South Gloucestershire and Stroud College Archives

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Photo of two men standing either side of a plaque mounted on an easel.

Monday 18th October 2021 SH (Editor)

Metro mayor formally opens new £7m media and tech learning centre at WISE

West of England mayor Dan Norris visited Stoke Gifford in early September to formally open a new £7 million learning centre at South Gloucestershire and Stroud College’s WISE Campus. The building is home to a variety of science, technology, engineering, art and media provision…

Photo of Ben Johnson (left) with fellow ‘3k a day’ challenge participants Aaron and Jack.

Tuesday 31st December 2019 SH (Editor)

Running for MIND: Ben’s year-long challenge

A New Year’s Eve challenge, made under the influence of a few celebratory drinks with friends, turned into a life-changing fitness quest for one SGS employee. South Gloucestershire and Stroud (SGS) College Students’ Union engagement officer Ben Johnson and two of his friends made a pact back on New Year’s Eve 2018 to run 3k every day throughout 2019 to

South Gloucestershire and Stroud College's WISE campus in Stoke Gifford, Bristol.

Monday 9th February 2015 SH (Editor)

New college celebrates result of first Ofsted inspection

Staff and students at South Gloucestershire and Stroud College (SGS) are celebrating after receiving an overall ‘good’ status by Ofsted just two years after the new college was formed. The college, one of the newest in the country, was formed by dissolution of Filton and Stroud Colleges and the incorporation of SGS College in February 2012. SGS had its first

The Kenyan Olympic Team arrives at UWE, Stoke Gifford, Bristol.

Wednesday 4th July 2012 SH (Editor)

Kenyan Olympic team arrives in Stoke Gifford

The Kenyan Olympic squad arrived in Stoke Gifford today to begin their training camp ahead of the London 2012 Games that start on Friday 27th July. The squad will be based at UWE Bristol’s Frenchay Campus and train on the Olympic-standard athletics track at South Gloucestershire and Stroud College’s WISE Campus in New Road. The visit has been arranged by

Saturday 3rd March 2012 SH (Editor)

Olympus Theatre to welcome ‘The Vampire’

The award-winning Bristol Opera returns to the Olympus Theatre in Stoke Gifford this spring with a new production of ‘The Vampire’. Nominated for the Rose Bowl Award for Best Opera in 2009, 2010 and 2011 (winning the award in 2009 and 2010), Bristol Opera presents its 2012 production of ‘The Vampire’ by Heinrich Marschner, sung in English with an orchestra.