Lord of the Dance visits NULC

NULC A Level Dance students recently enjoyed a workshop taken by Daniel Jones, principal male lead at the English National Ballet.

Daniel is a real life Billy Elliot, having trained locally before applying to the Royal Ballet School.  In recent years, he has toured worldwide with National Ballet, taking leading roles in both ‘Romeo and Juliet’ and ‘Swan Lake’. Other career highlights have included Creating a role in Mauro Bigonzetti's ‘Symphonic Dances’ and performing ‘Tybalt’ at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. He is also associate producer and choreographer for ITV's ‘Men in Tights’.

Faye Matthews, Subject leader for Dance, was thrilled that Daniel accepted her invitation to come in to her class and ever so slightly star struck when he offered to partner her in a demonstration. Faye feels that her students have gained a great deal from his insights, experience and above all passion for Dance.

To find out more about the range of A Levels available at NULC click here or contact the Information Point on 01782 254254 or info@nulc.ac.uk.

Students take part in body image study

Newcastle-under-Lyme College (NULC) is working with Staffordshire University and the University of Derby to investigate the effects of dance on body image.

16 A Level Psychology students from NULC will take part in a dance movement therapy intervention and will then take part in focus groups and interviews where they will discuss the experience.

The project will be managed by Professor Sarah Grogan from Staffordshire University and Dr Jill Bunce from the University of Derby who will both be involved at all stages of the study. Simone Heyland will run the dance movement therapy intervention at NULC and two research assistants from the University of Derby will run the focus groups and interviews with the students.

The study will be the first in the UK to investigate the effects of a contemporary dance intervention on young men and women’s body image and experiences of embodiment, and the first to look at the impact of dance interventions on young men’s body image.

The results will be used to inform a larger-scale study and to help to understand how to make these kinds of dance therapy movement interventions more effective in improving young people’s body image.

To find out more about the study contact Wendy Davies on wendy.davies6@mypostoffice.co.uk.

NULC student wins public speaking award

Students from Newcastle-under-Lyme College’s (NULC) Sixth Form Centre took part in an annual public competition.

The competition was open to students from all areas of the Sixth Form Centre and two teams of three competed against Newcastle-under-Lyme School.

Tutors Lisa Browne and Mike Fyles accompanied the two teams to the competition which was held at Newcastle-under-Lyme School.  Lisa said: “The students thoroughly enjoyed the experience and I’m pleased to announce that one of our teams - Pippa Davis, Kieran Cressy and Robert Brammer came second in competition.”

Kieran Cressy, aged 17 from Talke is studying AS Levels in Critical Thinking, English Literature, Law, Psychology and Physics at NULC’s Sixth Form Centre and was presented with the Speaker of the Night Award.

Lisa continued: “Kieran was specifically praised for his enthusiasm, arguments and being able to make the topic of the ‘Large Hadron Collider’ accessible to all.

To find out more about the range of courses available at NULC’s Sixth Form Centre click here or contact the Information Point on 01782 254254 or info@nulc.ac.uk.

NULC students sample the Parisian life

NULC students enjoyed a trip to Paris as part of their studies.  The students braved temperatures of -7 to see some of the countries most famous landmarks.

Students studying A Levels in Media Studies, Film Studies and French were given the opportunity to visit the French capital where they visited museums and art galleries and got to sample the Parisian way of life.  The students were accompanied by lecturers Verica Travar (Film Studies), Natalie Weatherer (Media Studies) and Michael Lacoult (French).

Michael Lacoult, subject leader for French said: "The students have been exceptional, their attitudes and behaviours have been outsanding and they've all been a real pleasure to take away. As visitors abroad, they've been a real credit to the college and to their country."

 

Pictured: NULC students outside the The Musee du Louvre.

After the success of the trip to Paris, staff are now in the process of organising another visit in 2013.

To find out more about the range of courses available at NULC's Sixth Form Centre click here or contact the Information Point on 01782 254254 or info@nulc.ac.uk