Newbury College Celebrates Success and Achievement at their AGM

Created on 2.2.2010

Newbury College held its eighth Annual General Meeting (AGM) at its Monks Lane campus on Monday 1 February. The event was attended by a variety of interested parties as well as staff, students and governors.

Newbury College Principal and Chief Executive, Dr Anne Murdoch, welcomed everyone and thanked them for attending the meeting.

AGM Meeting

The Chairman of Governors, Mr Anthony Allen, addressed the AGM and spoke of how 2008/09 was a good year for Newbury College. He said, “Student success rates had improved dramatically, the College’s financial health had significantly enhanced since the previous year and relationships with local employers and schools were strengthened”. Mr Allen went on to give further details about the College’s achievements over the 12 months including a, ‘Good’ Ofsted Inspection and reaccreditation of both the Training Quality Standard and Investors in People Bronze Award.

Dr Anne Murdoch then gave a presentation on the many student success stories from the last year including Charlotte Vicarage who starred in an ITV documentary about her journey into film-making and Liam Lockhart, who achieved a full scholarship place at ‘The Centre’ – a renowned Performing Arts College in London.

The meeting finished with Dr Murdoch once again thanking all of the Staff, Governors, Stakeholders and Partners for their hard work and support during the year and detailing plans for the coming year.