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Posted: 24th January 2024

GB swimmers swap pool for pedals for Spinathon

Derwen’s Team GB swimmers join 24-hour Spinathon, 2–3 February 2024 Four medal-winning swimmers are taking time out of their busy training schedules to saddle up…

Posted: 11th January 2024

Dedicated Oliver inspires £5,000 Derwen Charity donation

Our Walford team are celebrating after receiving a large donation to help students in their training for work. Emstrey Crematorium, in Shrewsbury, has made a…

Posted: 10th January 2024

Students’ speedwatch campaign

Before Christmas, students Lizzie, Sophie and Helen were interviewed by BBC Radio Shropshire journalist Lauren Baker, to talk about the Student Union Board’s campaign to…

Posted: 30th November 2023

Sparkling success for Derwen Charity Christmas Fayre

Our Christmas Fayre welcomed hundreds of visitors over the weekend, to see Santa, shop at more than 30 craft and food stalls, and absorb the…

Posted: 30th October 2023

Long serving staff mark four centuries at Derwen

16 of our longest serving members of staff – who have clocked up a grand total of 438 years of service at Derwen College between…

Posted: 30th October 2023

Students celebrate success at Derwen Graduation 2023

Our Summer 2023 graduates celebrated achievements in learning, work skills, independence and wellbeing at an emotional graduation ceremony at Lion Quays Hotel and Resort, near…

Posted: 16th October 2023

Oliver’s Walford journey to work and independence

Oliver is a 17-year-old Horticulture day student at our Walford campus, near Shrewsbury. Since starting at College, in 2022, he has learnt work skills, and…

Posted: 10th October 2023

We are FE Provider of the Year!

We were delighted to be awarded the Further Education Provider of the Year at nasen’s seventh annual Awards. The inspiring ceremony, held at the Grand…

Posted: 2nd October 2023

Festive fun at Christmas Fayre

Embrace the festive spirit and get your Christmas shopping wrapped up early with a visit to Derwen College Christmas Fayre from 24 to 26 November.…

Posted: 11th September 2023

On track for a celebration of community and inclusion

Members of our commercial team are busy creating a pop-up Derwen Marketplace shop at nearby Gobowen station as part of celebrations marking 175 years since…

Posted: 10th August 2023

Derwen gardeners proud to be part of Oswestry’s Britain in Bloom bid

Derwen College’s green-fingered horticulturists were among the team showcasing Oswestry’s gorgeous floral displays to Britain in Bloom judges last week. Paul Moss, the nursery production…

Posted: 1st August 2023

Nurses’ hearing project triumph

Derwen College nursing team are finalists in the Royal College of Nursing Awards 2023, in recognition of a hearing project which has already made a…

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