Bradford College Named ‘Apprenticeship Provider of the Year’

Bradford College has been named ‘Apprenticeship Provider of the Year’ at the national Apprenticeship & Training Awards 2026. Announced at the Apprenticeships and Training Conference…

Local Firm Triumphs at Bradford College Apprenticeship Games 2026

A local firm powered its way to victory at this year’s annual Bradford College Apprenticeship Games. Northern Pump Suppliers Ltd were crowned winners after a day…

MP Champions Construction Skills During Hospital Visit

A local MP has praised the work of exceptional young talent during a visit to a hospital construction project in Keighley. Anna Dixon MP visited…

Bradford College Digital Staff Member Named National ‘Community Champion 2026’

Clark Mitton, the Digital Experience Design Lead at Bradford College, has been named one of 15 national education and research sector community champions by Jisc. Jisc…

Apprentice Engineers Welcome MP to Mark National Apprenticeship Week 2026

Bradford College engineering apprentices welcomed a local MP to their workplace to celebrate National Apprenticeship Week 2026 (9-15 February). Judith Cummins MP visited the Engineering…

Bradford College ‘Junction Mills’ Development Achieves Sustainability Award

Bradford College is celebrating after attaining Morgan Sindall Construction’s platinum certification for outstanding carbon savings on a new building development. It was the only project…

New Adult Skills Funding Set to Boost Careers in Construction

An award of nearly half a million pounds from the Department for Education is helping Bradford College to support more young adults into the construction…

Bradford College Launches New Academy for Creative Skills

The Mayor of West Yorkshire, Tracy Brabin, officially opened Bradford College’s new skills development space for the creative leaders of tomorrow.  ‘The Producing Academy’ is…

Bradford College Honours Higher Education Students at Annual Graduation Ceremony

A remarkable 373 higher education students gathered at The Life Centre to take part in the 2025 Bradford College graduation ceremony. This is the first year…

Bradford College Wins International Sustainability Award

Bradford College has been crowned a winner at this year’s UK and Ireland Green Gown Awards, delivered by EAUC in association with UK Research and…

International Graffiti Artist Transforms Bradford College Building with Striking Mural 

The Bradford College ATC building had a striking makeover when internationally acclaimed artist Shamsia Hassani paid the campus a special visit. The ‘Progression to Learning and Work’…

Topping Out Ceremony Marks Milestone in Multi-Million-Pound Bradford College Building Project

Bradford College marked a significant milestone as governors and special guests gathered at the £19.3 million Junction Mills development for a commemorative topping-out ceremony. The…

Bradford College Hosts Thrilling Greenpower Kit-Car Race Day

Bradford College hosted its second annual Greenpower Race Day, with Tockwith racetrack selected as the host venue this year. Run in partnership with the Greenpower Education…

Bradford College Celebrates 100% Pass Rate Successes

Bradford College students joined the hundreds of thousands opening their GCSE, BTec and Cambridge National results this week (Thurs, 21 August). While the GCSE pass…

First-Ever T-level Students Celebrate Success at Bradford College

Bradford College marked this year’s Level 3 results day (Thursday, 14 August) with an exciting milestone – the completion of its first-ever group of T-level students. The…

Bradford College Renovation Project Achieves Property Awards Hat-Trick

A £6.9 million refurbishment project that saw a derelict building transformed into Bradford College’s cutting-edge Garden Mills facility has been selected as a finalist in…

Bradford College’s £17m Building Hits Milestone as Steel Frame Completed

The four-storey steel frame of Bradford College’s new £17 million building is now in place—marking a key step in transforming the Thornton Road site. Led…

Young Creatives Tackle Smart Glasses Design Challenge

Students at Bradford College have been given the unique opportunity to design packaging for a new range of smart glasses. The competition by Zanco, a…

Bradford Students Support Large-Scale Textile Installation for World Heritage Site

A group of Bradford School of Art higher education students were given the opportunity of a lifetime after being selected to support one of America’s most…

Bradford College Connects to Energy Network in Net Zero Push

Work to connect Bradford College to the £70m Bradford Energy Network is officially underway, marking a significant move away from fossil fuels and towards achieving…

Innovate North 2025

Do you work in Education?  Come and join us at Bradford College for an exciting FREE afternoon where we’ll showcase how we’ve embraced technology to…

Big Wins for Bradford College at West Yorkshire Apprenticeship Awards

Bradford College scooped a trophies haul at the 2025 West Yorkshire Apprenticeship Awards at the Cedar Court Hotel in Bradford.  The event saw three apprentices…

Bradford Joinery Apprentice Targets ‘WorldSkills Shanghai 2026’

Following national success at SkillBuild 2024, Bradford College’s joinery apprentice Ahmed Shakir has been shortlisted for a chance to represent ‘Squad UK’ at WorldSkills Shanghai 2026. Supported…

Bradford College Unveils Cutting-Edge Media & Music Facilities

Bradford College has expanded its high-tech media facilities for students and unveiled a fresh, new home for its music department. These latest estate investments will…

Bradford College Wins Beacon Award for Exceptional ESOL Provision

Bradford College won ‘The Bell Foundation Award for Excellence in ESOL’ category at the 2024/2025 Association of College’s Beacon Awards. The College was the only…

