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Oil and Gas Event in Refurbished College Breaks Attendance Record

Last year’s record attendance was broken at Banff and Buchan College’s annual Oil and Gas Event on Thursday 16th February. Over 900 delegates attended the event which was, for the first time, held in the atrium of the newly refurbished College building in Fraserburgh. As well as being able to speak to College staff, guests were able to chat to representatives from leading Oil and Gas companies including Vroon Offshore, ACE Winches, Springtech, Genesis Recruitment, ECITB, Technip UK Ltd, Schlumberger, Falck Nutec, Gray & Adams, Score Group, Wood Group, Enermech, Halliburton, and AMEC. Guests were also able to speak to...

Success for Electrical Student

Ross Borland, a student at Banff and Buchan College has excelled in a prestigious UK competition - SkillELECTRIC. Ross Borland from Banff who now works for Claud Hamilton Electrical Services competed against his peers to be nominated as the best student in the College, he then went on to win the North Consortium of the SkillELECTRIC competition. Ross was then awarded first place at the Scottish heat and so he went on to the UK final where he was Highly Commended in the 2011 Championship. Ross’ Manager and Tutors are delighted at his success in the tough competition. Finalists had...

Robertsons Awards Best Student

Roberstons, the company responsible for creating Banff and Buchan College’s new campus in Fraserburgh have awarded a Shield to the College’s Best Construction Student of 2011, Christopher George. Mike Turner,Project Manager from Robertsons said“Throughout the Project we have interacted with the College Students and they have had various site visits during the different stages of the works. “Robertson Construction Northern employs a number of Apprentices every year and we recognise that good work should be rewarded. Therefore it was a good opportunity for us to provide the shield for the Best Student of the Year.” Curriculum Leader for Construction Kevin...

Richard Lochhead MSP visits new College

MSP Richard Lochhead visited Banff and Buchan College in Fraserburgh today to see progress of the College 2012 refurbishment programme. Mr Lochhead, who is the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment spent time with the Class 2 Deck Officer (Mates) fishing students who had come from all areas of the UK and Ireland to study at the College. Mr Lochhead discussed with them the future of the fishing industry; fishing methods, scientific input and gear technology. The fishing students found the dialogue extremely useful and left them with positive outlook for the future of the fishing industry. David...

Energy Girls Visit Score

Female pupils at Turriff Academy studying the Girls into Energy programme with Banff and Buchan College enjoyed a visit to Score to find out more about what it’s like for a woman to work in the energy industry. The visit was led by William Forman, Fiona Johnston and Gordon Milne and the girls had an opportunity to tour round the Glenugie and Wellbank sites and enjoyed a presentation from Chairman Charles Ritchie of Score Group Plc. Heather Sim from Banff and Buchan College said “Throughout the visit the girls had opportunities to speak with many female engineers who are already...

Visit to BP for Girls on Energy Course

Female pupils from Turriff Academy enjoyed a visit to BP in Aberdeen as part of their Skills for Work Energy programme. The Skills for Work Energy programme is run by Banff and Buchan College and is supported by Shell UK and Schlumberger. It aims to introduce female students to the Energy Industry to provide positive training to encourage more females into a typically male dominated industry. As part of the programme the girls are given various opportunities to visit industry so that they can relate the skills they learn throughout the course to real life job opportunities. The visit to...

Preparing to Care Banff & Buchan College

The Prepare to Care course is in partnership with Banff & Buchan College and Jobcentre Plus. The course prepares a student for employment in the Care industry and the Macduff Learning Centre was the venue for the latest course. This five week Training for Work course was in partnership with Jobcentre Plus and Banff & Buchan College and the course provided vocational training support for people aged 18 or over who are actively looking for work. The programme allows people to undertake vocational training linked to local labour market opportunities, enabling individuals to secure and sustain employment. Karen Campbell –...

