Our
@OaklandsAWFC
Academy welcomed Women's World Cup winner and former
@USWNT
star
@HeatherOReilly
to
@oaklandscollege
today, to deliver some exciting training sessions for our Arsenal Women's Football Academy! ⚽️⭐️
Thanks for your time, Heather! 🤗
Thank you everyone for your support today - it's been very appreciated! Especially
@HertsFRSControl
who now made sure the fire is out. For those asking the Summer Fair is in a different area of the campus so we look forward to seeing you on Sunday!
We are honoured to be able to host the
#FuturesCup
for a fifth successive year and look forward to welcoming
@EnglandHockey
and talented Hockey players up and down the country in 2020!
We are incredibly proud of Oaklands College and
@OaklandsAWFC
student Charlie Bolland, who made her debut for the Arsenal U21's yesterday, in a convincing 8-2 win against Brighton!
📹 Listen to what she had to say:
We are aware of an incident that has occurred outside our St Albans campus today. Please be assured that we are supporting our students and college community in this matter.
We were delighted to welcome back former Oaklands Wolves Rugby Academy graduate and current
@Saracens
star
@joel_kpoku
today, to open up our newly refurbished Sports Hall for student use this year! 🏉🙌
Find out all about our Sports Studies courses here:
It's National
#CoachingWeek
and we are celebrating some of the fantastic coaches from our Oaklands Wolves Sports Academies! 🙌
Today, we take a look at
@OaklandsNetbal1
Head Coach, Joy Porter! 🏐
Read more about Joy and the academy here:
#GreatCoaching
📸 | ENGLAND COACH VISITS OAKLANDS COLLEGE
Current
@England
Under 19's coach Andy Edwards, who was part of the 2017 World Cup winning Under 20's side in South Korea, visited
@Oaklands_SAFA
today to deliver a coaching masterclass to our young footballers.
#ThreeLions
Join us for our February Virtual Open Events, where you can discover more about our courses, campus facilities and student life at Oaklands College!
Live webinar sessions will be by subject area and will take place on the 2nd & 3rd Feb. To register, visit
Last week, as part of the college's Mental Health Awareness & Wellbeing Week,
@PetsAsTherapyUK
kindly brought along Scarlett the cavapoo, to meet our students and, with the help of her owner, explain the benefits of pet therapy and Mental Health Awareness! 🐶🤗
Big thanks to
@MarshallsGroup
for today's masterclass in artificial grass laying at St Albans Campus. They welcomed over 30 local employers in each session for tips and tricks to learn new skills -thank you to all for an informative session & to all that joined us!
@MarshallsReg
UPDATE: The College will be open for business as usual tomorrow, on Tuesday 12th December. Students have been notified by text and email, but please share. Wrap up warm and see you in the morning!
Big thanks to
@ReqsFireDog
& his handler Nikki for visiting our WGC Campus today to speak to our students. A really informative session about the skills, training and expertise they deliver in fire investigation in Herts. We were all a bit smitten with Reqs!
@theedgeoaklands
Last week our LIFE students were thrilled to partake in St Albans City Youth Football Club event. We received some fantastic feedback from the students and staff who thoroughly enjoyed the day.
@cityyouthfc
Our
@Oaklandswolves
Cycling Academy only started last September - and has already secured its first British national championship win! 17 year old Elizabeth this weekend won her first Junior national title in the British 25 mile time trial championships!
#TakeOnTheWorld
🐺 OAKLANDS WOLVES ALUMNI TRACKER:
Did you know, former
@OaklandsRugby
Academy graduate and current
@Saracens
star
@joel_kpoku
kickstarted his career at Oaklands College?
🎥 Discover more about his inspiring story here:
Are you interested in studying at Oaklands College, whilst pursuing your passion for Basketball?
Take a look at our case study with our very own
@Oaklandsball
WBBL star Lizzy Harrison and learn all about her inspirational journey with the
#Wolfpack
here:
Wishing former Oaklands College alumni and Sports Lecturer
@AlexScott
the best of luck for the first live show of
@bbcstrictly
this Saturday! 🤞
We'll be watching! 👀
#AlumniTracker
We're immensely proud of former student turned volunteer Freddie Latham, who not only has been a community champion and Mayor's Pride award winner but will now run the 2020
@VirginMoney
@LondonMarathon
for
@mencap_charity
! 🙌👏
The Oaklands Mens 2nd team basketball team qualified as AoC East Region champions yesterday after a closely fought tournament ended up with Oaklands College narrowly beating the College of West Anglia (CEA) by 3 points 20-17.
