Help the College keep the Campus Safe for Everyone

In light of the Manchester bombing and heightened security, we would like to remind all students that they must wear their lanyards at all times whilst on the college site. In certain practical sessions there are exemptions, but you must be wearing your lanyard once you leave that session. There will be ongoing regular lanyard checks indoors and outside, so please make sure you and your friends are wearing them.

Please note, the College Shop will close tomorrow (14/06/17) at 1.15pm and will be closed until September.  The Refectory and Coffee Shop will be open as normal.

Backup your USB memory stick

Please make sure you have a copy of your assignments and college work.
Don't let your memory stick be the only copy of your work.

USB sticks do break and fail, plus you can lose them.

Ideally keep a copy of your work in your college Home area (H: drive), we back it up each night.
Use your memory stick as a means to fetch your college work to and from home.

Part-time students can apply for

student finance for 2017/18 now!

It's time for part-time students who started their course on or after 1 September 2012 to apply for student finance for 2017/18!

Apply as early as possible to make sure you get your money in time for the start of your course.

It's quick and easy to apply online following the three steps below:

1. Register online (if you're a continuing student, log in to your existing account and reapply
2. Fill in the application
3. Print, sign and return the declaration form

Blood donation sessions will be held as follows:

• Thursday 6th July
• 14:00 to 16:00 and 17:00 to 19:25
• Portholme Church, Portholme Road, Selby

To book an appointment please call 0300 123 23 23

As part of Anti-Bullying week we would like to share an initiative encouraging those affected by bullying to use their 'power for good' to help and support. We acknowledge that it can be difficult to get support when a person feels there is no where to turn, so we want to help.

We carried out a survey asking over 1000 people if they have been bullied at some time in their lives, and found that 55% of said yes, but more shockingly, we discovered that 70% of those bullied did not seek support. From this information, we built a dedicated bullying support 'hub', which aims to help those who need support. This can be found here: http://www.counselling-directory.org.uk/bullying.html

We want to shine a light on bullying and help those who feel helpless and fearful. Our website is a confidential service that encourages those in need to seek help and to connect individuals with qualified counsellors in the UK.

From Partner Services, Student Loan Company

Behaviour at Bus Stops

Can all students catching buses please respect other bus users, ensuring you respect any queues that have formed and allow other bus users the chance to  exit the bus at the stop before you access the bus yourself. Remember it might be your grandparents or parents catching the bus one day. How would you feel if someone pushed them aside or swore at them. Please be courteous.

There have been numerous complaints from residents who are being blocked in on their driveway during the day and being obstructed by vehicles from leaving their property at college times. PCSO'S and the staff from college will be monitoring the situation with daily visits, obtaining vehicle registrations and follow up enquiries conducted which may lead to prosecutions/issuing of £60 fines for wilful obstruction of the highway. Please be aware of and adhere to safe parking and unnecessary obstruction of neighbouring properties.

PLEASE PUT YOUR RUBBISH IN THE BINS PROVIDED AROUND THE COLLEGE SITE.  DO NOT THROW IT ON THE FLOOR OR INTO NEIGHBOURING PROPERTIES.

New students going to university or college in 2017/18 can apply for their student finance now.

Just follow our three easy steps to make sure you get your money in time for the start of your course.

1. Visit SFE's student finance zone
Before they apply, students should look at the range of resources we have on our student finance zone - www.thestudentroom.co.uk/studentfinance - to find out what they can get and how to apply.

2. Register online
The quickest and easiest way to apply is online at www.gov.uk/studentfinance.

3. Fill in the application
They don't need a confirmed place at university. They can use their preferred choice of course and simply update the details online if they need to.

Continuing students should wait for SFE to contact them before they apply. We will automatically process applications for some continuing students for 2017/18. Continuing students who do not have their applications automatically processed will be contacted and asked to apply online.

Student Union & Selby Council create New Youth Wellbeing Fund

Selby District Council is teaming up with Selby College and Students' Union to create a new Youth Wellbeing Fund.

The Fund will offer small grants for local young people between the ages of 16 and 24 from within the Selby district to help them overcome challenges affecting their education and impacting on their mental wellbeing.

