I have just spent a fascinating morning at the Alban Park campus of Oaklands College, where they are hosting the Eastern Region heat of SkillBuild 2011. Skillbuild is a competition for young students and apprentices and today’s Oaklands heat covered bricklaying, painting and decorating, carpentry, joinery, and plastering. Entrants came from across the six counties [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Smallford'
Oaklands hosts SkillBuild
April 12th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Sandy's blog
Tags:Alban Park·Oaklands College·SkillBuild·Smallford·sustainable building
Funding threat to Oaklands College Smallford scheme
March 18th, 2009 · No Comments · Sandy's blog
I could not have chosen a better day to make a return visit to Oaklands College’s beautiful Smallford site as my photo of the main building shows! I last came here in the 1980s, some things have changed but the attractiveness of the environment has not.
I was shown round by Mark Dawe, the Principal. For [...]
Tags:further education·Learning and Skills Council·LSC·Mark Dawe·Oaklands College·Smallford
Two wheels good, four wheels…
June 5th, 2008 · 2 Comments · What I Think
500 local commuters make the journey to St Albans City station by bicycle each day. It’s not hard to imagine the complete snarl-up if they came by car instead. So why don’t we make it easier and more attractive for more people of all ages to make their regular journeys by bike – adding to [...]