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MasterChef: The Professionals runner-up Sven goes back to his catering roots
Tuesday, 10 February 2015

Specialised Chef graduate Sven-Hanson Britt returned to The Bournemouth & Poole College in triumph after his star-studded performance on BBC’s MasterChef: The Professionals series.

Sven was runner-up in the nationwide prime time TV contest which drew an estimated 1m viewers.

He returned this week for lunch in the Escoffier Restaurant, The College’s award winning training restaurant, and touched base with old pals and Lecturers like Senior Chef Lecturers, David Boland and Tony Groves who helped him take his first steps in the kitchen.

Magnificient seven check-in for careers with Swissport
Friday, 30 January 2015
Swissport, the leading support service company for the airline industry, has recruited the entire crop of 2015 graduates from the Bournemouth & Poole College's Aviation Operation (AO) course.

The company recently announced its plans to expand its ground operations at Bournemouth International Airport and drew on its strong links with the college to recruit new staff.

The seven female students will now join the company caring for passengers at the check-in stage.

How College lecturer added spark to Castlepoint’s shopping experience
Monday, 05 January 2015

The Bournemouth & Poole College’s community spirit came to fore again recently when lecturer Steve Stafford upgraded the electricity auto-charging point at the huge Castlepoint shopping complex on the outskirts of Bournemouth – for free.

The centre already has a facility for charging electric cars set in a prime position outside Marks and Spencer but it lacked a special modern "J-plug" connection.

2,000th student placed as job success continues at Bournemouth & Poole College
Tuesday, 23 December 2014

2,000 students at Bournemouth & Poole College have now landed a job thanks to an innovative partnership with specialist training and job search support provider REED NCFE.

Michael Dance, 18, from Wareham, was the 2,000th student to secure a job through the partnership, landing an engineering apprenticeship with Network Rail.

The partnership works by helping students to develop the vital mind-set and employability skills that 96 per cent of employers say they value over skill-set.*

College’s Foundation Degree student goes on to win two university awards
Friday, 12 December 2014

Former Bournemouth and Poole College Foundation Degree student David Hampton has achieved a double triumph following college while studying at Bournemouth University.

He has been awarded a wealth of academic awards to put alongside his first class honours degree in Marketing Communications from BU.

David recently became the second college foundation graduate to win the University’s Rosemary Pope Award for the Best Final Year Student from the university’s partner colleges. The Pope award goes alongside his prize for Best Final Year University Media School student.

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