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Automotive Stars Shine at ESC Awards
East Sussex College’s Automotive Training Centre celebrated student achievement, industry partnership and automotive excellence at its annual awards ceremony in Hastings. The event brought together students, staff, governors, employers, families…
Celebrating English as a Shared Language
On 23 April, East Sussex College in Hastings hosted a special event marking both International English Day and St George’s Day, bringing together participants from diverse backgrounds. AUGB, Hastings & Rother The event…
Mind the Gap
GILL GOLDENBERG talks to Ashley Chapman, Marketing Manager at East Sussex College, about the Community Courses on offer at the Hastings site at Station Plaza Patchwork for Beginners For many…
Long Term Plan Fund: Meet the Board
HUGH SULLIVAN In addition to receipt of £20 million capital investments under DLUHC’s Levelling Up Partnership Scheme, Hastings has been selected as one of 75 towns to receive another £20m…
Women on Top
It was International Women’s Day last Friday (8 March). To mark it, East Sussex College hosted a meeting of Hastings leaders. In case it hasn’t been noticed, the people who…
Expanding Hastings Higher Education
CALLUM THOMSOM Hastings is no stranger to film and TV crews, with their numerous vans often spilling out along the seafront. The Great Escaper (2022), Close to Me (2021), Dear…
Coastal Currents Arts Festival 2023
The organisers write: 2023 Coastal Currents is upon us and this year we have done it entirely without Arts Council funding! First, then, thanks must go out to our biggest…
Many Free Adult Courses
ROD WEBB The 2023-24 Adult Course Guide from East Sussex College contains a huge range of courses. But for those who are feeling the pinch, you might wish to check…
Salvation Army Hosts Employability Fair
The Salvation Army in Hastings joined forces with a range of organisations at a special event to help jobseekers find work recently. The Hastings Citadel branch of the church and…
Catering Alumni Returns to ESC’s kitchen
Last month, Coast Restaurant opened its doors for an exclusive pop-up dining experience led by East Sussex College (ESC) Hastings alumni, Rob Hill. Rob returned to College to speak to…
Refugee Buddy Project Receives ACE funding
The Refugee Buddy project has been awarded a Small Project Grant from Arts Council England to support their Refugee Week 2023. This funding will allow them to build on the…
Young Arts, Run Free
By Helen Murphy and Nick Pelling The School of Art and Design in Hastings has quite a historical pedigree. For well over a century – at various locations and under…
Union rally
A rally held at East Sussex College last Thursday evening by Hastings & District Trades Union Council underthe slogan Hastings Demands Better attracted a cast of prominent local speakers, including…
We all Stand on Common Ground
By Nick Pelling and Helen Murphy Something weird and wonderful just happened in Gotham City. Gotham Alley, I mean. There was no Penguin, but there was plenty of Zap! And…
Cooking Up Culinary Delights At Coast
College restaurant trains the chefs of tomorrow By Steven Short How many Hastings restaurants can you name? You probably know a couple in New Town, or on George Street in…
New Halls of Residence for College
Plans have been announced for conversion of the former University of Brighton building on Havelock Road, and a property on Cambridge Gardens, into dedicated residential accommodation for students of East…
Arts diary
EDGE – WE MADE IT is a contemporary craft exhibition created by East Sussex College BA Designer Maker students that runs online from 1st March. All students have had to…
The Deal Revealed
The Hastings Town Deal Board has launched its bid for £ worth of funds from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) with a claim that additional investment…
No Deal For St Leonards?
The Hastings Town Deal Board will meet on 16th November to discuss and approve a draft investment plan for the town to be funded by £25m of government money. Receivable…
Town Deal: Last Chance To Bid
Ideas for investment projects to be funded as part of the £25m Hastings Town Deal must be submitted by next Friday (25th September). That is the deadline for “Expressions of…
Apprenticeship Scheme Updated
Apprenticeship schemes are intended to give individuals the opportunity to combine classroom learning with a job that allows them to put that knowledge to practical use. The practice dates back…
Free Training Offered In £1m College Pledge
East Sussex College (ESC) has pledged £1million to help retrain and upskill people in Sussex following the coronavirus pandemic. Its management say they intend to apply this sum out of…
Class Divide
The majority of schools in East Sussex have stayed open throughout the coronavirus pandemic for the benefit of some vulnerable children and the families of key workers. Over 2,000 have…
That Which I Once Knew and Thought
Merlin Betts interviews Katherine Weston-Smith and Sophie Shrubb, two students at UCH, about how they curated an exhibition at Dirty Old Gallery, West Street. The show is entitled “That Which…
AltPitch Arts and Technology Festival coming to Hastings
AltPitch festival is dedicated to exploring the relationship between the digital world and humanity, and the responsibilities that come with our technological expansion. A week of exciting performances and supporting…
Labour Party Leadership Part 2: Local Members Vote
While Labour party councillors are deciding which of their number is to take up leadership of Hastings Borough Council, ordinary members of Hastings & Rye constituency party (CLP) will have…
Disability And The Minimum Wage
What Was Actually Said The following exchanges – extracted and distorted across the national media – took place at the HIP Hastings Hustings at East Sussex College last Thursday evening…
GE2019: Question Time
Many weeks of national as well as local focus on voters in the marginal constituency of Hastings & Rye (Conservative majority 346 in 2017) should come to a head next…
Syrian Resettlement: “Working Brilliantly”, Says Project Co-ordinator
Simon Finlay, Project Co-ordinator of the Syrian Resettlement Programme at Hastings Borough Council, seems a happy man these days. He has spent half a lifetime working for organisations that have…
Photography Graduates Exhibit Work
Graduates in BA (Hons) Visual Communication - Photography held an exhibition of their work at East Sussex College, Hastings last Friday (June 14th). Chris Coombes ; L to R: Lucy Shaw,…
East Sussex College Sees Digital Boost In New Skills Partnership
The South East Local Enterprise Partnership (SELEP), whose role is to boost economic growth across the counties of East Sussex, Kent and Essex, has obtained funds from the Department for…
The Anatomy Of The Zine
An East Sussex College graduate tells the story of how an interest in medicine, art and a quirky sense of humour created an unusual start to her career. By Charlotte…
Sunny Side Up
Ore Campus Solar Panels Installed In Six Days The feed-in tariff which pays back money for every solar energy kilowatt* produced by businesses and homes ended on 31st March. But…
Local Media Students Interview Amber
The week of 11th March was a fraught one in Parliament for Department of Work and Pensions Minister and Hastings & Rye MP Amber Rudd - see our political pages…
Social Prescribing Comes to Hastings
By Dave Young Representatives from over 80 voluntary sector groups recently attended a Social Prescribing event at East Sussex College in Station ; Social prescribing enables GPs, nurses and other…
Think Big, Act Local
North-east Hastings is not an obviously distinct neighbourhood. With a population of around 8,000 residents, it ranges from Down Farm and Red Lake at the north end to the streets…