Bradford College and Metalcraft Group Confirm Transformative Engineering Partnership

The opening of an industry-standard engineering suite at Bradford College’s Trinity Green Campus has brought students one step closer to their dream job in the…

Bradford College Celebrates Apprenticeship Games 2025

Bradford City AFC has been crowned winner of the third annual Bradford College Apprenticeship Games, marking National Apprenticeship Week (10th – 16th February).  In partnership with CBRE, the action-packed event…

Greenpower Kit Car Challenge Launched Across Bradford Schools 

School pupils across Bradford have the chance to build a battery-powered kit car and race in an epic grand finale following the launch of the…

Groundbreaking Ceremony Marks Start of Construction on £17m Future Technologies Centre

A symbolic groundbreaking ceremony marked a major step forward in the construction of Bradford College’s purpose-built £17m Future Technologies Centre. Members of the Bradford College…

National Pharmacy Award Win for Bradford College

The Bradford College Pharmacy team gained national recognition recently after winning a prestigious industry award. The ‘Excellence in Education & Development Award’ was presented at…

Morgan Sindall appointed to phase two of Bradford’s Future Technologies Centre

Morgan Sindall Construction will continue its work with Bradford College following its appointment as contractor for the purpose-built Future Technologies Centre. Having previously undertaken phase…

Joinery Apprentice Secures Second Place at SkillBuild National Final 2024

Bradford College Apprenticeships continue to deliver outstanding results, as Level 2 Joinery Apprentice Ahmed Shakir clinched second place in the Joinery category at the SkillBuild…

Bradford College to Benefit from £75m Heat Network Roll Out

1Energy, the UK’s leading low-carbon city heat network developer, has secured £75m of investment and three anchor customers for its heat pump-powered network in Bradford. …

Bradford College Celebrates Success at Graduation 2024

Higher Education students at Bradford College celebrated their hard work and academic achievement when they graduated at a special ceremony at Bradford’s ‘LIFE Centre’. The…

Bradford College Selected as Finalist in Beacon Awards 2024/2025

Bradford College is a finalist in two categories of the highly sought-after Beacon Awards 2024/2025. Run by the Association of Colleges (AoC), the Beacon Awards celebrate exemplary…

Success in the Frame for Dispensing-Optician Training After Spec-tacular Results

The Ophthalmic department at @BradfordCollege is focussed on the future after relocating to the newly renovated Garden Mills building on Thornton Road.  The cutting-edge five-storey building is…

Bradford College Celebrates Renewed Partnership with Bradford City AFC

Bradford College is extending its partnership with Bradford City AFC for a fourth consecutive year. The renewal sees the College remain one of City’s main…

Bradford College Completes £6.9m Mill Transformation Project

A multimillion-pound renovation project at Bradford College has transformed a derelict mill into a flexible digital, science, and allied health training facility for higher-level students. Garden Mills on Thornton Road…

‘Bradford Manufacturing Weeks’ Gets Underway with College Engineering Launch Event

Bradford Manufacturing Weeks kicked off in style at a special event hosted at Bradford College’s Engineering Department, Trinity Green Campus. Run by West & North Yorkshire…

Bradford College Named a Prestigious ‘Microsoft Showcase School’

Bradford College is one of an elite group of education institutions recognised as a Microsoft Showcase School for the 2024/2025 academic year.  Microsoft Showcase Schools…

Bradford College Students Represent Refugee Team at Paris 2024 Paralympics

Two incredible Bradford College students are set to compete in the Paris 2024 Paralympics starting this week (28th August to 8th September).  Guillaume ‘Junior’ Atangana (25) and…

Bradford Mill Demolition Paves Way for £17m Cutting-Edge Future Technologies Centre 

Newly appointed contractor Morgan Sindall Construction has commenced demolition of a derelict mill on Thornton Road, making way for Bradford College’s purpose-built Future Technologies Centre. The demolition…

Bradford College Degree Approved by Social Work England

Social Work England has approved the full-time BA (Hons) Social Work degree at Bradford College as meeting rigorous industry standards.   The result comes after a…

BBG Academy Win First-Ever Bradford College Greenpower Challenge

BBG Academy was crowned champion in the inaugural Bradford College Greenpower Race-Day Challenge. Six Bradford schools, joined by Bradford College staff, took to Blyton Race…

Excellence in Education Celebrated at Bradford College STAR Awards

Cedar Court Hotel, Bradford was filled with excitement and anticipation for the first-ever Bradford College STAR Awards ceremony. The prestigious event celebrated outstanding achievements and…

Bradford College Receives £2.6m Grant to Help Tackle Climate Change

Bradford College(@BradfordCollege) has been awarded a £2.6 million grant for energy-efficiency works that will contribute to ambitious national net-zero targets. Delivered by Salix and run…

Bradford College Wins UK's Biggest Sustainability Competition in Further Education

Bradford College(@BradfordCollege) has triumphed in this year’s Planet Earth Games – the biggest sustainability competition for the UK further education sector. With over 3,000 good deeds for…

Bradford College Vice Principal Named Muslim Woman of the Year

A Bradford College Vice Principal has been named Muslim Woman of the Year at a prestigious national awards ceremony. Alina Khan won the ‘Noor Inayat Khan Muslim…