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OSC Celebrates Black History Month 2024
04 November 2024
Staff and students at John Ruskin College and East Surrey College came together last month to celebrate Black History Month focusing on this year’s theme of ‘Reclaiming Narratives’.Sourced from BHM, the theme underscores a...
Cats Protection Visit our Animal Management Students
22 October 2024
Last week, Community Education Officer for Cats Protection, Jonathan Ramsden, paid a visit to John Ruskin College to meet with our Animal Management Level 1 students. Jonathan’s talk was both engaging and interactive, directly in...
Intergenerational Care Event Returns to JRC
02 October 2024
It’s been five years since the Intergenerational Care Event began and we’re making a tradition out of it! On 2 October, for the fifth year in a row, John Ruskin College in partnership with the Manju Shahul-Hameed Founda...
The Gym Facilities at JRC are getting an upgrade!
01 October 2024
John Ruskin College is excited to announce the plans to renovate its gym facilities with state-of-the-art, industry-recognised equipment.The aim of the renovation is to benefit the College’s current student body – whilst supporting th...
Freshers Fair 2024
13 September 2024
College is about so much more than studying, as students found out firsthand at John Ruskin College’s Freshers Fair on 12 September.To jumpstart the Autumn term, our Enrichment team hosted our annual Freshers Fair with the aim to encourage ...
MET Dog Support Unit (DSU) visit JRC
04 September 2024
It was an exciting first week for our students studying our NEW Animal Management Level 1 course, as they recently had a friendly visitor from the MET Police Dog Unit for an exclusive demonstration.Students got to witness a standard routine by Br...
What are your choices after GCSEs?
28 August 2024
At Orbital South Colleges, first and foremost, we believe that every child matters and therefore their education is paramount to us. Some students will get what they need from year 11 but some don’t; this is when the questions start.What is...
Celebrating GCSE results 2024
22 August 2024
All the hard work and preparation paid off for many of our students collecting their GCSE results today and we are pleased to celebrate their success!The class of 2024 included 16-18 year old students who study Maths and/or English as part of the...
OSC Nominations for Pearson National Teaching Awards
24 July 2024
At Orbital South Colleges, we are pleased to share that 4 of our tutors and our Public Service team were nominated for The Pearson National Teaching Awards. The awards are run by The Teaching Awards Trust to support the Pearson Awards missio...
M25 Closure 12 to 15 July at OSC
12 July 2024
There may be some distruption to the usual commute on Monday with National Highways planning to close a section of the M25 between junction 10 at Wisley to junction 11 at Chertsey, starting overnight on Friday 12 July and c...
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