Tag archives for Sussex Coast College
Hastings Independents: Four Weeks of Grassroots Arts
KEITH RODWAY previews happenings at Electro Studios. The extraordinary wealth of creative arts talent in Hastings and St Leonards is becoming hard to keep pace with, with one source suggesting…
Local Probus Club Seeks New Members
By Ken Palen, Club Publicity Officer Probus is an abbreviation of two words, PROfessional and BUSiness, but membership is not restricted to these two groups entirely. It is a world-wide…
Youth Speak Out Against Violence
Merlin Betts considers Hastings and Rother Safer Community Partnerships’ latest effort to educate and inform people about domestic violence. Hastings and Rother District Councils and White Ribbon UK recently teamed…
Gifts that Last
For many people, the transition from November to December can come as something of a shock: they suddenly realise it’s nearly Christmas, and there are things to organise and presents…
Artist Spotlight
Peter Quinnell Hastings-based artist, Peter Quinnell is, as his website so rightly suggests: ‘The original and best’. His prolific series of collage and 3D assemblages are characterised by a zany…
Ore Valley: HoH Bid Rejected
Regeneration company Sea Space announced on 13th November the winner of its competitive tender process for development of a housing scheme on the disused power station site in Ore Valley:…
ORE VALLEY: Our Response To Sea Space
By James Leathers, Executive Director, HoH The Sea Space board stated they would assess proposals not only on price but against community benefit, site specific matters, financial strength and deliverability.…
College Staff Strike for Higher Pay
Strike action was taken by members of the University and College Union (UCU) at East Sussex College in Hastings last week. Teachers and other admin staff went on strike for…
College Proposes To Cut 40 Jobs But No Frontline Teachers At Risk
In March, Sussex Coast College in Hastings announced that it was merging with Sussex Downs in Eastbourne, Lewes and Newhaven to form a new sixth form and adult learning centre,…
Young People Look To A Greener Future
By Rod Webb Green energy, and how it might power our future, was the focus of a recent Sussex Coast College symposium where 12 high-profile energy ‘champions’ met students and…
Environmental News
As part of Cycling UK’s ‘Big Bike Revival’ programme of events, Bike Lab Hastings (aka ‘Labyrinth’) is opening its doors on Sunday afternoons in autumn. Visit them 2-5pm if you’d…
Delight for students as they open their A-Levels results
This is a press release from Sussex Coast College. Students at Sussex Coast College Hastings were celebrating on Thursday morning after picking up their A-Level results. Ella Sudiarta was delighted…
Final Year HND Exhibition
Photography students exhibited their work at Sussex Coast College, Friday (June 15th) Review by Chris Coombes The Hydrangea, a Domestic Odyssey by Mary Wilkinson The work is inspired by the earliest…
Bringing television back home
National TV broadcaster Channel 4 is intending to set up three regional creative ‘hubs’ when it moves outside London next year. Hastings is bidding to be one of them. The…
Local charity encourages children to ‘Go Wild!’
Local charity Education Futures Trust is offering free outdoor courses and clubs in Hastings. Its new ‘Go Wild!’ project aims to get children exploring and enjoying nature with after-school clubs,…
Sophie Barber, Winner of the CVAN Platform Graduate Award, by Thomas Denman
Sophie Barber with her painting 'Phil' A graduate of the University of Brighton’s BA (Hons) Fine Art Practice at Sussex Coast College, Hastings, has won the prestigious and much coveted…
Local Youth Celebrated At Awards Event In Hastings
Hastings Youth Awards 2016 took place last Sunday (20 November) at Sussex Coast College, Hastings. Over 450 people came together to celebrate the achievements of young people and youth organisations…
Helping Self Help
By Tanya Vice October was a very busy month for the Helping Self Help project! Tuesday 4th October saw self- help groups coming together for our Networking Café at Sussex…
ARTISTS PROFILE: Maika Crampton – Paper Couture
Maria Holme-Slater Originally from Hamburg in Germany, Maika studied then worked for a record company before moving to London in 1995, where she began making children’s clothes in linen for…
Pole Position? – University “No Comment” On Suggestions Of Conflict Of Interest
Robert Joyce The University of Brighton are facing calls for transparency after it emerged that their new Deputy vice Chancellor faces a potential conflict of interest in relation to his…
Local Uproar as University of Brighton Announces Withdrawal from Hastings
photo credit: Sam Kinch Well, it has happened. The University of Brighton has released a strangely vague statement apparently announcing its pullout from Hastings over the next two years. No…