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Project SEARCH interns at their graduation ceremony

Project SEARCH interns graduate from Siemens Mobility and Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust

DFN Project SEARCH students celebrated the end of their supported internships this summer with graduation ceremonies.

Foundation Learning
26 August 2025
Project SEARCH intern Linden in his Components Facilities placement at Siemens Mobility’s Goole Rail Village

SEND interns gain life-changing opportunities at Siemens Mobility

Colleagues from the Heart of Yorkshire Education Group and Siemens Mobility recently visited DFN Project SEARCH interns at their placements.

Foundation Learning Employers
30 April 2025
Supply Chain Excellence Awards 2024

Wakefield College and YPO shortlisted for Supply Chain Excellence Award

Wakefield College and YPO have been shortlisted for a Supply Chain Excellence Award, acknowledging the life-changing work experience opportunities they are creating for young adults with learning disabilities or additional educational needs.

Foundation Learning Employers
16 October 2024
Students with their certificates

College students celebrate achievements with award ceremonies

To mark the end of the academic year, Wakefield College and Castleford College hosted a number of award ceremonies to celebrate their students’ accomplishments over the past year.

Animal CareChildcare, Early Years & Childhood StudiesConstructionEngineeringFoundation LearningHair & Beauty
31 July 2024
Students in workshop

Siemens mobility becomes first Project Search partner

Selby College, which is part of the Heart of Yorkshire Education Group, has joined forces with Siemens Mobility and national charity to launch a new supported internship scheme at our Goole Rail Village for young people with a learning disability and/or autism spectrum conditions.

Foundation Learning
27 March 2024
Students studying

Group shortlisted for FE Provision of the Year Award

Acknowledging its commitment to supporting students with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), the Heart of Yorkshire Education Group’s Further Education provision has been shortlisted for a national award.

Foundation Learning
31 August 2023
Project SEARCH Student

DFN Project SEARCH students celebrate their success

The one-year transition to work programme came to a close for the 2022/23 cohort as interns from the Heart of Yorkshire Education Group, the Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust, and the ICS, celebrated their completed internship at a number of graduation ceremonies.

Foundation Learning
11 July 2023
DFN Project SEARCH student William and his father Stephen Jones

DFN Project SEARCH students featured on BBC’s The One Show

Students on the DFN Project SEARCH programme – a partnership between the Heart of Yorkshire Education Group and the Mid Yorkshire NHS Hospitals Trust - recently appeared on BBC’s The One Show, highlighting the impact of supported internships for young adults with learning difficulties.

Foundation Learning
19 May 2023
Students gardening

Students transform College garden as part of national project

Students from Selby College have refurbished its communal garden as part of the National Citizen Services (NCS) community project, through Club Doncaster Foundation.

Art, Design & PhotographyFoundation Learning
1 December 2021
Get SET students

Get SET students raise money for Student Crisis Charity

The Wakefield College Get SET programme usually offers substantial work placements to students for on-the-job learning.

Foundation Learning
5 May 2021