Lets go Wolves!
🐺OAKLANDS WOLVES ALUMNI TRACKER:
Did you know, former
@teamoaklands
Athletics Academy star
@BreenOlivia
started her phenominal Track and Field career as a student at Oaklands College?
🎥 Learn all about her inspiring journey here:
Recently, Oaklands Wolves Netball Academy celebrated the fantastic achievment of winning the
@AoC_Sport
East Netball Regional Tournament 🙌
The
@OaklandsNetbal1
team will now represent their region at the National Championships in April next year!
It's a busy day today at Oaklands College, with players trialing for the
@ECFA12
National Squad! 🤞
Take a look at some of the snaps from the men's games earlier today 📸
(
@AoC_Sport
)
📰 | Read all about
@paulhannaford
's insightful 'Drugs Awareness' assembly delivered to Oaklands College students yesterday, by visiting the following link 👉
Thanks to staff at
@UniofHerts
for introducing KASPAR the Social Robot to our engineering students last week. A fantastic experience for our students and great insight into the research and building of this one of a kind robot.
We are pleased that we have been able to welcome a number of students back to complete their practical assessments this week, with the partial reopening of the college
We have endeavoured to make our campuses a safe learning environment and are delighted to see our students 🤗
Great news from
@Oakalnds_SAFA
- two of it's academy stars have been selected for the England U18 School Squad. Having succeeded through three sets of trials and will now go on to compete in national and international competitions!
#Football
#Academy
Have you seen our new course guide for next year? Order your copy online here - it's got all the latest updates and info for anyone starting to look at their options for 18/19:
Our Supported Learning students returned to St Albans
@StAlbansAbbey
yesterday to this amazing sight- the giant puppet they lent a helping hand on for the
#AlbanPilgrimage
next weekend in all its glory! We can’t wait to see it in the event next Saturday! 🤗
A huge
#Wolfpack
well done to our Cycling Academy star Harley Pell, who became the Senior National Women’s Grass track British Champion at the age of just 17!
A first-hand example of the incredible tutorship from our
@oaklandscycling
coaches
@JezCox
,
@LedaCox
and their team! 🙌
We're incredibly excited to share some of the fantastic
@bondbryan
images of our newly finished Residential Accommodation facility! 🏡
With recreational facilities, basketball court and table tennis area, it is ready and waiting to welcome students this September! 🤗
Huge congrats to Oaklands 🐺 athletes
@KristianImroth
@hannahadf_
who have been selected to compete for 🇬🇧 at the
@EuroAthletics
U18 Championships. Also joining them is last years graduate and World Championship semi finalist Chad Miller 🙌
@teamoaklands
Although the government have not yet confirmed if eligible FE students will receive free meals, Oaklands College have decided they will continue to offer them to their students in need 🤗
🔗 Hear from our Principal:
Students at our St Albans Campus recieved a very special visit from
@PetsAsTherapyUK
today, as part of our Mental Health Awareness Week.
The charity uses pets as a coping mechanism for mental health and it's safe to say our students thoroughly enjoyed their visit! 🤗
Have you spotted the
#MHAW
banners at St Albans Campus this week? Our Enrichment officers in the Student Lounge are hosting
#mentalhealth
events & activities -remember you can always check in with Student Advice for support. Thanks to
@EDSV_ACADEMY
ladies for supporting this one!
Fantastic to have students from
@OaklandsCollege
come and visit our Hatfield office.
The group enjoyed a tour of our cyber security area and solution centre before taking our job profile test.
Wonderful to have this group of passionate and talented young adults with us!
Arsenal Academy Virtual Open Evening ⚽
We're excited to share the date for our upcoming Arsenal Academy Virtual Open Evening!
Join us on Thursday 2nd July to meet our fantastic coaching staff and learn all about the academy, register here:
Oaklands College is proud to announce a new link with current
@BarclaysFAWSL
Champions
@ArsenalWFC
, creating an exciting new Women’s Football Academy that combines football excellence with academic studies starting this September 2019! ⚽️
Read more here:
😲| WOW
@GreatestDancerTV
!
We're so incredibly proud of Oaklands College student James Ashton, his amazing dance partner Oliver and ovcourse,
@Matt_Morrison
!
