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SSD Competition
The SSD project had one final push to recieve
responses from participants who are now employed. Our competition
resulted in many more job confirmations. The winners of the
competition who responded, and were randomly drawn from a hat
are;
Steven West
Jock Chisango
Edward Cooke
Wendy Pearman
Kelvin Youngs
Hitting the Mark -
Effective Email Marketing
You are warmly invited to attend yet
another free evening event to be held at Bedford College on
Thursday 9 February 2012 - and organised in partnership with the
Bedford branch of the British Computer Society (BCS).
“Hitting the Mark - Effective Email Marketing” will be the topic of
a talk by Tink Taylor, Chief Operating Officer,
dotDigitalGroup.
This event is for every marketer who wants to learn the industry
secrets and techniques for creating email campaigns that get
delivered, opened and acted on.
• Benefit from the practical lessons gained from an expose of
High Street retailers’ email marketing campaigns.
• Learn from the successes and failures of some of the UK’s
biggest online brands.
• Ensure you have the checklist for email best practice, hints
and tips - as well as the industry must read – “Hitting the Mark”
email marketing benchmark report.
Tink is one of the founding directors of
the dotDigital Group PLC (www.dotDigitalGroup.com),
established in 1999 as a full-service digital marketing agency, and
is also an elected member of the Email Marketing Councils at both
the DMA and IAB. Tink is a hugely popular speaker at digital and
email marketing events. Tink will be speaking at Bedford College
Studio Theatre on Thursday 9 February between 6.30 and 8.00pm, and
this again promises to be a very interesting evening.
To ensure that you don't miss out you should register online
at:
http://www.bedfordtrainingservices.co.uk/emailevent
Everyone is welcome so mention this to all your colleagues, family
and friends. Please register now to avoid disappointment, and we
look forward to seeing you on 9 February. Please click the link to
see the
leaflet on the event.
EU Regional Funding for Business
SMEs (Small to Medium Businesses) in Bedfordshire,
Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk will have
the opportunity to explore how they could benefit from £90m of
EU investment in our region. FREE Workshops run by the
European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) this year are
supported by Bedford College and the SEE
Project. They will have the potential to make a real
difference to businesses with resource audits, grants and
innovation support.
Booking is required and can be made by contacting Carole Randall
(carole.randall@anglia.ac.uk
or 0845 196 4310). More information is provided by clicking
here.
College to Reduce Carbon Emissions with Carbon
Trust
Bedford College have recently launched the
Carbon
Trust's Further Education Carbon Management
Programme across all of its sites in Bedfordshire. This
programme will aim to reduce the College's Carbon emissions.
A 35% reduction in carbon dioxide
emissions will be identified and put into practice by 2017. The
project aims to look at all areas of the College.
From encouraging green transport among students
and staff to increasing the efficiency of our buildings,
Bedford College will ensure that the high quality learning
experience they offer takes place in a low carbon environment.
For more information on how to
reduce your carbon impact see our pages
or to find out how businesses can reduce their carbon footprint
visit the
Carbon Trust.
Skills for Sustainable Development – Free courses
Colleges across the East of England are providing free courses
for individuals who are not currently in work.
The Government has set challenging targets for
increasing the use of renewable energy, water conservation and
reducing fuel poverty. By providing additional training
opportunities we intend to help meet those targets.
For further information and to find
out more about training opportunities please contact Michele Aprile
at freecourses@bedford.ac.uk or
click
here.
Sustainability Day - 24th March 2011
The fourth annual Bedford College Sustainability Day was held on
24 March 2011 in the Springs Sports Hall. The event was an
overwhelming success in terms of showcasing students’ achievements,
promoting our sustainability agenda, and publicising the
sustainability activities we are involved with.
Over 200 people attended the event this year which was a
significant increase compared with last year. Students and staff
from many different College departments were involved or
contributed in some way. A host of external exhibitors were also
involved including Sports Traider, Consign, Bedfordshire Climate
Change Forum and the Cycling Campaign for North Bedfordshire.
The Sustainability Team’s Rowing Challenge proved to be
extremely popular with over 30 individuals taking part. In total,
participants generated enough energy to power a clock radio for 2
hours. The solar display with variable brightness control also
attracted considerable attention. A team of staff from Shuttleworth
College created a sustainability garden especially for the event
and this was very well received.
The LSIS workshop held in the Partnership Room was a very useful
and instructive event with staff piloting various sustainability
related interactive learning resources.
Mayor of Bedford Dave Hodgson showed his continual support for this
event and presented the prizes for this year’s “Greeny Wants To
Know” quiz. The lucky winners each took home a water-powered LCD
atomic clock. The Mayor also presented grow bags to the two winners
of the eco-friendly poster competition. We would like to
congratulate everyone who took part for the high quality of their
work.
Bedford College would like to extend its thanks to everyone who
attended, took part in, or contributed to the event. We look
forward to building on the success of Sustainability Day 2011 and
hope very much that you will join us at our next sustainability
event.
Suggestions are most welcomed on how we can improve and make next
year’s event even better.