No 967 Monday 17th - Sunday 23rd April 2023
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CROYDON STUDENTS EXPLORING THE C O S TA BLANCA COURTESY OF ERASMUS
or the second time in recent years the Orihuela Costa welcomed 20 students from Croydon College, who visited the area, last week, as part of their Work Experience Programme which, totally funded by the EU Erasmus Project, supports the professional development of people in Vocational Education and Training (VET) through periods spent abroad.
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The programme allows students to learn overseas through work placements or study, whilst also offering the College the chance to strengthen its European partnerships, forge new connections with local business and contribute to student’s personal development here on the Costa Blanca. Spain was chosen as the main destination country due to established networks of partners here and are building upon the initial Tourism Project with Darren Parmenter, Councillor for Tourism in San Fulgencio, who helped lay the original foundations back in 2021. Using Cabo Roig as their base, the students travelled around the area visiting a number of different towns and locations where they were encouraged to practise and develop their life skills in order to widen horizons, explore new cultures, and meet new people. "I encourage all of my students to participate in these programmes because they give them the opportunity to travel and see the world,” said the programme Coordinator, Karen Meaney. The students are all in their late teens and share a number of apartments, from where they spend their spare time exploring the area, going to the beach and sampling Orihuela Costa’s fabulous gastronomy. Covering a two week programme, the students, all aged over 18, are studying a mixture of Business administration, Travel & Tourism, IT and Sports.
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