Cllr Richard Musgrave, Executive member and lead councillor with responsibility for housing, leisure, health and culture, explained, "This new Fund to improve the mental health of young people in our community has grown from the work we carried out last year focussing on mental health issues.  At the workshops last year mental health provision and support for young people was raised as an issue again and again. Setting up this Fund is the direct result of those workshops and I'm proud to be able to say that we're supporting something that will support young people in our district facing these issues.”

Students can be referred to the Fund from within the education system, for example by their tutors. Young students will also be invited to become trustees of the Fund for a year - something that provides vital additional experience and skills.

Allan Stewart OBE, Principal and Chief Executive of Selby College commented, "We're ambitious about what we can achieve with the Wellbeing Fund. We are aiming to raise £1,000 to kick-start this project. In the longer term discussions are already taking place about a possible live music fundraising event which will help students gain valuable experience of event planning as well as fundraising.

The Fund will offer small grants of up to £100 to help students who need support to overcome challenges affecting their education - this could be buying equipment so a student can join a local sports club or to access a counselling service.

Allan added, "The Fund will help students stay in education and realise their individual potential. A secondary role for it will be to raise awareness of mental health issues for young people.”

A Just Giving page has been set up for the Wellbeing Fund: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/youthwellbeingfund

Selby College at Goole Academy

I am pleased to announce to all staff and students that from September this year, Selby College will be taking over responsibility for the delivery of Sixth Form courses at Goole Academy.

The college has a long history associated with providing learning services in Goole and the surrounding area, with nearly forty percent of students regularly travelling from the East Riding of Yorkshire to access our superb teaching, learner support and campus facilities.

This new partnership will see existing Goole Academy staff working alongside Selby College teaching and support staff colleagues to provide, initially, two BTEC Level 3 Diploma courses in Health and Social Care and Sport Development, Coaching and Fitness to existing Year 12 and current Year 11 learners studying at Goole Academy.

Year 12s currently studying Engineering, will take their final year at Selby College, taking advantage of the state-of-the-art facilities we can provide and links with key local employers.

Goole Academy students and parents, staff and other stakeholders, have also been informed of this exciting new partnership and press releases have been sent to the local media.A special Information Evening is also to take place on 8^th February at 5.30pm-7.00pm at Goole Academy for parents of students.

It goes without saying that this new partnership provides a great opportunity for both organisations, allowing students to access our teaching and learner support, our fabulous facilities and receive the same levels of pastoral care that ensures, just like those students attending our campus, they succeed in the course subjects and progress to higher level education choices, training programmes or into work.

Allan Stewart OBE

Principal and Chief Executive

Student Union officers

Your Student Union officers are now distinguished by a different lanyard design, so they can be spotted more easily. The lanyard strap they wear includes the Selby College colours and looks like this:

Congratulations Selby College - No 1 in Yorkshire, No 2 in England

Selby College staff and managers were again celebrating this week when news emerged the local college was revealed highest-performing college in Yorkshire and the joint second highest-performing college in England after an FE Week survey ranked colleges on apprenticeships, helping learners find work and both learner and employer satisfaction.

The news follows last weeks' announcement that the college was also named the best in England for getting jobseekers into employment in the latest Department for Education figures.

Allan Stewart OBE, Principal and Chief Executive said he was "delighted that the college's focus on outstanding teaching, learning and employer engagement has been recognised in this latest accolade.”

Since the college became one of the first colleges in England to gain a full set of Outstanding grades following its last Ofsted inspection, the organisation has gone from strength to strength, working with the community to provide a range of different types of education and learning choices that meets both individual and employer needs.

Cllr Mark Crane, Leader of the Council, Selby District Council said, "I am delighted to hear the news that Selby College is once again topping the league tables, to be top across Yorkshire and the second highest performing is an excellent accolade. My congratulations to Allan Stewart and his hard working team. Selby is proud.”

Over the past few years, the college has seen its Apprenticeship programmes grow significantly as local employers recognise the quality of the training provided and young people seeing the high rates of learners gaining employment after being on one of our programmes, apply to access the wide range of courses offered.

