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Thu23Feb

College News

Tue21Feb

the wizard of oz

The Wizard of Oz
It’s time to travel over the rainbow as Holy Cross College embarks on its production of 'Wizard of Oz'. The show will be performed on Tuesday 28th February, Wednesday 29th February and Thursday 1st March at 7.30pm in the Hall. Tickets are on sale priced at £8.00 from the library which can be contacted directly 0161 762 4519.

There are also two matinee performances on Tuesday 28th & Wednesday 29th February from 1.15pm for local High Schools and Primary Schools.

D.Hornsby

Tue14Feb

****drop in evening****

4.30pm - 7.00pm, Tuesday 21st February

New courses beginning September 2012

Business, English, Education, Religion and Theology,
Integrated Practice, Professional Development

Full and Part Time

So much more affordable than you think

Come along and have a chat with one of our friendly and experienced Support Tutors

If you can't make it then just give us a call and come along when it's covenient for you

4.30pm - 7.00pm
Tuesday 21st February
Holy Cross University Centre

(some courses subject to confirmation)

Catherine Chrystie

Mon13Feb

congratulations

Congratulations
Congratulations to all Holy Cross students who received their Masters in Catholic School Leadership last weekened. Despite rather treacherous journeys in the snow they all had a wonderful graduation day at St Mary's in Twickenham.

Catherine Chrystie

Fri10Feb

website server maintenance

The college website may be unavailable at times between the evening of Sunday 12th February and lunchtime on Monday 13th February due to essential maintenance of a web server. Apologies for any inconvenience.

IT Department

Tue13Dec

blood and organ donation - documentary

BLOOD AND ORGAN DONATION - DOCUMENTARY
In recent years Holy Cross has hosted visits from a speaker, Graham Brushett, to initiate discussions about blood and organ donations with our Upper Sixth students. Graham himself was initially contacted by Adam Crizzle, a campaigner who lost his wife because a donor could not be found. Adam’s aim was to make a film to highlight the issues with government strategy and, as a college who supports Graham, we were asked to take part in the film.

Adam arranged for a film crew to come in to Holy Cross, meet students who Graham had delivered his talk too and to interview staff involved about the impact and importance of the talks. Adam is still on the campaign trail, meeting with Anne Milton MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health to discuss the progress of the ‘Give and Let Live Education Programme’ (the Government’s blood and organ donation education programme). As part of his preparation he edited the original film and has produced a four minute documentary that was to be played to the Minister during their discussions. You can watch it by clicking on this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uBJUUVQgdY&feature=youtu.be

D. Hornsby

Mon12Dec

holy cross students host christmas party

HOLY CROSS STUDENTS HOST CHRISTMAS PARTY
Holy Cross students hosted a Christmas Party for children from Elms Bank and Milwood Schools on Monday 12th December. The party was held at Bethesda Church near to college and thirty of our students in fancy dress arranged the party with our Chaplaincy Team for the 25 children from the two schools. Activities inluded party games, face painting and a disco and was rounded off with party food and presents for those attending. A great time had by all.

D. Hornsby

Fri9Dec

christmas and new year opening hours

Opening Hours for the University Centre Office over the Christmas and New Year holiday period will be as follows......

OPEN
Monday 19th December 8:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 20th December 8:30am - 11:30pm

CLOSED
Wednesday 21st December - Monday 2nd January

OPEN
Tuesday 3rd January 8:30am - 8:30pm
Wednesday 4th January 8:30am -8:30pm
Thursday 5th January 8:30am - 4:30pm
Friday 6th January 8:30am - 3:30pm

Please contact the University Centre Office on 0161 762 4513/4529 or email universityadmin@holycross.ac.uk should you have any queries.

Lisa Minshull

Mon5Dec

new teaching block on the abbeyfield site

New teaching block on the Abbeyfield Site
Construction of a new teaching block is due to start in March 2012 on the Abbeyfield Templeton House site located between the existing college grounds and Parkhills Garage. An artists impression of this is shown here. The building is due to be completed in February 2013. Investment in the new facilities is valued at £4m, a cost which includes the fitting out of the new structure which will include 16 classrooms and a new chapel and chaplaincy facility. This will be a major feature with some of the items from the original Daughters of The Cross Chapel reinstated.

The new building will allow some other departments the space to expand within the existing facilities available at Holy Cross. For example, the Visual Arts department will be allocated the top floor of the Maureen Haverty building in addition to its current space.

D. Hornsby

Thu1Dec

bank of england economics competition

Bank of England Economics Competition
Four of our A level Economics students recently took part in a compettion organised by the Bank of England and The Times newspaper. The ‘Bank of England Target 2.0’ competition is the country’s premier competition available for A level Economics students. Hundreds of teams from across the country compete and each team of 4 students has to present its case on how it would manage interest rates to best achieve the Bank of England’s 2.0% inflation target. Presentations last 15 minutes, the students have to analyse a wide range of up-to-date economic data to demonstrate their understanding of the current state of the UK economy, and are delivered to a panel of judges from the Bank of England and The Times newspaper. These are followed by a plenary session at the end when the panel ask the teams questions. The winners of each regional heat go through to a county level competition and the winners of those go through to the national final. Erik Burgess, Jack Davies, Aneesa Hussain and Sanyia Qureshi represented Holy Cross at this event, finishing in the top eight teams in the regional event held in Leeds. Congratulations to them and their teacher, Criag Hunt.

D. Hornsby

Mon28Nov

wednesday 30th november

Message for University Centre students..........................

The Library and IT Open Access Area will be CLOSED all day to students.
The University Centre Office is scheduled to be open from 8:30am - 4:30pm, we would however advise you to telephone the office on 0161 762 4513/4529 before making your journey to college.

Please contact the University Centre Office on 0161 762 4513/4529 should you have any queries.

Lisa Minshull

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