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The Music Technology team at Shrewsbury Colleges Group have had top-of-the-range equipment added to their classrooms and studios.

An investment of £100,000 has been given to the Music Technology department at Shrewsbury Colleges Group’s London Road Campus, including development of the buildings and facilities.

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Last week, Hairdressing students were given the chance to work with a global brand and showcase their work to local industry professionals.

Affinage, a global hair brand and their artistic team, Colour Rebels, wanted to work with Shrewsbury Colleges Group to showcase the latest products and give students some work experience. The team of six travel all over Europe for shows, including Rome, Slovakia, Germany, Holland and more.

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Shrewsbury Colleges Group (SCG) and The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) have recently announced plans to join together to form a unique partnership to benefit young people, the county and the community.

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Shrewsbury Colleges Group and Shropshire Libraries have joined forces to commemorate the life and work of Shropshire-born poet and soldier Wilfred Owen.

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A team of Engineering apprentices have secured their place in the WorldSkills Nationals after designing and building an electric wheelchair from scratch.

Belinda Nightingale, from Telford, Chloe Millington, from Bridgnorth and Tom Mills, from Shrewsbury, all 19 and Ricoh apprentices, make up the team. They were set the brief, by WorldSkills, to design and manufacture an electric wheelchair. This is the first time an Engineering team from Shrewsbury Colleges Group have applied for WorldSkills.

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Instead of relaxing this summer holidays, one student trained for and completed a charitable challenge.

Charlie Howard, 17 years old, from Westbury, is studying A Level Biology and Music and Level 3 BTEC Sport, and is hoping to join the Royal Air Force as a Physical Training Instructor once he has completed his education.

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Aged 18, Betty Webb, was living in south Shropshire and studying a domestic science course at Radbrook College in Shrewsbury.

Betty, now 95, and living in Wythall near Birmingham/Worcestershire was born in Aston-on-Clun in 1923 and was home schooled through the National Education Union, which was developed to help families who lived or worked abroad.

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AGA Rangemaster Group presented a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to the vocational Art and Design students of Shrewsbury Colleges Group.

Over 50 students took part in a design competition that AGA arranged specifically for Shrewsbury Colleges Group students. The renowned British manufacturer collaborated with the vocational Art & Design department to create new print designs for their textiles collection. Students produced original patterns that eventually got whittled down to one successful winner.

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Students at Shrewsbury Colleges Group were celebrating an excellent set of results today, with those results confirming the college’s reputation for academic excellence. 

This year more than 750 students took 2200 A Level exams with Shrewsbury Colleges Group. Students were welcomed to the English Bridge Campus this morning to collect their results, alongside the option for the students to get their results online if they were unable to make the trip.

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Shrewsbury Colleges Group is celebrating after being accepted as a Focus College via the Rugby Football Union – meaning it can expand its rugby-focussed qualifications and provide a better future for anyone wishing to work in the field of rugby or sport.

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