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Blackburn College University Centre boss resigns after suspension

QUIT Former dean Helen Mathers

11:58am Wednesday 8th February 2012

A HIGHER education boss has resigned from her post after she was suspended.

Applications to Blackburn College’s University Centre rise to record levels

2:54pm Tuesday 7th February 2012

A UNIVERSITY centre in East Lancashire is officially bucking the trend as its applications continue to rise.

Baby boom challenge for East Lancashire primary school places

2:16pm Tuesday 31st January 2012

EDUCATION bosses in East Lancashire are making preparations for an influx in primary school children folllowing a rise in birth rates.

Darwen Vale High School is taking shape

FUTURE Pupils tour the Darwen Vale site with Andy Ferguson, project manager for construction firm Balfour Beatty.

10:49am Tuesday 31st January 2012

WITH just seven months before the pupils’ return, Darwen Vale High School is taking shape.

Beardwood School reunion events planned for summer

4:54pm Monday 30th January 2012

A series of major reunion events are being planned for those who attended a school in Blackburn.

Staff at Altham manufacturing company go ‘back to school’

11:00pm Friday 27th January 2012

AN Altham manufacturing company has boosted productivity after sending its staff back to college.

Blackburn primary school headteacher sacked for 'bullying' allegations

ALLEGATIONS St Alban’s RC Primary School, Blackburn

10:46am Friday 27th January 2012

A HEADTEACHER has been sacked after a nine-month investigation into allegations of bullying against staff and pupils.

GCSE performance tables slammed by East Lancashire teaching unions

9:52am Friday 27th January 2012

THE school league tables system has been slammed by teaching unions in East Lancashire.

Darwen's biggest employers are backing Jake Berry's 100 jobs plan

2:35pm Thursday 26th January 2012

DARWEN’S biggest employers are backing the town’s MP in his bid to find jobs for 100 people in 100 days.

119 school staff facing redundancy in Blackburn with Darwen

FRONTLINE HIT Teachers and support staff will lose their jobs

11:00am Wednesday 25th January 2012

A TOTAL of 119 school staff are facing redundancy despite ‘promises’ that no jobs would be lost under Blackburn and Darwen’s education shake-up.

Burnley fashion student heading to India for inspiration

NEW COLECTION Carolyn Eastwood

1:42pm Tuesday 24th January 2012

A FASHION student is flying to India to work with some of the country’s up-and-coming designers and artists to produce a new collection.

Lecturer compiles book of poems to stamp out ‘despondency' in Blackburn

VOICES Dr Sarah Dobbs says Blackburn, has innovation, a rich tradition, and an exciting future

3:46pm Friday 20th January 2012

A COLLECTION of poems to stamp out ‘despondency’ about Blackburn has been published.

Tockholes primary school teacher set to retire

SEND-OFF Practising their farewells for head teacher Barbara Cocken are (from left) Leah Yates, Sohpie Dunbar, Crystal Feast, Samuel Griffin, Jake Noblet and Isobel Newell

12:41pm Thursday 19th January 2012

THE headteacher of Tockholes’s only primary school is to retire after 12 years at the helm.

Blackburn pupils and teachers check into school airport

CABIN CREW Above, teachers as stewardesses – Lydia Prowse, Sarah O’Kane, Lynne Todd and Kathryn McGregor. Left, Unaysah Bax and Ahmad Ougradar trying Chinese food.

4:33pm Tuesday 17th January 2012

A PRIMARY school was transformed into an airport to launch a new project about China.

Ribble Valley pupil, 15, found with cannabis in school

3:31pm Thursday 12th January 2012

A 15-YEAR-old boy who took cannabis into school has been given a three month referral order.

University of Central Lancashire to open university in Bangkok

SEALED Dr Malcolm McVicar, vice-chancellor and president of UCLan shakes hands with Mr Sittichicai Charoenkajonkul, CEO Best Group, watched by British and Thai delegates

9:59am Thursday 12th January 2012

BURNLEY fashion students are set to jet off to Thailand for part of their studies as plans for a new international university campus were revealed.

Darwen art gallery listed for national award

2:58pm Wednesday 11th January 2012

A STUDENT-run art gallery is up for a prestigious national award.

Blackburn College university leavers are top earners

2:18pm Wednesday 11th January 2012

GRADUATES from an East Lancs university centre are better paid than their peers at top universities including Cambridge and Durham.

Nelson schoolboy’s third attack on teacher

4:08pm Wednesday 11th January 2012

A SCHOOLBOY who attacked his teacher for a third time has been given a rehabilitation order after being told he was “at high risk” of more violence.

Hyndburn charity scheme helping residents get back to work

THANKFUL Zafar Ali

8:36am Tuesday 10th January 2012

THIRTY people have boosted their health and work prospects with help from a Hyndburn charity scheme.

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