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Professional Cookery

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October 2025

Reading College October Open Event

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November 2025

Reading College November Open Event

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News and updates

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Reading College students highly commended in national poetry competition

Activate Learning ranked top by students in national survey and beats UK averages

Keeping yourself safe over summer 

Reading Art students showcase their creativity at their Private View

Activate Learning signs Memorandum of Understanding with Puy du Fou

Local church unveils murals designed and painted by Reading art students

Reading students cook up a storm at Royal Ascot

Activate Learning Online celebrates 10,000 enrolments 

Reading College student wins the college’s first Barber Battle

Activate Learning Sports Students Soak Up Rio’s Culture and Sport on Once-in-a-Lifetime Trip

Reading SEND students win Agricultural Challenge competition 

Care Home residents get pampered for Mental Health Awareness Week at Reading College and University Centre

Activate Learning Celebrates Mental Health Awareness Week 2025

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