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Upskilling & Enrichment Programme

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Our Upskilling & Enrichment Programme provides exciting opportunities alongside of your studies to ensure you develop skills outside of the classroom that will further your progression. We will prepare you with key employability skills and knowledge to add depth to your college experience. There are over 60 activities on the programme to choose from, the full range on offer to you will be confirmed during your Induction into the College.

Being involved in these USP activities at the college also gives you the chance to make more friends and have fun while you develop new skills and building your confidence.

  • ENHANCE YOUR CV
  • MEET LIKE-MINDED PEERS
  • ENRICH YOUR COLLEGE LIFE
  • LEARN NEW SKILLS
  • STEP OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE

See an overview of the 2025/26 offering below!

What would YOU like to see!

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Interested in

Creativity and Art:

  • Acoustic Music Group 
  • Book Making and Drawing
  • Creative Branding Designs
  • Cross Stitch
  • Digital Art
  • Japanese Braiding
  • Jewellery Making
  • Let’s Get Crafty Club
  • Ronno Records (Songwriting)
  • Starting Your Own Creative Business
  • Studio W: Water Colour Painting
  • Sustainable Textile Sampling
  • Writing Team
Creativity and Art:
Interested in

Critical Thinking and Discussion:

  • A Career in Law
  • Business on TV
  • Event Planning
  • Inside the Mind of a Murderer
  • Journalism Internship
  • Planning Escape Rooms
Critical Thinking and Discussion:
Interested in

Health and Wellbeing:

  • Allied Health Professional Skills
  • Curling and Braiding Hair
  • Hair-up Dos
  • Health and Wellbeing Club
  • Holistic Treatments
  • Meditation and Mindfulness
  • Social Club
  • Yoga for Beginners
Health and Wellbeing:
Interested in

Hobbies, Clubs and Enthusiasms:

  • Board Game Club
  • Book Group
  • Dungeons & Dragons
  • Get Into Nature
  • Pride Club
  • Shuffle-up Club
  • Warhammer
  • Wilberforce Radio
  • Wool Club
Hobbies, Clubs and Enthusiasms:
Interested in

Life Skills:

  • Cabin Crew: Preparing for Industry
  • Higher GCSE Maths
  • Intro to British Sign Language
  • Learning a Language with Dualingo
  • Level 2 Award in Mentoring
  • Preparing for your Driver Theory Test
  • Thailand Cultural Exchange: Online Project Teach
Life Skills:
Interested in

Sport and Fitness:

  • Basketball
  • Casual Football
  • Darts
  • Esports
  • Fitness Gym
  • North Ferriby FC Football Development Academy
  • Netball
  • Racket Sports
  • Hull KR Rugby Development Academy
  • Volleyball
  • Wilberforce Olympic Weightlifting
Sport and Fitness:
Interested in

STEM Skills:

  • Engineering Apprenticeship Society
  • HETA Project
  • Intro to Programming
  • Lab School
  • PC Building
  • The Royal Society Partnership Project
  • The Design Workshop
  • Green Power Team
  • Welding
STEM Skills:
23 Jun 26
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W Days

Experience life as a Wilberforce student! This invitation-only transition event is for successfully-interviewed applicants to sample course and familiarise themselves with the college ahead of September

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02 Dec 25
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Future Student Event: December 2025

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Future Student Event: January 2026

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20/11/25 Weather Update

All timetables sessions from 12pm onwards have been cancelled.
The College Day will finish at 12pm, with all timetabled sessions during the afternoon cancelled to ensure that everyone can travel home safely ahead of busier traffic and further bad weather later today. Register marks will be amended accordingly.
We have organised for the Ellie Rose buses – routes W1 and W2 to collect students for their return journey at 12.30pm prompt. Students using all other College bus routes (Stagecoach) will need to use the public transport available if leaving early as they are unable to rearrange their services.
If you need to remain in the College until the end of the day, then the normal pick-up times still apply, with the exception of the W1 and W2 routes. The College will remain open until the end of the day for those that cannot facilitate leaving earlier and arrangements have been made for students to continue work.
Lunch will be still be served from 11.30am to 12.30pm.
Any queries please contact Reception by phoning 01482 711688 or email enquiries@wilberforce.ac.uk
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