Oil & Gas Event 2012

Banff and Buchan College will hold their annual Oil & Gas event on Thursday 16th February from 6-8pm. For the first time the event will be held in the atrium at our newly refurbished campus in Fraserburgh. Our Oil & Gas event is an opportunity for current and potential students to come and find out more information about careers in the Oil & Gas industry. If you would like to come along the event is free to attend and you just need to come along between 6pm and 8pm. We look forward to seeing you there. Confirmed exhibitors: Royal Air...

Carers Rights Day

The VSA North Aberdeenshire Carers Rights Day event was held in November at the Buchanhaven Hearts Football Club in Peterhead this year. The theme for the day was Money Matters and organisations were invited to attend to talk to the unpaid carers from North Aberdeenshire. A number of agencies were on hand to offer advice and those attending included: Alzheimer’s Scotland, Aberdeenshire’s Shared Lives, Aberdeenshire Council Welfare Rights Workers, NESCU, Housability, Care and Repair, Pension Service and Banff and Buchan College. Students from Banff & Buchan College had stepped out of the classroom to offer some pampering to the Carers...

Banff and Buchan College Success in Hairdressing Competition

Students from the Hairdressing and Beauty Therapy department at Banff and Buchan College have excelled in a Scottish Wide Competiton. Student Natalie Gaydyalene took 1st Place in the Ladies Evening Style category and also took 3rd Place in the Men's Commercial Style category. Karen Stewart took 2nd Place in the Ladies Evening Style category and Clare Robertson took 3rd Place in the Manicure competition. Well done to all students involved!

College Charity Raises Money for Moldovan Orphanages

Students studying Access to Social Sciences at Banff and Buchan College raised £680 cash in a collection for the Stella’s House charity in Moldova and its parent charity The New Hope Trust in Peterhead. The charity initiative across the College included a car wash and one student dyed his hair pink and raised £180 of sponsorship. The Access to Social Sciences group also held a Christmas shoeboxes collection, collecting health care items, clothing and food for the orphanages in Moldova. This collection will be distributed to the residents of Stella’s House as a form of Christmas presents given in shoeboxes....

Banff and Buchan College and Aberdeen Foyer to Work Together

Banff and Buchan College and Aberdeen Foyer have signed a collaborative Agreement. This agreement will see the two organisations work together to provide training and education in accordance with SFC/ESF Investing in Skills for Economic Recovery. The organisations will initially provide three programmes in Aberdeen called ‘Get into Retail’. These courses will aim to give individuals the skills and experience they need to secure a job in the retail industry. The course will last for 5 weeks and will include a two week placement. Successful students will receive an SQA Certificate in Working with Others and for Problem Solving. College...

Turriff Academy Pupils Engineer Their Future

S2 pupils at Turriff Academy competed in the local heat of the prestigious Schlumberger Schools Competition on Friday 2nd December. The event was created 5 years ago to mark the exciting partnership between Banff and Buchan College and Schlumberger. Banff and Buchan College was selected as the first United Kingdom Further Education College to collaborate with Schlumberger to build closer links between students pursuing technical qualifications and Schlumberger as a potential employer. The competition involved the students building a propeller racing car from a kit. The students were assessed on their ability to read and understand the instructions, follow the...

Shell Encourages Female Engineers

Female students studying engineering programmes at Banff and Buchan College met with one woman who has excelled in traditionally male dominated environment. Mhairi McGairy is a Senior Safety Disipline Specialist with Shell UK Ltd. During Offshore Europe this September, Mhairi briefly met with some female students studying Banff and Buchan College’s ‘Girls in Energy’ course which is sponsored by Shell and Schlumberger. Mhairi visited Mintlaw, Turriff and Huntly Academy to speak to the girls on the course about women working in the Oil and Gas industry. Mhari has worked in the industry all her working life and has toured round...

Wax on – Wax off!

The SVQ Level 2 Beauty Therapy students at the Macduff Learning Centre tore a strip of their clients – all in the name of charity! Seven “willing” volunteers allowed students to wax their legs with all the proceeds going to Children in Need. The friends and partners of the students were sponsored to have their legs waxed and raised a yowling £530. If waxing wasn’t for you then a mini facial or mini manicure was on offer on Children in Need Day, with the chance to win a raffle prize but the students paid the price for not turning up...

