Budding entrepreneur Vasima Adam has excited the National Health Service about her mental health project. The University Centre at Blackburn College student was awarded £1,930 for her idea of raising awareness and creating a support network for mental health in young people aged 16-18 after she impressed a panel of local business leaders. Now the [...]
NHS Goes Under the Microscope
Eight business students from University Centre Blackburn College and Blackburn College have been looking at perceptions of the National Health Service as part of their studies. They sent out a questionnaire to around 1,000 students aged 16-25 to find out young people’s views on the NHS provisions in the borough of Blackburn with Darwen. Armands [...]
Student Heather Puts her Photographs on Show
Heather Stanley dreams of seeing her images on a billboard – and the photographer is making strides towards this. The 20-year-old, from Darwen, is studying BTEC Photography at Blackburn College and she has used her initiative to exhibit her work at Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery from June 12th-29th. “I have always loved taking photographs, [...]
