\n Coastland College marked its official launch with a celebration on Weymouth Beach where local renowned sand artist Mark Anderson of Sandworld created a sculpture.\n<\/p>\n
\n The intricate artwork depicts the outline of Dorset with the newly unveiled college logo at its centre.\u00a0\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n As reported, Weymouth and Kingston Maurward College have adopted the new name Coastland College following the merger of the two institutions in August last year.\n<\/p>\n
\n Mr Anderson, whose large-scale sculptures have been enjoyed by thousands of visitors to the unique Sandworld attraction in Lodmoor, was joined by a former student at the college, Ali Stephenson, who helped bring the design to life in the early hours of the morning.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n Sand artist Mark Anderson and recent student Ali Stephenson work on the sculpture(Image: Frames by Ben)\n<\/p>\n
\n As the sun rose, the sculpture became the focal point for a celebratory gathering, led by Coastland College principal and CEO Kate Wills, chair of governors Chris Evans, and student governors Ralph Hrustinszki of the Weymouth Campus and Sophie Payne \u00a0of the Kingston Maurward Campus.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n The sculpture drew attention from beachgoers and visitors throughout the morning, with many stopping to take photographs.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n Kate Wills said: \u201cThis sand sculpture captures the creativity, ambition and community spirit at the heart of Coastland College.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt was wonderful to see Ali, one of our recent graduate students, working alongside Mark to help bring it to life \u2013 a perfect reflection of the collaboration and opportunity that defines our college.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Pictured on the beach from left, Student Governor Sophie Payne, Governor Ann Munro, Chair of Governors Chris Evans, Principal and CEO Kate Wills, and student Governor Ralph Hrustinszki(Image: Frames by Ben)\n<\/p>\n
\n Chair of Governors Chris Evans added: \u201cThe event was a joyful way to mark the beginning of Coastland College. Just as the sculpture brought people together on the beach, we are committed to bringing communities, industries and students together across Dorset under our new name.\u201d\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n The organisation will continue to operate across its two existing campuses.
At the Kingston Maurward campus near Dorchester, students will gain hands-on expertise in environmental subjects, including agriculture, horticulture, countryside management and animal welfare and science, as well as public services and sport.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n At the Weymouth campus, learners will benefit from a choice of courses across health, digital, construction and engineering, A-levels, creative media and many more.
Earlier this year, the college was judged as \u2018Good\u2019 by Ofsted, with the report highlighting its \u2018strong contribution\u2019 to meeting regional skills needs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Coastland College marked its official launch with a celebration on Weymouth Beach where local renowned sand artist Mark…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":140592,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-140591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140591\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}