Beautified Pudsey at Huntly Learning Centre

Even Pudsey took some time off on Friday 18th November to have his hair and nails done! The busy bear went to the Huntly Learning Centre where pupils from Kemnay Academy were fund raising for Children in Need. The class are currently studying Skills for Work in Hairdressing at the Centre and they raised £110 by raffling a Pudsey cake, providing treatments which included a make-over for two members of staff from Kemnay Academy, mini manicures and a lucky dip. Anna Robertson was the lucky winner of the Pudsey cake and she was delighted with her prize. Hazel Fraser –...

College proud to work with IMechE to achieve accredited status

Students following Engineering programme’s at Banff and Buchan College will be elegible for EngTech status following approval of the College’s courses by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE). This adds a professional qualification to the College’s academic and vocational portfolio. This will enhance the Modern Apprenticeship programme currently delivered by Banff & Buchan and the growing demand for HNC/D level courses. David Cook, College Assistant Principal said “In the modern engineering world professional qualifications are truly global and will allow our students to move seamlessly to careers across the world. This qualification will support careers in current technologies and emergent...

College 2012 Project Nears Completion

Banff and Buchan College’s 2012 redevelopment project is nearing completion with stage 1 and 2 now commissioned and in full operation. Stage 1 saw the new atrium opened to students with increased social space, a new refectory, new library and resource centre and a new front entrance to the College. The building is bright and modern and has given the students much more space to work and enjoy their time at College. Stage 2 has seen the opening of the ‘cloisters’ area which hosts six new classrooms which are organised together with moveable partition walls so that the space can...

Recognition for Outstanding Students

Outstanding students at Banff and Buchan College have been recognised for their achievements in a prize giving celebration at the College. Score Group plc has annually held an awards ceremony in the College to recognise exceptional students within the College’s Technology Department. This year Charles Ritchie from Score presented awards to Pawel Naprawski (originally from Poland but now resides in Turriff) who is a full time Banff and Buchan College student, Steven Birkett (Peterhead) who works for Score and Cameron Croll (Peterhead) who also works for Score. Curriculum leader for Mechanical Engineering Stevie Wilson said “Both Steven Birkett and Cameron...

College Fundraiser Raises £350 for Breast Cancer Research

An annual ‘Go Pink’ fundraising event was held at Banff and Buchan College on 28th October 2011 and has raised over £350 for breast cancer research. Staff were able to purchase home baked pieces of cakes and muffins generously donated by the College staff. The sale took place in the main atrium of the College at a stand served by ‘Go Pink’ ladies dressed in pink. Staff could also make a donation to wear something pink on the day. Diane Duncan who organized the whole event said “Thanks to all who helped me on the day, gave generously in donations...

Fraserburgh Academy Pupils Engineer Their Future

S2 pupils at Fraserburgh Academy competed in the local heat of the prestigious Schlumberger Schools Competition on Tuesday 25th October 2011. The event was created 8 years ago to mark the exciting partnership between Banff and Buchan College and Schlumberger. Banff and Buchan College was selected as the first United Kingdom Further Education College to collaborate with Schlumberger to build closer links between students pursuing technical qualifications and Schlumberger as a potential employer. The competition involved the students building a propeller racing car from a kit. The students were assessed on their ability to read and understand the instructions, follow...

Working in Partnership

On Thursday 27 October 2011 Aberdeen College and Banff & Buchan College of Further Education signed a Federation agreement. The purpose of the North-East Scotland Colleges Regional Federation Agreement is to allow the two colleges to plan & deliver a fully-coordinated programme of further education opportunities across the North-east. While the two colleges will remain as separate institutions with their own Boards of Management and management teams, the colleges will work together to: • co-ordinate the offer of further education in the North-East to avoid any unnecessary duplication • improve access to educational opportunities across the North-east • increase the...

