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Emily Pountney with former student turned professional photographer Matthew Clark

NEWS 15-08-2024

A picture of success

Professional photographer Matthew Clark couldn’t believe his luck when he was asked by the News Portsmouth to capture results day images at our Sixth Form Campus. The happy snapper was in the Class of 2015, studying sociology, photography and graphic design.

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Image of First Bus at The Hard

NEWS 30-07-2024

Going the extra mile for our students

We've teamed up with First Bus to run two specially extended dedicated bus routes for our students. From the start of the new academic year in September, students can take advantage of the PC1 and PC2 routes.

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Group of our Foundation Prospects students, who took part in the Pompey Pedals fundraising event.

NEWS 16-07-2024

Pedal power!

A big well done to two groups of our Foundation Prospects students, who raced away with the Pompey Pedals fundraising event. They set out to raise £100 by completing 50 miles of cycling and walking – but managed to clock up 60 miles and raise a whopping £425.30!

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Our rising culinary stars shine

NEWS 16-07-2024

Rising culinary stars shine in intercollege contest

Our catering students really shone when they faced competition from Southampton, Eastleigh, Fareham, Swindon and Basingstoke in an intercollege contest. They competed in a series of categories including knife skills, fresh pasta, rice, street food and New Forest strawberries & pancakes.

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Mat Phelps, left, and Simon Brodkin, right, with this year's Employer of the Year, Jubb Consulting Engineers

NEWS 16-07-2024

Business awards raise £7000 for Heartbeat charity

We joined around 400 of the region's leading businesspeople for the annual Central South Business Awards ceremony, which raised more than £7,000 for the charity Heartbeat. TV star and comedian Simon Brodkin (better known as prankster Lee Nelson) hosted the glittering charity event held at Southampton’s Leonardo Grand Harbour Hotel.

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Performing Arts lessons on stage at the King's Theatre

NEWS 03-07-2024

Exciting new King's Theatre collaboration announced

We've teamed up with Portsmouth’s stunning Kings Theatre to give performing arts students a real-life insight into the industry. The exciting collaboration will see students having part of their course delivered at the fabulous Grade II* listed theatre, which is home to world-class stage productions.

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Staff from the Sophie Scholl Vocational College in Germany are seen with their English counterparts at City of Portsmouth College.

NEWS 02-07-2024

New UK-German college connection brings young people together

We've linked up with a German college in a new cross-cultural alliance. As part of the scheme, students from both countries will be able to take part in week-long exchange visits. Staff from the Sophie Scholl Vocational College in Duisburg have already visited Portsmouth, where they toured the COPC campuses and learned about local traditions.

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NEWS 02-07-2024

Journalism students report on hustings events

In the build up to the General Election, our Sixth Form Campus hosted two Question Time style hustings events featuring candidates from all the political parties. Two of our Level 3 CTEC Digital Media Journalism students were there to report on them.

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Nathaniel interviewing Lib Dem leader Ed Davey

NEWS 25-06-2024

Award-winning journalist is in the news

Congratulations to Nathaniel Lawson, one of three high-achieving student journalists to win a prestigious award in an annual scheme in memory of NUJ stalwart Bob Norris. Nathaniel, who lives in West Sussex, completed the NCTJ fast track journalism diploma course here, and has already landed a job at the Henley Standard.

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Katy Quinn, Principal and CEO of City of Portsmouth College.

NEWS 24-06-2024

Katy's blog - next steps, it's not as complicated as it may seem

Finished your exams and wondering what to do next? In her latest blog, our Principal and CEO Katy talks about the three main routes into further education, and how it's not as complicated as it may seem.

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Ronaldo the Rainbow Boa

NEWS 24-06-2024

Snakes alive! Miracle birth for Rainbow Boa Ronaldo

Staff and students were stunned to discover that our six-foot Brazilian Rainbow Boa snake Ronaldo had given birth to 14 babies. Not only was the 13-year-old snake believed to be male, it also hadn’t been in contact with any other snakes for at least nine years!

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In the firing line, politicians at the Portsmouth South Hustings event

NEWS 19-06-2024

Politicians face first time voters at COPC hustings

Our Sixth Form Campus has played host to two lively hustings events in the run up to the general election. Organised by Politics Lecturer Steve Fitzgerald, the events featured candidates from Portsmouth North and Portsmouth South.

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