Annual Report 2012 - Highbury College

October
November
December
Professor O. E Offiong,
Honourable Commissioner
of Education, Cross River
State, Nigeria, leads a
delegation to Highbury and
signs a memorandum of
understanding for
Highbury to support the
region’s vocational
education and training.
As part of Global
Entrepreneurship Week,
Highbury students travel to
London for the final of
Market Makers - a Dragons’
Den style competition in
which teams develop
business ideas to pitch to a
panel of experts.
Highbury College students
take gold, silver and bronze
at the WorldSkills UK Skills
Show - the UK’s biggest
skills and careers showcase.
Our students pick up five
medals in web design and
IT after taking on the best
of the nation’s young
talent.
For the second year in a
row, Highbury’s NCTJ
Diploma is named the best
performing FE fast-track
course in the country by
the National Council for the
Training of Journalists.
Gazelle entrepreneur and
former Dragons’ Den star
Doug Richard visits
Highbury for a series of
workshops for students,
staff and local employers
about how to become
more entrepreneurial and
innovative.
Our annual carol service is
held at St Philip’s Church
Cosham. Joining students
and staff are pupils from
the Charter Academy Choir,
Mayfield School Choir
and members of the
Portsmouth Baroque Choir.
A clarinet solo is performed
by a Year 9 pupil from
Springfield School.
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