College Students Celebarte Diwali

Students from Banff and Buchan College's Students' Association organised events at the College to celebrate Diwali - the Hindu Festival meaning 'Festival of Lights'. As part of the celebrations students decorated the College in traditional decorations, dressed up in traditional indian style clothes and they also served traditional style cakes int he atrium during lunchtime.

Open University Partnership

A new partnership launched today Wednesday, 14th September 2011 between The Open University in Scotland and Banff & Buchan College of Further Education will give local people access to one of the country’s most flexible and comprehensive learning packages. The partnership agreement links up Banff & Buchan College’s suite of higher education qualifications to The Open University’s extensive range of courses and qualifications to create progression routes between the two learning providers. This means that local people will be able to benefit from multi-optional learning programmes that offer them a range of ways to develop their skills at the different...

Peterhead Academy Pupils Engineer Their Future

S2 pupils at Peterhead Academy competed in the local heat of the prestigious Schlumberger Schools Competition on Thursday 6th October. The event was created 5 years ago to mark the exciting partnership between Banff and Buchan College and Schlumberger. Banff and Buchan College was selected as the first United Kingdom Further Education College to collaborate with Schlumberger to build closer links between students pursuing technical qualifications and Schlumberger as a potential employer. The competition involved the students building a propeller racing car from a kit. The students were assessed on their ability to read and understand the instructions, follow the...

New Safety Courses at Banff and Buchan College

Banff and Buchan College and E-Learning Safety Training Ltd (ELST) have entered into a partnership to provide two IOSH approved e-learning safety modules. IOSH – Health & Safety for Industry and IOSH – Office Safety will equip employees with Health & Safety knowledge that will help employers to reduce the risk of accidents and incidents in the workplace. The IOSH – Health & Safety for Industry Course provides Health and Safety training for any type of industry and has 9 modules of 40 minutes per module, and the IOSH – Office Safety Course covers Health and Safety requirements specifically for...

“Girls in Energy” take on Energy challenge

50 female students from Turriff, Mintlaw and Huntly Academy visited Shell for the second annual ‘Girls Energy’ conference which is organised in partnership with Banff and Buchan College. The students are all part of Banff and Buchan College’s ‘Girls Energy’ Programme which provides training to encourage more women into science, engineering and technology careers. The pupils are undertaking the Skills for Work Energy Course along with their usual subjects at school and with support from Shell U.K. Limited and Schlumberger the girls will experience real-life examples of engineering and technology in action. This theme for this year’s conference is Carbon...

National Success for College Welder

A Banff and Buchan College student has excelled in a National welding competition. Jonathon Daniel from Peterhead, who is employed by Dales Engineering, took first place in the regional BOC Welder Scotland Competition and then went on to take second place in the national compettion. He will now travel to The Welding Institute in Cambridge at the end of October to compete in the British Final. Ronnie Cowie, Curriculum Head of Welding and Motor Vehicle at the College said “Everyone at Banff & Buchan College would like to congratulate Jonathon on his achievements and his commitment to improving his skills...

Sun, Wind and Water

No – this isn’t an article about holidays. It’s all about Energy. What are you going to be doing on those long cold winter nights? Winter is fast approaching so come and learn more about Energy at the Huntly Learning Centre. Global energy is the biggest challenge facing humanity. Clean energy, pollution, sustainability, and energy equality are all issues waiting to be unravelled. Would you like to find out more and explore how different types of energy impact the environment and ways in which this can be reduced? Then enrol on the Introduction to Energy course at the Huntly learning...

Graduation 2011

Banff and Buchan College held their 17th graduation ceremony this Saturday 1st October. For the first time the College held their graduation on site at the main campus in Fraserburgh in the new atrium of the recently refurbished college. The event was organised in conjunction with the Scottish Qualifications Authority to recognise the achievements of students who successfully completed their studies in a wide range of Higher National Certificate and Diploma courses at the College during the academic session 2010-11. Graduates this year came from two of the three different vocational training sectors within the College, Business and the Arts...

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