What to expect at your open event
Our open events are the best way to experience life at Wiltshire College & University Centre. Whether you’re exploring courses for the first time or making final decisions about your next step, these events are designed to give you the information, confidence and inspiration you need. Here’s what you can look forward to when you […]
Wiltshire College at 25: A career connecting people and campuses
To mark the 25th anniversary of the merger of Trowbridge, Lackham and Chippenham colleges to form Wiltshire College, we are featuring staff who have served the college before and since the merger. If there’s one area that has seen the most change in the 25 years since the creation of Wiltshire College it is probably […]
Students rev up their automotive skills
AUTOMOTIVE students at Wiltshire College & University Centre have taken part in a new Level 2 automotive skills competition designed to prepare them for the pace, standards and expectations of the modern motor industry. Held at the Trowbridge campus, the competition placed students in a high-pressure, workshop-based environment that closely reflected real working conditions in […]
Wiltshire College at 25: A career shaped by change
To mark the 25th anniversary of the merger of Trowbridge, Lackham and Chippenham colleges to form Wiltshire College, we are featuring staff who have served the college before and since the merger. Ronnie Cross only joined the customer service staff at Trowbridge College for a three-month temporary role – 34 years later she is still here […]
Students give unwanted clothes a second life with Dorothy House
FASHION, textiles and art students from Wiltshire College & University Centre have teamed up with a hospice charity to save unwanted clothes from the recycling bin and transform them into unique garments. The one-off, re-born clothes can then be sold in Dorothy House’s shops to raise money, as well as provide valuable learning for our […]
More personalised tutorials for students
AS THE new term gets underway, students at Wiltshire College & University Centre are now benefiting from a more personalised tutorial experience as part of the College’s Wiltshire Advantage. What is the Wiltshire Advantage? The Wiltshire Advantage brings together the wider skills, confidence-building and support students need alongside their qualification – helping you feel prepared […]
The meeting that shaped Wiltshire College
TWENTY-FIVE years ago, a single meeting helped shape the future of further education in Wiltshire. Former Chair Geoff Burgess looks back on the decision that brought the county’s colleges together. A Sunday morning meeting in the dining room of Geoff Burgess’ home in Trowbridge a little over 25 years ago changed the course of further […]
AA rosettes awarded to college restaurants
INSPECTORS have awarded prestigious AA rosettes to the restaurants staffed by hospitality students at Wiltshire College & University Centre’s Trowbridge and Salisbury campuses. The White Horse in Trowbridge and The Wessex in Salisbury are among just a handful of college restaurants in the region to be awarded the rosettes by the renowned nationwide scheme, which […]
BAFTA nominations shows how Salisbury film course punches above its weight
A HOST of film production graduates from Wiltshire College & University Centre’s Salisbury campus have played key roles in films nominated for this year’s 2026 EE BAFTA Film Awards. Film studies lecturers are celebrating the part played by eight graduates from the Film Production and Cinematography BA Honours course in six of the films that […]
Hospitality students go behind the scenes at RUH catering
HOSPITALITY students from Wiltshire College & University Centre were given a behind-the-scenes look at a catering operation very different from fine dining, but with the same focus on quality when they visited the Royal United Hospital in Bath. Our Deputy Head of Hospitality Steve Lloyd organised the visit after hearing how the hospital’s catering operation […]