Meet our students

Finding your new means more than studying the perfect course – our students enjoy new experiences, gain new opportunities, make new friends, develop new skills, achieve new goals and build a new confidence in themselves!

#FindYourNew at New College Durham and #LetsGetYouThere – hear from our students below.

ESOL

Suppakrit, known as Gon, joined NCD in 2016 and started NCD that year on the 16-18 programme. Suppakrit wanted to improve his level of English.

ESOL

Petros joined NCD in 2016 after arriving in the UK at 16 years old from Eritrea and speaking Tigrinya as his first language. He has progressed to study a degree at university in his third language.

Level 3 Housing and Property Management

Katie joined the team at Gentoo Group as a Housing Apprentice in September 2019 and has now secured her dream role as Neighbourhood Coordinator.

Level 5 Higher Apprenticeship Leadership & Management

Devon started her new job in emergency planning and coordination and wanted to learn the skills and knowledge required for managing groups and teams.

BA (Hons) Design

“I decided to study at New College Durham because I knew people that had studied there, and they had a great experience – it was a bonus that it was close to home.

Level 3 Auto-Electrical Apprenticeship

“The staff at New College Durham were always extremely approachable and you could tell they were keen to see their students excel. This really motivated me to do everything to the best of my ability."

HND Civil Engineering in the Build Environment

"The programme ticked all of my boxes and helped me to further develop my knowledge and skills in engineering."

Level 3 Advanced Apprenticeship Business Administration

"One of the things I loved most about the College was how welcome my tutors made me feel, and how I was guided through my units step-by-step"

Level 3 Performing Arts (Drama)

“There is nothing like the excitement and adrenaline before a show! That is a feeling I will never get bored of and is one of the many reasons why I loved studying performing arts at New College Durham."

Level 3 Computing

“I was impressed by the really good ratings and I was so happy to find such a good college so close to home."