Our news stories highlight all the great things going on at Pearson College London, including our students’ achievements, so they’re a great way to keep up to date with life here.
The Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) was introduced by the Government to build evidence about the performance of the UK’s world-class higher education sector, complementing the existing Research Excellence Framework with an analysis of teaching and learning outcomes.
read moreJade Mountain, Head of Digital Content at Pearson College London, recently attended the 3rd Future EdTech event, hosting a discussion table on catering to today’s ‘new traditional’ student, and joining the closing panel discussion: Crystal ball - predictions in trends and challenges in Future Edtech in next 5 years.
Launch of the Pearson College London Centre for Industry Engagement
Pearson College London launched the Centre for Industry Engagement in May 2017 with a lively discussion around the value of apprenticeships. Not an institution to shy away from leading the way in innovative education, the college held a Question Time-style debate which highlighted the pros and cons of degree apprenticeships and the pedagogy behind them in the light of the nascent apprenticeship levy, and the continuing value of them beyond graduation for apprentices and the businesses that employ them.
Last weekend (9th-11th June 2017) saw the return of our annual Game Jam! Our annual game design competition offers up and coming talent the opportunity to hone their skills, and brings together coders, game artists and project managers over one weekend to encourage creativity and ideas to develop a brand new game! This year’s event was in partnership with Gram Games, an entertainment company delivering engaging social games for mobile and the developers behind global smash hit games including 1010!, Merged! and Six!.
It doesn't take a lot of time on social media to see that you’re not alone when it comes to making a life-defining decision about your future.
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Pearson Business School student Firyal Lodhi shares her experience going through the Clearing process.
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Pearson Business School student David Porter shares his experience going through the Clearing process.
read moreThe sun was shining for our two day annual Pearson College London residential. The 2017 residential ran from May 25th - 26th, and this end of year celebration is a chance for students to reflect on their first year of university, build new skills and get inspired by our alumni and industry speakers. The location for the 2017 residential was the beautiful Horwood House, just outside of Milton Keynes.
Pearson College London is pleased to announce the launch of its new Centre for Industry Engagement (CIE).
The Centre lies at the heart of Pearson College London's mission to integrate the worlds of industry and academia and builds on the expertise and industry engagement within the institution’s two schools: Escape Studios and Pearson Business School, which currently design, develop and deliver a number ofdegrees and short courses, in collaboration with industry partners. It aims tobecome a hub of collaboration between education and employers, to explore,debate and research issues, and to share and disseminate the knowledge andunderstanding we develop together more widely.
Congratulations to one of our first year animation students, Daniel Baidoo who has just landed a position as a freelance junior animator with King Bee animation, located in Elstree Studios in Borehamwood, just outside of London.
Daniel started off as an animation intern, a great start to his career in the animation industry. We asked Daniel a few questions about how he got the initial internship, and how he got his animation career off the ground so quickly.
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