Hair and beauty students visit London!

NULC hair and beauty students spent two days in London to learn about the different career opportunities in the hair and beauty industry and visited several London attractions and a musical.

Hairdressing students visited the Kevin Fortune Academy which was founded in 2013 by celebrity Hair stylist and Makeup Artist, Kevin Fortune. The students received an inspiring talk which informed students about the different exciting career opportunities in the industry including being a celebrity hair stylist, working on magazine covers and music videos.

Beauty Lecturer, Gabrielle Whittaker said: “Our hairdressing students thoroughly enjoyed visiting the academy and hearing about the different career opportunities in the industry and felt very inspired.”

Beauty students visited Dermalogica in Selfridges, where they learned about face mapping skin analysis from a professional skin therapist which is the process of analysing the skin in order to recommend the best products to improve the health of their skin. They also learned about the different career opportunities in the beauty industry.

After the students had visited the Academy and Dermalogica they then visited several London attractions including: Trafalgar Square, Horse Guards Parade, Downing Street, Buckingham Palace, Houses of Parliament and M & M World. The students then spent the evening in Leicester Square before watching Wicked the Musical and taking a trip on the London Eye.

If you would like to find out more about our range of hair and beauty courses, click here: http://www.nulc.ac.uk/courses/hairdressing-beauty-therapy.html

NULC hairdressing apprentice wins national competition

Hairdressing apprentice Clare Page has won at the Association of Hairdressers and Therapists (AHT) national college Hairdressing and Beauty Competition.
Clare Page, 33, from Tean, is a hairdressing apprentice at Newcastle-under-Lyme College (NULC). Clare works at the hair and beauty salon Shades of Tean, Staffordshire.
Clare was named National Champion - First Year Blow Dry when she won the competition at the Blackpool Winter Gardens last week.
"The AHT competition win for Clare was fantastic for someone who is only five months into their training programme." Said NULC's Transform Hair, Beauty and Floristry Centre Manager, Anthony Keates.
"Clare received great training and support from her lecturer Amy Stott which, along with the encouragement from the salon, was instrumental to Clare's success."
NULC offers a Level 2 Apprenticeship and a Level 3 Advanced Apprenticeship in hairdressing. These allow students to learn from professional hairdressers on the job whilst also receiving tuition in the College which features its own Transform professional salon where students are supervised while working on customers' hair.
Said Clare: "I'm so grateful to be given the opportunity to enter the competition – and to win has made my dreams come true. I'd like to thank Lynn Plant and the girls at
Shades Hair and Beauty for all their support and Anthony and the team at NULC for their encouragement and belief in me."
NULC is currently training around 1,000 apprentices. For further information on what NULC can do for business including recruitment, training and apprenticeships, please visit: www.nulc.ac.uk/nulc-for-business.

Hair and beauty students are a cut above the rest at area competition

On Monday 2 February, 36 excited NULC hair and beauty students attended the North West area heat for the Association of Hairdressers and Therapists Competition in Blackpool.

During the day they participated in competitions including Ladies cut and blow dry and beauty looks including team bridal and 1940's themes.

 

In the Ladies cut and blow dry category NULC full-time mature Hairdressing student Anetta Palasz achieved third place and NULC apprentice Dominique Nind achieved first place and in the blow dry category apprentice Clare Page achieved first place!

 

Anetta said, "I am so pleased to be progressing to the final round, it's a great experience to showcase our skills and techniques that I have learned whilst being an apprentice at NULC and I can't wait to start and prepare for the finals!"

  

Anetta, Dominique and Claire will advance to the final round in the Winter Gardens in Blackpool on 16 March 2015 where other area finalist will compete, prizes include £100 for first place, £50 for second place and £30 for third place.

 

Lorraine Drayton, Curriculum Leader in Hairdressing at NULC said, "The competition is a fantastic way to get the students participating in a range of activities where they can showcase their

skills and gain useful experience for the future."

 

If you would like to know more about Hair and Beauty courses at NULC, click here: http://www.nulc.ac.uk/courses/hairdressing-beauty-therapy.html