Whatever happens, you've done everyone extremely proud! 😁
#TakeOnTheWorld
Did you know? 🤔
This week,
@EnglandRugby
legend Rochelle 'Rocky' Clark, capped over 130 times for the women's side, delivered a number of individual specialist training exercises with our
@Saracens
Centre of Excellence students! 🏉
Read more here:
For students who have belongings in the Discovery Centre you will be allowed to recover them on Monday. We will have extra security on site all weekend to ensure valuables are safe.
Yet another busy day for our Supported Learning students at
@StAlbansAbbey
- the creations for the Alban Pilgrimage are taking shape nicely! A great opportunity to be involved in such an important local event this summer. We can't wait to show you the results of their hard work!
We will update our social media channels and college community as soon as we have more information. Our St Albans campus is open as usual for classes this evening and tomorrow, Tuesday 10th October.
Blackout Mode ✔️
DUBS ✔️
6 league wins out of last 7 ✔️
Crowd ON POINT ✔️
On 🎯 for playoff goal!
HUGE thanks to everyone that came out to support yesterday... what an atmosphere!!!
📸:
@lelloami
#Wolfpack
#Blackout
#BritishBasketball
We're so proud of our
@oaklands_youth
Girls Under 10's for defying all of the odds and reaching the
@HGFPL18
's final, beating Watford FC Girls in the semi-finals.
Another momentous achievement for our Youth FC, who are enjoying their first full season as a team! 👏
#ThisGirlCan
Alongside the rest of the UK, we will be thanking the NHS by clapping and cheering at 8PM tonight, wherever we are 👏
Join us in showing your appreciation during these unprecedented times 🤗
#ClapForNHS
#ClapForCarers
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲'𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄:
This week, the annual
#FuturesCup
returns to Oaklands College, a prestigious elite hockey tournament with teams competing from up and down the country.
Hockey Academy student Tom Allen will be competing, too!
Keep an eye on our social channels 👀
Oaklands Basketball Academy offers the opportunity for basketball players to combine their academic studies with an elite basketball environment. Come and find out more at the
@Oaklandsball
Academy Open Day 👉
A great piece of news to round up the week from
@EDSV_ACADEMY
- student Jack is off to the States for a Scholarship! He'll be joining Southeastern Community College in Iowa. Congrats, Jack!
#FridayFeeling
#TakeOnTheWorld
Great news from our College
#Agriculture
team at
@hertscountyshow
today - we took home the win for the Inter Breed Sheep Championship with our beautiful Suffolk Shearling ewe. What a great first day for Team Oaklands - Best In Show out of approx 900 entries! 👏👏👏👏
Congratulations to our Oaklands Horticulture team who won an award for their planting display at the
@hertscountyshow
yesterday! 🌼👏
It's day 2 and we are looking forward to another great day at the show!
#HertsCountyShow
#StAlbans
We are incredibly proud of our Art and Design students who worked with
@WelHatCouncil
as part of the 2030+ regeneration project.
These fantastic installations are now on display in Hatfield Town Centre, why not head to White Lion Square and take a look?
Some exciting news from
@OaklandsRugby
, who have had one current and one former student named in the England Counties Under 20's International squad to tour Romania this June! 🇷🇴 🏉
Another shining example of the fantastic success found within our Sports Academies!
🐑| LAMBING WEEKEND DAY ONE✅
Thank you to the thousands of members of public who attending a hugely successful first day of
#LambingWeekend
at Oaklands College! 😊
We can’t wait to welcome you again tomorrow to see more live births and Lambing fun! 📸
Here at Oaklands College we are committed to every student and staff member's mental health and wellbeing. That's why we've signed up to
@AoC_info
's Mental Health & Wellbeing Charter!
#LoveOurColleges
#WorldMentalHealthDay
GCSE RESULTS DAY 2019! 📚
We'd love to hear all about your successes today on this
#GCSE
Results Day!
Send in your
#ResultsDay
stories so we can celebrate with you! 🎉
Looking forward to welcoming our new students to Oaklands this September! 🤗
A fantastic day and experience for some of our football academy students today. A Photoshoot with
@nike
on campus and so great to meet
@chalobah
and
@JordanNobbs8
. Thank you all for coming to Oaklands College.👍
An amazing experience for some of our U19 Scholars today, as they got to take part in a
@nike
teamwear photoshoot at
@oaklandscollege
today.
Thank you to
@chalobah
@JordanNobbs8
for being so welcoming, and also, thank you to the
@Nike
staff for being so great to work with.