Varndean College student Jude Birch makes BAFTA finals
Varndean College Computer Science student Jude Birch is one of 11 UK finalists in the ’15-18 years Game Making’ category of The British Academy of Film and Television’s (BAFTA) nationwide competition to find the country’s best young game designers. The competition was open to young people aged between 10-18 to submit game designs and concepts […]
Varndean College Visual Arts Summer Exhibition
Varndean College Visual Arts Department supports the work of more than two hundred A Level Photography, Art, Textile Design, Graphic Design and 3D-Design students from Brighton, Hove, Sussex and further afield; and on Friday 7 June – Tuesday 11 June opens its doors to the public to come and view the students’ work at its […]
Asia Trip for International Manager
Our International Manager, Shaun Clark, has just returned from visiting Shanghai in China where he spent time visiting four schools, two existing partner schools and two potential new ones. After giving several presentations, he interviewed eleven prospective students, as well as securing students for Varndean College’s International Summer Programme. Shaun said: “I was particularly excited […]
Varndean College Textile Students’ Success at Knitting and Stitching Show, London
Our A Level Textiles students recently attended the Knitting and Stitching Show at London’s Olympia and a number of them entered the show’s Dressmaking Competition which had three categories: ‘A Dress from your Stash’, ‘Go Green’ and ‘Upcycle old into New’. We are pleased to congratulate Spencer Thornton (Year 2) and Mia Brimilcombe-Cowie (Year 1) […]
Varndean College Student Successes in UK Maths Challenge
Students at Varndean College achieved 4 golds, 10 silvers and 11 bronzes in this year’s UKMT Senior Maths Challenge. Over 80,000 pupils from across the UK returned scripts with the top 10% receiving a gold certificate, the next 20% silver and the next 30% bronze. Approximately 7,000 of the top students are invited to sit […]
Beijing Bayi School Visit
The College welcomed 80 visitors from China’s Beijing Bayi School yesterday, who were visiting Brighton as part of a UK cultural tour. They enjoyed seeing our beautiful college and learning more about our successful A Star project. Following a tour of the college and lunch in our canteen, they then attended a presentation in the […]
Varndean College Film Studies students study ‘La La Land’ at Lewes Depot Cinema
Thirty Varndean College first and second year A Level Film Studies students attended a ‘La La Land’ Explore Film workshop course at Lewes Depot Cinema on January 17th. In her lecture, Faye Pirate explored Chazelle’s modern musical ‘La La Land’, which was accompanied by a screening of this film that nearly won the Best Film […]
The Anthony Nolan Trust at Varndean College
Students took their first steps into potentially saving lives this week. The Anthony Nolan Trust were in Varndean College on Monday and Tuesday looking for volunteers aged between 16-30 interested in joining the register of stem cell donators. Students had to simply complete a questionnaire, provide a quick cheek swab and one day could be […]
Varndean College Students participate in Dusty Bluebells Project
Students from Varndean College have been participating in the local Dusty Bluebells Project, a project initially set up in January 2018 as a 12 week pilot funded by The Big Lottery Fund, but which has proved so successful it is now run again this January and there are plans to offer it to all care […]
Upwards Through Business and Law
Many of our Business Studies and Law students were presented with one of Varndean College’s ‘Upwards Through Business & Law’ awards yesterday. These awards are decided by the Business and Law tutors, as well as the Principal, and given out each term to those students on Business and Law courses to recognise their outstanding work, […]