College Life
Trips and events
Last year New College students went on a variety of study trips and took part in a number of initiatives, including:
Archaeology & History
Stonehenge; Imperial War Museum; British Museum;
London University (Lectures on US Civil Rights);
Westminster (Politics and History Conference).
Art & Design
Florence; Sienna; Saatchi Gallery London;
National Knitting and Stitching Show; Clotheshow Live;
V&A Quilt Exhibition; Grace Kelly Exhibition.
Business Studies
Alton Towers; customer service training with Sainsbury's;
supporting The Mayor with charity work.
Classical Civilisation
'Antigone' and 'The Odyssey' at Oxford Playhouse;
theatre trip to 'Women of Troy'.
Creative & Media
BBC Television Studios - 2-day residential.
Early Years
Turkey;
Body Worlds Exhibition;
Drove Children's Centre Observation Unit;
Great Western Hospital;
@ Bristol.
English
'Othello' (Oxford and Chipping Norton);
Michael Frayn's
'Noises Off'; visit to a local school to investigate language acquisition in children.
Geography
Investigative trips to the River Churn;
London Docklands; Austria as well as surrounding area of Swindon.
Music
Salisbury Cathedral; Royal Opera House, Covent Garden;
Evening Serenade at Highworth Methodist Church;
Gala Concert.
Performing Arts
'Macbeth'; Tobacco Factory – 'Anthony and Cleopatra';
Cornwall Dance Residency; Youth Dance England;
Motionhouse Dance Workshop; UDance South West Competition;
Fashion Show; Passion for Fashion Competition.
Photography
Trip to Spain;
Tate Gallery London;
National Portrait Gallery;
"Photographing Wiltshire's Treasures" project and exhibition.
Politics & History
Parliament; Downing Street; Politics & History conference in Westminster.
Public Services
West Wales; Cornwall; Forest of Dean; World Skills Competition;
various Armed Forces establishments and local fire stations.
Science
Bristol Biochemistry Day; Bournemouth Forensic Science Day;
Bath Nutrition Day; Nuclear Fusion Reactor Culham; Bristol Zoo; Royal Society.
Sport
Millennium Stadium; University of Gloucestershire; local leisure centres and country parks.
Travel and Tourism
Alton Towers; Roman Baths in Bath;
Bath City Centre; Marriott Hotel; 'Head for Heights'- aerial activity centre in the Cotswolds.
General
Student Star Awards;
New College has Talent Competition;
Sugarhill Festival; grilling prospective
MPs at election debates; themed weeks including Diversity Week.
We also arrange visits to universities, conferences, plays, musical and sporting events, zoos, and many more.
