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Activities and Opportunities


As a Doncaster College student you will benefit from a wide range of enrichment opportunities that will allow you to develop beyond the academic, technical or vocational aspects of your course.

Activities and Opportunities

We believe enrichments develop key social skills, as well as employability & technical skills and are designed to help you have a go at something new to develop your confidence.

Doncaster College – Induction Overview 2024

  • Glider plane flying
  • Colour run
  • On campus obstacle course
  • NLC Hawks skydiving club
  • Nerf Wars
  • Dance Company – NLDC
  • Drama club
  • Music club
  • Sport academies including football, rugby, netball and boxing
  • FIFA tournament
  • Cooking on a budget
  • Rounders
  • The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award
  • Table tennis
  • Pool
  • Cricket
  • Access to our campus gym
  • Student Engagement Team

 

  • LGBTQ+
  • First Aid
  • Personal Training
  • Student Parliament
  • Musical Theatre
  • Music, jamming session
  • Student newspaper
  • International Day
  • Active Minds
  • Charity fundraising
  • Community Engagement
  • Film
  • Staff vs students’ competitions
  • Hair and Beauty treatments
  • Mixed Martial Arts
  • Weightlifting
  • Talent show
  • Sector-specific skills shows and competitions

 

  • The Deep
  • Italy
  • Spain
  • The Emmerdale Studio Experience
  • Alton Towers
  • The Houses of Parliament
  • Donna Nook Nature Reserve
  • Botswana
  • The Making of Harry Potter Studio Tour
  • AirKings

 

  • Bruges Christmas Market
  • Chester Zoo
  • Go-karting
  • Amazon (the company not the jungle!)
  • Disney
  • Bowling
  • Donington Park
  • National Holocaust Centre
  • Etihad Stadium

 

 

  • University Open Days
  • Work Experience
  • Award ceremonies
  • National Apprenticeship Week
  • Freshers’ Week
  • Student Ambassador
  • Careers Fair
  • Employer Talks and Visits
  • Annual Progression Week
  • Student Association
  • Be Well
  • Sector-specific enrichments
  • Competitions
  • DN Colleges Group Varsity
  • WorldSkills UK Competitions

Duke of Edinburgh’s Award

The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (DofE) is a real highlight that all of our students can get involved with. The DofE offers invaluable experiences from volunteering, life skills, activities, community projects and expeditions.

The past year has been full of unprecedented challenges, young people stepped up and played an integral role in supporting communities across the UK to respond to the coronavirus pandemic. Participants from DN Colleges Group dedicated 1391 hours to volunteering between April 2020 and March 2021, with a social value of £6329.05.

Young people’s extraordinary efforts transformed the pandemic experiences of some of the most vulnerable in our society. Some of the local projects the College has involved Foundation students helping out at the hospital with gardening activities, Fabrication and Welding students creating metal sculptures for various projects and Painting and Decorating students renovating Crosby United.

22% of new DofE participants, almost 40,000 young people, were from a disadvantaged background, including young people facing financial hardship, those within the criminal justice system and those with special educational needs or disabilities. For these young people, DofE can be life-changing, providing invaluable development and a recognised achievement that levels the playing field.

The partnership between The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award and DN Colleges Group provides young people with the opportunity to take on personal challenges, setting themselves up with the skills, confidence and resilience to make the most of life. Standing as the biggest mainstream college provider running the DofE, DN Colleges Group uses the youth award to help transform the lives of its students and continues to innovate its offering, including the recent addition of a DofE apprentice role.
Dave Skinner (DofE Operations Manager – North, East, South Yorkshire and Humber)

“As a teacher, The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award is great as we get to support the students outside a classroom setting to learn new skills, make new friends and give something back to the community. They are given the opportunity to take themselves out of their comfort zone and try activities that they wouldn’t normally consider. Offering the scheme allows them to gain recognition for their hard work, commitment and dedication to helping others.”
Jim Booth (Digital Technologies tutor)

For over two years now the College has been part of TASS – the Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme.

This national award demonstrates our commitment to supporting talented athletes across a range of disciplines progress in their chosen career.

The Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme (TASS) is a Sport England funded partnership between talented athletes, education institutions and national governing bodies of sport. We work together to bring the best out of our country’s most exciting young talent.

TASS helps athletes in education – aged 16-plus – to get the very best from their sporting and academic careers without having to choose between the two.

In recent years our students have achieved Team GB status and Polish International competitive level.

Further information can be found here.

During a camping trip on a sunny day, a group of 6 students sit on the grassy ground. Each holds a plate or bowl filled with pasta and meatballs with a red tomato sauce. The empty cooking pot and stove rest in the middle of the group after being used to cook their meals During a camping trip on grassland on a sunny day, a group of 6 students sit on the ground in a circle facing in to the centre. One student is using a small camping stove to cook meatballs as the other students watch and wait. A large group of students stand side by side in a group smiling at us, some holding first aid training equipment and wearing blue protective gloves. One student holds a defibrillator, another next to them holds up one of the first aid training dummies. They are stood in a classroom setting with grey walls behind them. On a blue flooring, two students kneel down practicing first aid techniques. One student reads instructions while the other is bent over a first aid training dummy, hands interlocked and performing CPR on the dummy's chest On a bright sunny day on a path surrounded by green fields, a member of staff sits in a camping chair in front of a group of students all dressed for the sunny weather, all of them smiling towards us. The student on the left of the rear group holds a bubble wand in the air creating bubbles around the area A group of 8 students wearing hiking clothing and large, loaded rucksacks on each of their backs stand smiling toward us. Just behind the group are two picnic tables and further behind is a long green hedgerow. One of the students in the centre holds a piece of paper or map in both hands A group of 4 students wearing hiking clothing and large, loaded rucksacks on each of their backs stand smiling toward us. Just behind the group are two picnic tables and further behind is a long green hedgerow In a patch of grass surrounded by trees in the background, a group of students huddles around a large map which is placed on the floor as they plot their next moves on a Duke of Edinburgh expedition On a felled tree trunk 5 students sit in a line smiling at us. They are resting and holding items of food during a food stop. Behind them are tall trees stretching into the distance In front of a large grey stone building and smaller wooden building, a large group of staff and students pose together during a rest stop on a Duke of Edinburgh expedition Standing in a close huddle, a group of female football players smile and pose inside Doncaster Rovers stadium, with large banks of red seating in the stands in the distance behind them In a large dark room, a group of students pose wearing clothing that is glowing neon colours by ultraviolet light cast at them. Some of the students have long, thin rainbow coloured light pendants hung from their necks. A student on the right has a pair of novelty neon glasses on his face that glow brightly. Most of the group have decorative neon dots painted onto their faces in patterns, glowing in the UV light brightly