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Daughter follows in her mother’s footsteps to Hilderstone!

By Dave McKenna The summer’s sun has well and truly set for another year here in beautiful Broadstairs. This Sunday, just gone, marked the demise of the lighter warmer months with the clocks going back an hour. With that in mind, we decided to go back in time to the summer, to a brighter time, […]

BACK TO BROADSTAIRS – A student’s return to Hilderstone

In 2015 I was in Broadstairs for one week with my school. It was the first time I had been to the seaside, and I took a picture, me in front of the sea. After school I hadn’t any connection to English at all. As it turned out that my Master studies would be in […]

SOCIAL MEDIA AWARENESS – STUDENT PROJECT

As we all know, there are lots of problems with using social media, as well as the benefits it brings. Many of our students have just created a SOCIAL MEDIA AWARENESS board in the College common room, for the benefit of Hilderstone students and local people alike. Take a look at their contributions below!

HILDERSTONE STUDENTS’ ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT

Broadstairs is a beautiful town with lovely beaches. The town, and its local community, does a lot to keep the environment clean, for example having volunteer litter pickers, tree planting activities and coastal projects to focus on our beaches and wildlife. However, rubbish still exists. Some of it comes from the ships and much of […]

My 6 weeks at Hilderstone

by Julian Kratz Julian Kratz, from Germany, has just completed a 6-week Combination Course (Intensive English plus 1:1 tuition). Here he writes about his Hilderstone study experience and his time in Broadstairs, with tips on how to make the most of your stay! After my first contact with Hilderstone, I decided to take a longer […]

HILDERSTONE MEMORIES – 1969

Anna Massagué, from Spain, talks about her happy memories of Hilderstone and Broadstairs in the late 1960s. October 1969. A shy au-pair living in Birchington-on-Sea and coming from Barcelona was standing and watching an unknown building. It was Hilderstone College. At that time, she didn’t know that she was going to spend there one of […]

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS BOARD

Do you like our STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS board? The teachers write up their students’ successes every week. Well done, everyone!