International Women's Day

We celebrated International Women's Day this year with a number of events across the college.

First up, on Wednesday the films shown as part of our regular weekly Enrichment Activity were Nikita and Jackie Brown, keeping 'Women on Screen'.

Then when it came to Thursday, International Women's Day there were a whole host of activities to check out.

There were separate displays all around the college. Some in the corridors were put together by ESOL, Early Years, and Health and Social Care, and there was a multi-media presentation in the Library.

All were highlighting the life stories of famous women from history.

The Women's Royal Signals Squadron were invited to talk about careers in the military service, including the T. A. - they even pitched a tent up in room 318, and brought extremely heavy looking equipment along for us to try on!

Meanwhile, it was half-price day in the Hair and Beauty Salon.

This meant students were working hard to provide manicures and conditioning treatments.

Everybody proudly wore their International Women's Day ribbons.

(Here, in the picture you can see one of us re-attaching a toe that had accidentally fallen off a client's foot)

During the afternoon, the Mallinsons was the base for the displaying of all the entries into the 'WFC Woman of the Moment' competition.

This competition was the one where you could take a photo of a female student and nominate them by writing a paragraph or two on anything they've achieved.

(Hey, that's a bit like what this lovely Student Blog is all about as well, innit! Don't forget to use us to celebrate your achievements, too.)

The winner of the WFC Woman of the Moment competition will get a prize of a dinner for two, and will be announced soon.

On a serious note, the police came in to assist students with their enquiries.

This was all about personal safety, and a female police officer was accompanied by a female police support officer ready to give advice and guidance.

We learnt that most of our safety on the street and in public places is down to common sense - including not being pre-occupied when texting or talking, or listening to mp3s so we can see and hear who's around us and be 'streetwise'.