Best Artist of the Year competition. The competition, supported by gallery owner Paul Hall, each year celebrates the best artistic … Continue reading
College given ‘Good’ rating after Ofsted inspectors’ return visit
A year and a half after being rated as “Inadequate” following an Ofsted inspection, when the leadership was warned “about the risks associated with radicalisation and extremism” on its campus, Croydon College, together with Coulsdon Sixth Form College, has had … Continue reading
Help that’s on hand for Croydon pupils after GCSE results day
The council is offering advice and support services to the GCSE pupils across the borough who received their results yesterday. Pupils “who would like support on what to do next after leaving school can contact the council’s Post-16 Participation Team … Continue reading
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Hurley rises to David Bowie’s challenge at her Edinburgh show
“It was my nemesis, I hated Croydon with a real vengeance. “It represented everything I didn’t want in my life, everything I wanted to get away from. “I think it’s the most derogatory thing I can say about somebody or … Continue reading
College chief: ‘We have a drugs gang outside our front door’
Croydon College has a drugs gang operating outside its front door at East Croydon, looking to sell Class A drugs to students, some as young as 16, as they go to and from their daily studies. That’s according to the … Continue reading
It’s an F grade for Keegan over nation’s apprenticeship failings
ANDREW FISHER, pictured right, explains how apprenticeships can be a valuable means of recruitment for some employers while offering some pay to trainees, but that the Education Minister’s dabbling with ‘apprentice teachers’ looks like another ‘fail’ by this Government This … Continue reading
Colleges given ‘must do better’ report from Commissioner
The governors and staff at Croydon College have been handed a demanding set of 12 recommendations by a Government-appointed intervention team, following the institution’s “Inadequate” Ofsted report earlier this year. The inspectors from the Further Education Commissioner spent a couple … Continue reading
It’s hard to find signs of the borough’s musical heritage trail
So just what do we get for the £220,000 of Lottery cash splurged on Croydon’s Music Heritage Trail? We sent LOUISA GAUTREY along to road-test the trail and its accompanying app As a teenager who listens to a wide range … Continue reading
Croydon School of Art presents Time Travels, Jun 15-28
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Inadequate funding that is sending colleges towards failure
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Lack of adequate funding from central government has not been confined to local authorities, as GENE BRODIE, education correspondent, reports Anyone who wanted a warning of the “Inadequate” rating applied to Croydon College last week by Ofsted … Continue reading
