Business Bulletin Issue Seven I November 2024
Welcome to Engage We’ve had a great start to the academic year, welcoming nearly 10,000 new and returning learners to our three Colleges. It’s been fantastic to see many of our learners settling into their apprenticeships or placements with employers like yourselves, including our Project SEARCH interns with Siemens – which you will be able to read more about in this newsletter. Colleagues across the Group work incredibly hard to create a positive experience for our learners and I’m delighted that these efforts have been recognised with multiple award nominations, with the Group named finalists at the Wakefield Business Awards and the Supply Chain Excellence Awards.
We’re also keeping abreast of technological advances and how they are changing the landscape of many trades. That is why we’re expanding our Skills Bootcamp offer and launching brand-new Skills Connect courses to cover new and growing industries. These courses will enable employers like yourself, as well as your employees, to gain higher-technical skills in innovative and green technologies, preparing you for the future. You will be able to read more about these programmes, as well as hear from our learners and employers about how our Skills Bootcamps are benefitting them on page 2. We hope to see you soon and look forward to another successful year of working in partnership to give our learners the best possible opportunities. Best wishes
Our former University Centre student and Prop Forward for Wigan Warriors, Tyler Dupree, was also shortlisted for the Association of College’s Higher Education Student of the Year Award. This was a double victory for Tyler, after he helped Wigan Warriors make history by winning every rugby league trophy in the calendar year. Tyler is a shining example of what you can achieve through sheer determination and hard work, and we’re incredibly proud of him for his achievements both on and off the field.
Sam Wright Principal and CEO of the Heart of Yorkshire Education Group
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