WHEN the co-owner of a new photography business was offered free training in customer service she went for it like a shot.

• Creativity can make a difference to your business
• Graduates are real stories of success

ENTHUSIASTIC student volunteer Ricky Mason so impressed his Furness College tutors that he has been nominated for a prestigious university award.

• Professionalism and hard work help Neva

A WORKING class background, gaps in her learning and two young children didn’t stop an Ulverston woman from becoming the first in her family to gain a degree.

• Bluebird Study Centre helps Jeff fulfil a dream to teach

IT was the start of the summer holidays for some, but for staff at Pennington Nursery Holiday Club it was the first day of term.

• Make change bearable

CARNIVAL celebrations involving three neighbouring schools wowed the crowds this summer.

• Schools sample the great outdoors
• Pupils develop taste for French culture

STUDENTS had an out-of-this-world experience when they explored a mobile planetarium which visited their school.

• Academy boss looks ahead after 'good start'