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Aerial shot of the East Durham College Houghall Campus main campus building taken in June 2019, with fields and woodland in the background

Improvements to EDC’s Houghall Campus Improve Student Recreation and Accessibility

Students studying land-based courses at our Houghall campus returned to see new and exciting minor developments to enhance students’ experience.
Posted 15/04/2021
A bricklaying student in a white hard hat holding a trowel kneeling nest to a stack of bricks

Ajay Brickwork Offers Exciting Apprenticeship Opportunities at EDC

Ajay Brickwork Offers Exciting Apprenticeship Opportunities to East Durham College’s Bricklaying Students – including taking on their first-ever female Apprentice
Posted 12/04/2021
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East Durham College’s Houghall Campus Awarded Multi-Million Pound Government Funding

The region’s largest specialist land-based college is celebrating today’s government announcement that it will receive multi-million pound government funding to develop a new state-of-the-art teaching and learning facility.
Posted 08/04/2021
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EDC Celebrates International Women's Day

It’s a double day of celebration for East Durham College as it prepares to both open its doors to students returning to face-to-face teaching, and also celebrates its all-women leadership team in time for International Women’s Day (8th March 2021).
Posted 08/03/2021
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East Durham College Wins National Award for Student Engagement

East Durham College has been announced as the winners of the Pears #iwill Award for Social Action and Student Engagement in the Association of Colleges (AoC) Beacon awards – the Oscars of further education.
Posted 08/02/2021
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Former EDC Applied Science Student Eve Thriving at University on Midwifery Course

Eve thrived with ED6 to follow her dream of working in midwifery.
Posted 26/01/2021
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East Durham College Makes the Finals of National Award for Social Action

East Durham College has made it to the finals of the prestigious Association of Colleges (AoC) Beacon Awards in the Social Action and Student Engagement category, the Oscars of the Further Education sector.
Posted 23/11/2020
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Lauren Lands Her Dream Job

A former East Durham College student has landed her dream job seven years after making the decision she wanted to work with children and signed up for a childcare course.
Posted 28/10/2020

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