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Antonia Bunyan feared her Goalball career was over before it had barely begun but is now celebrating a nomination for SportsAid’s prestigious One-to-Watch Award. Antonia from York, aged 19, began the year recovering from a fractured elbow but in her first competition back suffered a wrist injury. An operation on her throwing hand was followed… Read More »
For students thinking of going into business, the College arranges a programme of visiting speakers from the business and entrepreneurial world. One such speaker was former student Ali Ismail who took part in a conference call with students recently. Ali came to study at RNC following a move from France in 2010. He studied A… Read More »
Recently the BBC featured an article by Sean Coughlan about the Royal National College for the Blind (RNC), highlighting its work and some of the financial issues the College was facing as a result of enormous cuts in local authority funding for students and a squeeze on special needs budgets. RNC has since been inundated… Read More »
Team Rickshaw returns for the ninth year as they take on a challenging 400 mile route from Holyhead to London as they Pedal for Pudsey. The Rickshaw Challenge launched on Wednesday, 16 October 2019 with a new route, a new team, and a newly modified Rickshaw, as announced live during the The One Show. The… Read More »
The BBC featured an article about the Royal National College for the Blind (RNC) this weekend which highlighted some of the financial issues arising from a squeeze on special needs budgets. The RNC has been at the sharp end of a series of government decisions. We have seen a decline in student numbers driven by… Read More »
A group ‘Pedal to Hereford’ bike ride from Southampton was recently completed in memory of Gordon Stephens MBE, who studied at The Royal National College for the Blind (RNC) in the 1940s and 1950s. Gordon passed away in 2015 and his family set up a memorial trust to help support the work of the RNC… Read More »