Students charging phones/laptops etc

Please note, students are NOT allowed to plug anything electrical in to power sockets in college.  This includes charging phones, laptops etc.  All portable electrical equipment in college must pass a test before it can be plugged in; this is to ensure that the equipment is safe to use.  Any equipment found plugged in will be removed and taken to Student Services.

Important News re Aspiration Extension

We are very pleased to announce that construction of the Aspiration extension is scheduled to commence from Monday 7th November and will complete on 13th April 2017.  This exciting project has been funded through the Leeds City region Learning Enterprise Partnership allowing us to increase capacity on both construction and engineering courses.  The extension will house Plumbing and Electrical trades, Joinery will be relocated from Innovation (Powerskills UK Centre) enabling Engineering to expand.

During the construction period there will be fewer parking spaces on site and there will be several restrictions and diversions to roads and footpaths.  Please take care around the building site and make sure you follow all instructional signage.

The project includes the creation of additional car parking to offset the spaces lost by extending Aspiration.  The additional spaces will be complete by 23rd December and available to use when you return in the new year.  During the weeks up to Christmas there will be some disruption to car parking therefore, you should not bring your car on site if you have not purchased a parking permit.

Access to the Aspiration building during the construction of the extension will be via the existing rear entrance.

Thank you for your cooperation and apologies in advance for any disruption.

Selby College subscribes to a secure online payment system called WisePay where payments can be made conveniently using most major credit or debit cards.

The WisePay service operates in hundreds of colleges, schools and academies across the UK and offers a convenient means of payment 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

An email will be issued from WisePay at the beginning of the academic year providing a username and password for your WisePay account.

You can access WisePay here, by logging onto Moodle or through the College Website (selby.ac.uk) and clicking onto the WisePay icon.

If you have any queries regarding WisePay please contact wisepay@selby.ac.uk

Have you checked your college email today (qnumber@selby.ac.uk)?

This is the main means of communication from Tutors, GST's and Student Services. You must check this on a daily basis to ensure you are not missing any vital course related information. Access to your college account is available both in and outside of college via this link https://mail.selby.ac.uk where you can log in with your qnumber and usual password.

If you prefer to link your college email to your personal email this can be easily done using this YouTube Video or paper based guide.

Check Out The News On Moodle

Moodle is one of the ways that Selby College uses to communicate with students.  On this front page you will find news items, notices, events and messages. Don't forget to check on a regular basis so that you know what's happening in college.

Name Your Memory Stick

If you lose your memory stick but it is found in college, how can it be returned if there is nothing to identify the owner?  If you name your memory stick it can easily be returned, saving you the problem of losing all your work.

• Plug in the memory stick
• Open File Manager
• Click on the memory stick (Removable Disk) then right click and select Rename
• Type in your own name and press enter

Easy Peasy !!

Student Jobs Board

There is a Student Jobs Board located outside J034.  It is updated every Monday with full and part time vacancies.  There are also job files available in the GST office, one with Apprenticeship vacancies and one with other vacancies. 

• Find out about the latest job vacancies
• Search for jobs and apprenticeships
• Get help to apply

Just drop in the Work Placement office and talk to Rebecca James.

Do You Need Some Financial Help?

Selby College has bursary funds available to help students with the cost of travel, kit, uniforms, meals at college and equipment.  Further information and application forms are on the Student Services page (click on Student Info then Student Services at the top of this page).  OR, you can talk to Student Services or your GST to get help with your application.

Get Fit at the Selby College Gym!

The gym (first floor Jubilee) is open to staff and students on Wednesday afternoons, 1pm - 4pm.  Just go along and see the staff for your induction. 

Have Your Say - Make Selby College Even Better!

Do you want to give us some feedback? Whether it's a compliment, a complaint, or just a comment about how we could do things better, we would welcome ALL your feedback. All you have to do is write it down, then post it in one of the red wall-mounted feedback boxes situated in the entrance to each college building. Or click here to send us your feedback electronically.

Your feedback will be confidential, but will be used to improve the range of services provided by the college to existing and future students.