And, for countless students at Preston College, or Tuson College as it was formerly known, the story’s no different. As Malcolm X once said, ‘education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today’, so here we take a look at a handful of pictures of college students in Preston preparing for their own futures.
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![Students from a Preston college are busy brushing up on their hair-styling skills - with their sights firmly set on International awards. The 16 trainees from Tuson College will compete against the North West's best at Blackpool next month in the regional final of a major competition. They are pictured above with their budding guinea pig models](https://www.lep.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjk2YWI4YjkxLTk3YTMtNDhjYS04NDczLWE3MzM0ZDFlM2FmZTpmOTY1MzE4ZS00N2RkLTQ1YTItYmRlZC0xMzk0NDAwM2IzNzY=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
5. Tuson College
Students from a Preston college are busy brushing up on their hair-styling skills - with their sights firmly set on International awards. The 16 trainees from Tuson College will compete against the North West's best at Blackpool next month in the regional final of a major competition. They are pictured above with their budding guinea pig models Photo: RETRO
![Lining up to get snipped for charity are children from Brieryfield Road Day Nursery in Preston. The children were helping out hairdressing students from Tuson College taking part in a six-hour haricutting marathon to raise money for St Catherine's Hospice at Lostock Hall. Pictured here are Michaela Marshall, Natasha Frye and Kelly King, getting haricuts from Marc Johnstone, Karen Woodcock and Sharon Hamer](https://www.lep.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjQyYmU4YWU3LWI1MTctNGM2Ny1hZDZjLTNhOWNkYzg4MzBmMjo4ZTQ3OTQzZS1hMzQxLTQ5NjQtYWNlNi02ZTZmY2ZjNWIwODA=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
6. Tuson College
Lining up to get snipped for charity are children from Brieryfield Road Day Nursery in Preston. The children were helping out hairdressing students from Tuson College taking part in a six-hour haricutting marathon to raise money for St Catherine's Hospice at Lostock Hall. Pictured here are Michaela Marshall, Natasha Frye and Kelly King, getting haricuts from Marc Johnstone, Karen Woodcock and Sharon Hamer Photo: RETRO
![Four students at Tuson College have produced a play to highlight the effects of the killer disease AIDS on modern society. The ten minute play was staged as a part of an open day at the Preston college. Rachel Fallows, 19, Catherine Waller, Craig Moran and Cyrus Gabrysch, all 17, devised, wrote and produced the play in three weeks](https://www.lep.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmMyMmZlMGFlLWRiMDgtNDQ0OC04NzMxLTAzNzRhZTA3MDk3NDpmZWRjNmFkYS1jZTU3LTQ3YTctYmExMC00ZWE4NGE4MGRjMzA=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
7. Tuson College
Four students at Tuson College have produced a play to highlight the effects of the killer disease AIDS on modern society. The ten minute play was staged as a part of an open day at the Preston college. Rachel Fallows, 19, Catherine Waller, Craig Moran and Cyrus Gabrysch, all 17, devised, wrote and produced the play in three weeks Photo: RETRO
![Students from Preston's Tuson College's Winckley Square annexe were in good voice when they brought a little happiness to these patients at the town's Mount Street Hospital. The 20 girls and teacher Mrs Renee Vickery sang a selection of carols for the residents at St Joseph's, and helped decorate the wards](https://www.lep.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmZhMzM5MzE3LTBjYTQtNDNhYy04NTFkLTkzYmY5Mzc5YWQzYTpkOWQ3ZjM3MS0wZDBhLTQ3MTQtOTY0Yi05OWI5OGNjMTM3YTQ=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
8. Tuson College
Students from Preston's Tuson College's Winckley Square annexe were in good voice when they brought a little happiness to these patients at the town's Mount Street Hospital. The 20 girls and teacher Mrs Renee Vickery sang a selection of carols for the residents at St Joseph's, and helped decorate the wards Photo: RETRO