College Tree Planting
As long ago as 2010, students and staff planted around 100 trees in the newly created biodiversity reserve on the northern perimeter of the college campus. This area is now a wild habitat with many of the trees flourishing alongside naturally seeded trees from nearby hedges. More recently, there have been several projects aimed at […]
Varndean College in partnership with FE Sussex wins prestigious AOC Beacon Edge Award
Varndean College, as part of the FE Sussex Partnership, has won the prestigious Beacon Edge Award in The Nous Group Award for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). FE Sussex is an innovative and collaborative consortium of seven sixth form colleges – Varndean College, BHASVIC, Bexhill College, The College of Richard Collyer, Plumpton College, Chichester College […]
Varndean College’s ongoing commitment to sustainability
As part of Varndean College’s commitment to climate education and our pledge to promote the embedding of carbon literacy into our curriculum, staff and students of A Level Textiles, Photography and Graphics recently undertook a collaborative and creative project, enabling multiple pieces of content to come together in one final outcome. The theme of the […]
Fifteen-year-old Lily wins College festive card design competition
Huge congratulations to 15 year old Varndean student, Lily Kershaw, who is this year’s winner of our Festive Card design competition. Lily, who was home educated and is now an Intermediate student at Varndean currently studying a package of GCSEs, is pictured here being presented with her £50 cash prize by Principal, Donna-Marie Janson. Lily’s […]
Varndean College officially opens its £2.9m STEM Centre
It was a huge pleasure to welcome Professor Robert Winston to officially open Varndean College’s £2.9m STEM Centre yesterday. Delayed two years by the Covid pandemic, the centre was created to inspire the next generation of scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians and puts Varndean at the forefront of offering the finest opportunity to those students […]
Green Careers Week – Circular Economy
As part of the nationwide series of events for Green Careers Week (7-12 November), Varndean College was delighted to host Claire Potter from Claire Potter Design, along with her colleague Clare Harris, who presented on Circular Economy. They provided an interesting and informative talk to include an overview of what the Circular Economy is and […]
Re-opening of the Liz Williams Butterfly Haven Nature Reserve
On 3 November, all Surrenden Campus Heads and Environmental leads were invited to the re-opening of the Liz Williams Butterfly Haven Nature Reserve. It was an opportunity to celebrate that, after a long absence, sheep were finally returning to the nature reserve and to showcase this wonderful resource that all users are able to share […]
Varndean’s International Baccalaureate Diploma students demonstrate brilliance and resilience again!
Varndean College’s IB Diploma students have risen to the challenge yet again, gaining fantastic results across a wide range of subjects and securing places at some of the world’s best universities. Having had their GCSE exams cancelled back in the summer of 2020, then spending a large portion of 2021 in online classrooms and navigating […]
Adult Education 30 Year Anniversary Celebration Event
Varndean College celebrated 30 Years of Adult Education & Community Learning on Saturday 25 June Opened by The Mayor of Brighton & Hove, Councillor Lizzie Deane, there were free taster sessions in Herbalism, Drawing Techniques, Lino-printing, Flamenco, Qi Gong, Flower Arranging, Gardening and Tree Planting. Children had fun too, playing giant Jenga and Connect4! As […]
Varndean College students celebrate completion of the Carbon Literacy Qualification
Varndean College students are celebrating the successful completion of the Carbon Literacy Qualification, a course which has been offered as a pilot scheme across Sussex colleges, with Varndean being one of the first in the country to offer this course. Year 1 students across all subject areas undertook a 10-hour self-study programme on carbon literacy, […]