Parking Scheme Reminder

Parking restrictions in place this week.

NO parking on site

Dates for your diary:

NEXT WEEK:

w/c 14th February: Half term

George Marshall's (Director of Student Engagement) Quote of the Week:

''Don't let one bad grade define your abilities. It's a minor setback. How you choose to overcome it, is what sets you apart from the rest''


Remember to follow the student union on Instagram to stay up to date on upcoming events!

Rewilding Cinderella - 4 Places Left

There are four places left for the Rewilding Cinderella Workshops starting on 2nd March.

6 x 1 weekly workshops on Wednesdays at 4:20pm in room 13

If you'd like to attend, email Fleur - fms@varndean.ac.uk

Love Poetry Cafe

The annual love poetry will be in room 106 on Friday 11th February

Whilst we celebrate romantic love at this time of year, of love extends much further - this is love for a place, member, an ideal.

Please bring your poems, songs, pieces of writing- written by you or by others to read, perform or come to listen.

TRAIN DISRUPTION

No trains between 19-27th February

Between stations:

Three Bridges and Brighton

Three Bridges and Lewes


The college is aware of the planned railway works and there will be a message to provide a guidance.

If revision is EASY, it is probably not EFFECTIVE...

Learning is HARD WORK!

Remember that re-reading your notes is not an effective way to study and revise - your brain is not like a camera and it cannot record everything you see. For information to stay in your brain, you need to process it in some way...

POST COLLEGE INFO

University Guidance Webinars

Brightside Online Mentoring

For those with parents or carers currently in, or who have been in, the Armed Forces

Click the image above to find out more about the apprenticeships!

CAREERS

Career Spotlight Week: Computing and IT

Next week sees two talks linked to the Tech Industry - go along and get an insight.

Tuesday 8th February - 12.15pm room 21

Jamie Lockhart

F5 - Senior Solutions Engineer (Silicon Valley company)

How he got his job and what he does in cyber security.

Thursday 10th February - 12.15pm room 21

Scott Howald

Google Sales Executive

How he went from youth work to working in IT sales (and making a lot of money!).

Job opportunities

Maximum number of per week should be 10hrs otherwise it will affect your at college!

VOTS 4-1-2022 (2).pdf

Please email the Careers team to book an appointment or if you have any enquiry email: careers@varndean.ac.uk

LIBRARY NEWS

LGBT+ HISTORY MONTH

Look out for our displays in the library this month, celebrating LGBT+ History Month and highlighting some of our resources. Have a look at our LGBT+ folder of TV films and programmes on ClickView...


NEW ON CLICKVIEW

Black Classical Music: The Forgotten History
Lenny Henry and Suzy Klein celebrate black classical composers and musicians across the centuries whose stories and music have been forgotten. (E)

The Souvenir

Julie, a film student, falls in love with a charismatic man. However, when she realises that he is emotionally unstable and an addict, her life turns upside down. (15)

The Decade the Rich Won

The people with power in Britain reveal how their decisions shook our politics, transformed our economy and reshaped society in the decade following the 2008 financial crisis. (U)

The Green Planet, episode 3: Seasonal Worlds

Plants of the seasonal world face constant change. They use use strategy, deception and feats of engineering to survive. And they must get their timing right. (U)

NEW BOOKS & eBOOKS

OCR A level Law: my revision notesRevision Guide
The Fishermenby Chigozie Obioma Novel
The Inseparablesby Simone de BeauvoirNewly Discovered Novel
Britpop Cinema:from Trainspotting to This is EnglandeBook
OthelloeBook

Homer: The Iliad and The OdysseyeBook

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us by email on library@varndean.ac.uk and we will do all we can to help. Visit the library website for further information and everything you need to know about using the library.

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